1978 Baltimore Orioles Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 90-71
Finished 4th in the AL's East Division
Attendance: 1,051,722, Avg. 14,407
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium
Manager: Earl Weaver (90-71)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
1978 Baltimore Orioles Roster
1978 Baltimore Orioles Results

The Baltimore Orioles of the American League ended the 1978 season with a record of 90 wins and 71 losses, finishing fourth in the AL's East Division.

The Orioles tallied 659 runs and surrendered 633 runs. Doug DeCinces paced Baltimore with 28 home runs, while Lee May, Eddie Murray and Ken Singleton each walloped 20 or more as well. Eddie Murray drove in 95 runs. Ken Singleton led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .293. Jim Palmer topped the squad with 21 wins, and Mike Flanagan, Dennis Martinez and Scott McGregor each added 15 or more victories as well Jim Palmer recorded a 2.46 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Earl Weaver coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Jim Palmer2112.6362.46383801960296.02469481199711381151197
Mike Flanagan1915.5594.03404001720281.3271128126228721673181160
Dennis Martinez1611.5933.52403801520276.3257121108209341423081140
Scott McGregor1513.5363.32353221341233.021798861947394133936
Don Stanhouse69.4002.8956047002474.7602824052642003326
Nelson Briles44.5004.64168410054.3583128621230202236
Joe Kerrigan31.7504.772621600371.77544381036541204319
Tippy Martinez33.5004.834201600569.0774137440257116318
Dave Ford101.0000.0021100015.01000020500053
Sammy Stewart11.5003.1822000011.310540301100146
John Flinn11.5008.04130500015.72418143133800084
Elrod Hendricks000.001000002.310001000009
Earl Stephenson002.792020009.71033050400140
Larry Harlow0067.501000000.725514010018
Tim Stoddard01.0006.0080300018.02217123811420284
Totals9071.5593.56322161966514331429.0134063356610750929754156445956

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Eddie Murray161690610851743232795657097.285.356.480.836293151187
Ken Singleton149608502671472122081009894.293.409.462.871232142425
Doug DeCinces142561511721463712880774681.286.346.526.872269122022
Lee May1485905565613716125805231110.246.286.414.700230181025
Rich Dauer13349145957121230646042622.264.301.353.654162160330
Rick Dempsey13649844141114250632734854.259.327.356.683157110362
Larry Harlow1475214606711225182614115572.243.324.354.67916391323
Pat Kelly100315274387512111401083458.274.357.445.80212292411
Mark Belanger1354083483974130016664055.213.299.250.5498746771
Billy Smith852832502965122530302740.260.333.384.7179621413
Kiko Garcia7919918617496401371743.263.287.339.6266350420
Andres Mora76246229214980814011347.214.258.354.6128151211
Carlos Lopez12920519321466042057934.238.273.332.6056441021
Al Bumbry3313411421275226531715.237.346.368.7144242100
Terry Crowley62105959242001200812.253.314.274.5882641010
Gary Roenicke277058515303150183.259.348.466.8132731120
Dave Skaggs369886613110201914.151.232.186.4181610301
Elrod Hendricks1321184610110033.333.429.556.9841000002
Mike Anderson53363223010300310.094.171.156.328500100
Don Stanhouse56000000000000000000
Jim Palmer38000000000000000000
Earl Stephenson2000000000000000000
Sammy Stewart2000000000000000000
Scott McGregor35000000000000000000
Nelson Briles16000000000000000000
Mike Dimmel8002000000100000000
Mike Flanagan40000000000000000000
John Flinn13000000000000000000
Dave Ford2000000000000000000
Joe Kerrigan26000000000000000000
Dennis Martinez40000000000000000000
Tippy Martinez43000000000000000000
Tim Stoddard8000000000000000000
Totals2173607954226591397248191546127561552864.258.326.396.722214513622414234


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Eddie Murray1B1571571396.015041065143.9971.3801.2550000
Lee May1B4432.034213.9731.1259.0000000
Terry Crowley1B101.00000.000.0000000
Rich Dauer2B8785732.0193239160.9985.3114.9660000
Billy Smith2B8364610.0146208543.9865.2234.2650000
Doug DeCinces2B121282.02728411.9326.0374.5830000
Kiko Garcia2B305.01210.7505.4001.0000000
Doug DeCinces3B1301281102.71112801027.9753.1913.0080000
Rich Dauer3B5230302.3298269.9493.3042.1350000
Eddie Murray3B3324.03611.9003.3753.0000000
Rick DempseyC1351301145.7636791114.9855.6175.29670625547.0
Dave SkaggsC3528255.31491722.9885.8514.74300171241.4
Elrod HendricksC6328.019210.9556.7503.500002133.3
Ken SingletonOF1401391088.0244160.9762.0271.7500000
Larry HarlowOF1381151037.3313772.9792.7762.3190000
Pat KellyOF8074613.7123341.9691.8481.5750000
Carlos LopezOF11447529.7151722.9882.6851.3860000
Andres MoraOF6962527.7129430.9782.2681.9280000
Al BumbryOF2828242.062210.9852.3802.2860000
Gary RoenickeOF2014127.0221001.0001.6301.1500000
Mike AndersonOF474109.725010.9622.052.5320000
Mike DimmelOF709.02010.6672.000.2860000
Terry CrowleyOF203.011001.0006.0001.0000000
Jim PalmerP3838296.0274325.9722.1281.8420000
Mike FlanaganP4040281.363821.9571.4081.1000000
Dennis MartinezP4038276.3275116.9872.5401.9500000
Scott McGregorP3532233.0113825.9611.8931.4000000
Don StanhouseP56074.761122.8952.049.3040000
Joe KerriganP26271.711913.9522.512.7690000
Tippy MartinezP42069.0813011.0002.739.5000000
Nelson BrilesP16854.32410.857.994.3750000
Tim StoddardP8018.003001.0001.500.3750000
John FlinnP13015.71310.8002.298.3080000
Dave FordP2115.021001.0001.8001.5000000
Sammy StewartP2211.31210.7502.3821.5000000
Earl StephensonP209.70000.000.0000000
Elrod HendricksP102.30000.000.0000000
Larry HarlowP100.70000.000.0000000
Mark BelangerSS134109985.3184409976.9855.4164.4250000
Kiko GarciaSS7452441.7861731535.9455.2783.5000000
Billy SmithSS202.012001.00013.5001.5000000
Totals1885144912861.042871887110452.9824.3213.27570816845.6




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