1993 Baltimore Orioles season

The 1993 Baltimore Orioles season was the 93rd baseball season in Orioles history. It involved the Orioles finishing tied with the Detroit Tigers for third place in the American League East with a record of 85-77. 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.
December 11, 1992: Billy Ripken was released by the Orioles.
December 14, 1992: Scott Coolbaugh was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.

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. 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. 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.

Season standings

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AL East
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Toronto Blue Jays	95	67	.586	—	48‍–‍33	47‍–‍34
New York Yankees	88	74	.543	7	50‍–‍31	38‍–‍43
Baltimore Orioles	85	77	.525	10	48‍–‍33	37‍–‍44
Detroit Tigers	85	77	.525	10	44‍–‍37	41‍–‍40
Boston Red Sox	80	82	.494	15	43‍–‍38	37‍–‍44
Cleveland Indians	76	86	.469	19	46‍–‍35	30‍–‍51
Milwaukee Brewers	69	93	.426	26	38‍–‍43	31‍–‍50

Record vs. opponents

1993 American League record v t e 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.
August 15, 1993: Mike Bielecki was released by the Orioles.
September 30, 1993: Scott Coolbaugh was released by the Orioles.

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)

1993 Baltimore Orioles

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

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	Chris Hoiles	126	419	80	130	28	0	29	82	.310	1
1B	David Segui	146	450	54	123	27	0	10	60	.273	2
2B	Harold Reynolds	145	485	64	122	20	4	4	47	.252	12
3B	Leo Gómez	71	244	30	48	7	0	10	25	.197	0
SS	Cal Ripken Jr.	162	641	87	165	26	3	24	90	.257	1
LF	Brady Anderson	142	560	87	147	36	8	13	66	.263	24
CF	Mike Devereaux	131	527	72	132	31	3	14	75	.250	3
RF	Mark McLemore	148	581	81	165	27	5	4	72	.284	21
DH	Harold 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
Tim Hulett	85	260	40	78	15	0	2	23	.300	1
Jack Voigt	64	152	32	45	11	1	6	23	.296	1
Mike Pagliarulo	33	117	24	38	9	0	6	21	.325	0
Glenn Davis	30	113	8	20	3	0	1	9	.177	0
Jeffrey Hammonds	33	105	10	32	8	0	3	19	.305	4
Sherman Obando	31	92	8	25	2	0	3	15	.272	0
Jeff Tackett	38	87	8	15	3	0	0	9	.172	0
Damon Buford	53	79	18	18	5	0	2	9	.228	2
Mark Parent	22	54	7	14	2	0	4	12	.259	0
Paul Carey	18	47	1	10	1	0	0	3	.213	0
Luis Mercedes	10	24	1	7	2	0	0	1	.292	1
Lonnie Smith	9	24	8	5	1	0	2	3	.208	0
Mark Leonard	10	15	1	1	1	0	0	3	.067	0
Chito Martínez	8	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Manny Alexander	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.---	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
Ben McDonald	13	14	3.39	34	34	220.1	92	83	86	171
Fernando Valenzuela	8	10	4.94	32	31	178.2	104	98	79	78
Mike Mussina	14	6	4.46	25	25	167.2	84	83	44	117
Rick Sutcliffe	10	10	5.75	29	28	166.0	112	106	74	80
Jamie Moyer	12	9	3.43	25	25	152.0	63	58	38	90
Arthur 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
Gregg Olson	0	2	1.60	50	29	45.0	9	8	18	44
Alan Mills	5	4	3.23	45	4	100.1	39	36	51	68
Todd Frohwirth	6	7	3.83	70	3	96.1	47	41	44	50
Mark Williamson	7	5	4.91	48	0	88.0	54	48	25	45
Jim Poole	2	1	2.15	55	2	50.1	18	12	21	29
Brad Pennington	3	2	6.55	34	4	33.0	25	24	25	39
John O'Donoghue	0	1	4.58	11	0	19.2	12	10	10	16
Kevin McGehee	0	0	5.94	5	0	16.2	11	11	7	7
Mike Oquist	0	0	3.86	5	0	11.2	5	5	4	8
Anthony Telford	0	0	9.82	3	0	7.1	8	8	1	6
Mike Cook	0	0	0.00	2	0	3.0	0	0	2	3
Jeff 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	Bobby 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

Notes

Sherman Obando at Baseball-Reference
Billy Ripken at Baseball-Reference
^ Scott Coolbaugh at Baseball-Reference
^ Altman, Billy. "The All-Star Game: Should Everyone Get to Play?" Archived November 2, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Village Voice, July 17, 2002
Elliott, Bob. "Elliott on Baseball" Toronto Sun, September 5, 2004
^ Mike Bielecki at Baseball-Reference
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

1993 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto
AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Florida Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Colorado Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Baltimore Orioles

Established in 1901
Formerly the Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Browns
Based in Baltimore, Maryland

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Majestic Park; West End Park; Coffee Pot Park; Wright Field; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; Yuma Municipal Stadium; City Island Ball Park; Scottsdale Stadium; Miami Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium; Al Lang Stadium; Fort Lauderdale Stadium

Culture

Lore

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Key personnel

Owner: David Rubenstein
Executive Vice President/General Manager: Mike Elias
Manager: Brandon Hyde

World Series
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American League
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AL East
division titles (10)

AL Wild Card
(4)

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TV: Mid-Atlantic Sports Network
Radio: Orioles Radio Network
Announcers: Kevin Brown; Geoff Arnold; Scott Garceau; Melanie Newman; Jim Palmer; Ben McDonald

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