1993 Baltimore Orioles season

1993 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
East Division (since 1969)
Location
Oriole Park at Camden Yards (since 1992)
Baltimore (since 1954)
Results
Record	85–77 (.525)
Divisional place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	Peter Angelos
General manager(s)	Roland Hemond
Manager(s)	Johnny Oates
Local television	WMAR-TV (Jon Miller, Brooks Robinson, Scott Garceau) Home Team Sports (Mel Proctor, John Lowenstein, Jim Palmer)
Local radio	WBAL (AM) (Chuck Thompson, Jon Miller, Fred Manfra)
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The 1993 Baltimore Orioles season was the 93rd baseball season in Orioles history. It involved the Orioles finishing 3rd in the American League East with a record of 85 wins and 77 losses. They also hosted the 1993 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

Offseason

• December 7, 1992: Sherman Obando was drafted by the Orioles from the New York Yankees in the 1992 rule 5 draft.^[1]
• December 11, 1992: Billy Ripken was released by the Orioles.^[2]
• December 14, 1992: Scott Coolbaugh was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.^[3]

Regular season

The Orioles hosted the 1993 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. It was the 64th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL) at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 9-3. Orioles pitcher Mike Mussina was voted onto the All-Star team, but did not pitch in the game due to his injury.

There was a controversial incident towards the end of the game when Mussina chose to warm-up in the bullpen, despite the fact AL manager Cito Gaston had told him prior to the game that he would not pitch during the contest because of his injury issues and in case the game went into extra innings.^[4] Orioles fans believed Mussina was warming up in preparation to come in and pitch the ninth inning and when Gaston put Duane Ward in to pitch the ninth inning, the fans at Camden Yards spent the rest of the game booing Gaston very loudly and many chanted the popular slogan saying "Cito Sucks" which could be heard years later in Baltimore anytime Baltimore played Toronto. Gaston was never treated well by Baltimore fans for the rest of his managerial career and he was subject to death threats for not pitching Mussina in the game.^[5] Many believe Mussina threw on his own as a way of publicly showing up Gaston because he was angry at not pitching in the game.^[4]

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Toronto Blue Jays	95	67	0.586	—	48–33	47–34
New York Yankees	88	74	0.543	7	50–31	38–43
Baltimore Orioles	85	77	0.525	10	48–33	37–44
Detroit Tigers	85	77	0.525	10	44–37	41–40
Boston Red Sox	80	82	0.494	15	43–38	37–44
Cleveland Indians	76	86	0.469	19	46–35	30–51
Milwaukee Brewers	69	93	0.426	26	38–43	31–50

Record vs. opponents

1993 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	6–7	7–5	4–8	8–5	5–8	7–5	8–5	8–4	6–7	10–2	7–5	4–8	5–8
Boston	7–6	—	7–5	7–5	5–8	6–7	5–7	5–8	7–5	6–7	9–3	7–5	6–6	3–10
California	5–7	5–7	—	7–6	5–7	4–8	6–7	7–5	4–9	6–6	6–7	6–7	6–7	4–8
Chicago	8–4	5–7	6–7	—	9–3	7–5	6–7	9–3	10–3	4–8	7–6	9–4	8–5	6–6
Cleveland	5–8	8–5	7–5	3–9	—	6–7	7–5	8–5	4–8	6–7	8–4	3–9	7–5	4–9
Detroit	8–5	7–6	8–4	5–7	7–6	—	5–7	8–5	6–6	4–9	8–4	7–5	6–6	6–7
Kansas City	5–7	7–5	7–6	7–6	5–7	7–5	—	5–7	7–6	6–6	6–7	7–6	7–6	8–4
Milwaukee	5–8	8–5	5–7	3–9	5–8	5–8	7–5	—	7–5	4–9	7–5	4–8	4–8	5–8
Minnesota	4–8	5–7	9–4	3–10	8–4	6–6	6–7	5–7	—	4–8	8–5	4–9	7–6	2–10
New York	7–6	7–6	6–6	8–4	7–6	9–4	6–6	9–4	8–4	—	6–6	7–5	3–9	5–8
Oakland	2–10	3–9	7–6	6–7	4–8	4–8	7–6	5–7	5–8	6–6	—	9–4	5–8	5–7
Seattle	5–7	5–7	7–6	4–9	9–3	5–7	6–7	8–4	9–4	5–7	4–9	—	8–5	7–5
Texas	8–4	6–6	7–6	5–8	5–7	6–6	6–7	8–4	6–7	9–3	8–5	5–8	—	7–5
Toronto	8–5	10–3	8–4	6–6	9–4	7–6	4–8	8–5	10–2	8–5	7–5	5–7	5–7	—

Notable transactions

• June 29, 1993: Mike Bielecki was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.^[6]
• August 15, 1993: Mike Bielecki was released by the Orioles.^[6]
• September 30, 1993: Scott Coolbaugh was released by the Orioles.^[3]

Roster

1993 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers 55 Mike Cook 49 Todd Frohwirth 19 Ben McDonald 48 Kevin McGehee 75 Alan Mills 51 Jamie Moyer 35 Mike Mussina 46 John O'Donoghue 30 Gregg Olson 47 Brad Pennington 45 Jim Poole 53 Arthur Rhodes 40 Rick Sutcliffe 50 Anthony Telford 34 Fernando Valenzuela 32 Mark Williamson		Catchers 23 Chris Hoiles  6 Mark Parent 41 Jeff Tackett Infielders 88 Paul Carey 27 Glenn Davis 10 Leo Gómez 36 Tim Hulett 13 Mike Pagliarulo 6,25 Harold Reynolds  8 Cal Ripken, Jr. 21 David Segui		Outfielders  9 Brady Anderson 18 Damon Buford 12 Mike Devereaux 11 Jeffrey Hammonds 38 Mark Leonard 14 Chito Martínez  2 Mark McLemore 11 Luis Mercedes 42 Sherman Obando 27 Lonnie Smith 28 Jack Voigt Other batters  1 Manny Alexander  3 Harold Baines		Manager 26 Johnny Oates Coaches 25, 24 Greg Biagini (hitting) 17 Dick Bosman (pitching) 43 Mike Ferraro (third base) 44 Elrod Hendricks (bullpen) 15 Davey Lopes (first base) 31 Jerry Narron (bench)

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
C	Hoiles, ChrisChris Hoiles	126	419	80	130	28	0	29	82	.310	1
1B	Segui, DavidDavid Segui	146	450	54	123	27	0	10	60	.273	2
2B	Reynolds, HaroldHarold Reynolds	145	485	64	122	20	4	4	47	.252	12
3B	Gómez, LeoLeo Gómez	71	244	30	48	7	0	10	25	.197	0
SS	Ripken, Jr., CalCal Ripken, Jr.	162	641	87	165	26	3	24	90	.257	1
LF	Anderson, BradyBrady Anderson	142	560	87	147	36	8	13	66	.263	24
CF	Devereaux, MikeMike Devereaux	131	527	72	132	31	3	14	75	.250	3
RF	McLemore, MarkMark McLemore	148	581	81	165	27	5	4	72	.284	21
DH	Baines, HaroldHarold Baines	118	416	64	130	22	0	20	78	.313	0

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Hulett, TimTim Hulett	85	260	40	78	15	0	2	23	.300	1
Voigt, JackJack Voigt	64	152	32	45	11	1	6	23	.296	1
Buford, DamonDamon Buford	53	79	18	18	5	0	2	9	.228	2
Tackett, JeffJeff Tackett	38	87	8	15	3	0	0	9	.172	0
Hammonds, JeffreyJeffrey Hammonds	33	105	10	32	8	0	3	19	.305	4
Pagliarulo, MikeMike Pagliarulo	33	117	24	38	9	0	6	21	.325	0
Obando, ShermanSherman Obando	31	92	8	25	2	0	3	15	.272	0
Davis, GlennGlenn Davis	30	113	8	20	3	0	1	9	.177	0
Parent, MarkMark Parent	22	54	7	14	2	0	4	12	.259	0
Carey, PaulPaul Carey	18	47	1	10	1	0	0	3	.213	0
Mercedes, LuisLuis Mercedes	10	24	1	7	2	0	0	1	.292	1
Leonard, MarkMark Leonard	10	15	1	1	1	0	0	3	.067	0
Smith, LonnieLonnie Smith	9	24	8	5	1	0	2	3	.208	0
Martínez, ChitoChito Martínez	8	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Alexander, MannyManny Alexander	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Olsen, GreggGregg Olsen	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	R	ER	BB	K
McDonald, BenBen McDonald	13	14	3.39	34	34	220.1	92	83	86	171
Valenzuela, FernandoFernando Valenzuela	8	10	4.94	32	31	178.2	104	98	79	78
Mussina, MikeMike Mussina	14	6	4.46	25	25	167.2	84	83	44	117
Sutcliffe, RickRick Sutcliffe	10	10	5.75	29	28	166.0	112	106	74	80
Moyer, JamieJamie Moyer	12	9	3.43	25	25	152.0	63	58	38	90
Rhodes, ArthurArthur Rhodes	5	6	6.51	17	17	85.2	62	62	49	49

Relief pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	IP	R	ER	BB	K
Olsen, GreggGregg Olsen	0	2	1.60	50	29	45.0	9	8	18	44
Mills, AlanAlan Mills	5	4	3.23	45	4	100.1	39	36	51	68
Frohwirth, ToddTodd Frohwirth	6	7	3.83	70	3	96.1	47	41	44	50
Williamson, MarkMark Williamson	7	5	4.91	48	0	88.0	54	48	25	45
Poole, JimJim Poole	2	1	2.15	55	2	50.1	18	12	21	29
Pennington, BradBrad Pennington	3	2	6.55	34	4	33.0	25	24	25	39
O'Donoghue, JohnJohn O'Donoghue	0	1	4.58	11	0	19.2	12	10	10	16
McGehee, KevinKevin McGehee	0	0	5.94	5	0	16.2	11	11	7	7
Oquist, MikeMike Oquist	0	0	3.86	5	0	11.2	5	5	4	8
Telford, AnthonyAnthony Telford	0	0	9.82	3	0	7.1	8	8	1	6
Cook, MikeMike Cook	0	0	0.00	2	0	3.0	0	0	2	3
Tackett, JeffJeff Tackett	0	0	0.00	1	0	1.0	0	0	1	0

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Rochester Red Wings	International League	Bob Miscik
AA	Bowie Baysox	Eastern League	Don Buford
A	Frederick Keys	Carolina League	Pete Mackanin
A	Albany Polecats	South Atlantic League	Mike O'Berry
Rookie	Bluefield Orioles	Appalachian League	Andy Etchebarren
Rookie	GCL Orioles	Gulf Coast League	Oneri Fleita

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Notes

1. Sherman Obando at Baseball-Reference
2. Billy Ripken at Baseball-Reference
3. Scott Coolbaugh at Baseball-Reference
4. Altman, Billy. "The All-Star Game: Should Everyone Get to Play?" Village Voice, July 17, 2002
5. Elliott, Bob. "Elliott on Baseball" Toronto Sun, September 5, 2004
6. Mike Bielecki at Baseball-Reference
7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

• 1993 Baltimore Orioles team at Baseball-Reference
• 1993 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com