2021 Baltimore Orioles season
2021 Baltimore Orioles | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Oriole Park at Camden Yards | |
City | Baltimore, Maryland | |
Record | 52–110 (.321) | |
Divisional place | 5th | |
Owners | Peter Angelos | |
General managers | Mike Elias | |
Managers | Brandon Hyde | |
Television | MASN (Scott Garceau, Ben McDonald, Jim Palmer) | |
Radio | WJZ-FM Baltimore Orioles Radio Network (Kevin Brown, Geoff Arnold, Brett Hollander, Melanie Newman) | |
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The 2021 Baltimore Orioles season was the 121st season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 68th in Baltimore, and the 30th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. They significantly failed at attempting to improve on their 25–35 (.417) record from the previous year. The Orioles endured two different losing streaks of 14 or more between the middle and the end of May, as well as between August 3 and August 24. The Orioles pitching staff combined for a franchise-worst ERA of 5.84 and yielded 911 earned runs in the season, which led MLB and was the most earned runs surrendered by a pitching staff since the 2001 Texas Rangers allowed 913 earned runs. All of the team's pitchers that made a start finished the season with a losing record.[1] The Orioles were eliminated from playoff contention on August 28 with their loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. They suffered their 3rd 100+ loss season in four years with their loss to the Boston Red Sox on September 17. With the Orioles loss in the season finale against the Blue Jays, they suffered their second 110-loss season in team history; it was also the third such season in overall franchise history, going back to their time as the St. Louis Browns.
Despite the team's atrocious performance, Trey Mancini, who missed the 2020 season with colon cancer, won the AL Comeback Player of the Year award.
Regular season standings
[edit]American League East
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Tampa Bay Rays | 100 | 62 | .617 | — | 52–29 | 48–33 |
Boston Red Sox | 92 | 70 | .568 | 8 | 49–32 | 43–38 |
New York Yankees | 92 | 70 | .568 | 8 | 46–35 | 46–35 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 91 | 71 | .562 | 9 | 47–33 | 44–38 |
Baltimore Orioles | 52 | 110 | .321 | 48 | 27–54 | 25–56 |
American League Wild Card[edit]
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Orioles team leaders[edit]
Updated through game of October 3.
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Record vs. opponents
[edit]Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2021 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
Baltimore | — | 6–13 | 0–7 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 1–18 | 4–3 | 5–14 | 7–13 |
Boston | 13–6 | — | 3–4 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 10–9 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 10–9 | 16–4 |
Chicago | 7–0 | 4–3 | — | 10–9 | 12–7 | 2–5 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 13–6 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 14–6 |
Cleveland | 5–2 | 2–4 | 9–10 | — | 12–7 | 1–6 | 14–5 | 5–1 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 9–11 |
Detroit | 5–2 | 3–3 | 7–12 | 7–12 | — | 5–2 | 8–11 | 1–6 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 1–6 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 11–9 |
Houston | 3–3 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 2–5 | — | 3–4 | 13–6 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 11–8 | 11–8 | 4–2 | 14–5 | 4–2 | 9–11 |
Kansas City | 3–4 | 2–5 | 10–9 | 5–14 | 11–8 | 4–3 | — | 2–4 | 10–9 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 12–8 |
Los Angeles | 4–2 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 1–5 | 6–1 | 6–13 | 4–2 | — | 5–2 | 4–3 | 4–15 | 8–11 | 1–6 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 11–9 |
Minnesota | 4–2 | 2–5 | 6–13 | 11–8 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 9–10 | 2–5 | — | 1–6 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 10–10 |
New York | 11–8 | 9–10 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 6–1 | — | 4–3 | 5–2 | 8–11 | 6–1 | 8–11 | 12–8 |
Oakland | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 8–11 | 5–2 | 15–4 | 5–1 | 3–4 | — | 4–15 | 4–3 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 11–9 |
Seattle | 4–3 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 11–8 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 15–4 | — | 6–1 | 13–6 | 4–2 | 9–11 |
Tampa Bay | 18–1 | 11–8 | 3–3 | 6–1 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 3–4 | 1–6 | — | 3–4 | 11–8 | 15–5 |
Texas | 3–4 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 1–6 | 5–14 | 4–2 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 9–10 | 6–13 | 4–3 | — | 2–4 | 7–13 |
Toronto | 14–5 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 8–11 | 4–2 | — | 14–6 |
Updated with the results of all games through October 3, 2021.
Game log
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April: 12–14 (Home: 4–10; Away: 8–4)
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May: 5–23 (Home: 2–9; Away: 3–14)
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June: 10–17 (Home: 6–7; Away: 4–10)
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July: 10–12 (Home: 5–4; Away: 5–7)
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August: 4–24 (Home: 2–13; Away: 2–11)
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September/October: 11–20 (Home: 8–10; Away: 3–10)
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Roster
[edit]Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
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Cedric Mullins | 159 | 602 | 91 | 175 | 37 | 5 | 30 | 59 | 30 | 59 | .291 | .518 |
Trey Mancini | 147 | 556 | 77 | 142 | 33 | 1 | 21 | 71 | 0 | 51 | .255 | .432 |
Ryan Mountcastle | 144 | 534 | 77 | 136 | 23 | 1 | 33 | 89 | 4 | 41 | .255 | .487 |
Austin Hays | 131 | 488 | 73 | 125 | 26 | 4 | 22 | 71 | 4 | 28 | .256 | .461 |
Anthony Santander | 110 | 406 | 54 | 98 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 50 | 1 | 23 | .241 | .433 |
Pedro Severino | 113 | 379 | 32 | 94 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 46 | 0 | 34 | .248 | .383 |
Maikel Franco | 104 | 377 | 31 | 79 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 47 | 0 | 20 | .210 | .355 |
DJ Stewart | 100 | 270 | 39 | 55 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 33 | 0 | 44 | .204 | .374 |
Ramón Urías | 85 | 262 | 33 | 73 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 38 | 1 | 28 | .279 | .412 |
Pat Valaika | 90 | 259 | 17 | 52 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 16 | .201 | .290 |
Freddy Galvis | 72 | 249 | 36 | 62 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 1 | 18 | .249 | .414 |
Ryan McKenna | 90 | 169 | 20 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 24 | .183 | .266 |
Kelvin Gutiérrez | 47 | 137 | 14 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 13 | .248 | .336 |
Austin Wynns | 45 | 130 | 14 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 8 | .185 | .308 |
Jorge Mateo | 32 | 107 | 9 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | .280 | .421 |
Richie Martin | 37 | 98 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4 | .235 | .286 |
Rio Ruiz | 32 | 90 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | .167 | .300 |
Stevie Wilkerson | 30 | 72 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .167 | .208 |
Jahmai Jones | 26 | 67 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .149 | .194 |
Chance Sisco | 23 | 65 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | .154 | .185 |
Domingo Leyba | 21 | 65 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | .154 | .215 |
Tyler Nevin | 6 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .286 | .643 |
Nick Ciuffo | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .400 |
Pitcher Totals | 162 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .053 | .105 |
Team Totals | 162 | 5420 | 659 | 1296 | 266 | 15 | 195 | 632 | 54 | 951 | .239 | .402 |
Source:[1]
Pitching
[edit]Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
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John Means | 6 | 9 | 3.62 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 146.2 | 125 | 64 | 59 | 26 | 134 |
Matt Harvey | 6 | 14 | 6.27 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 127.2 | 160 | 96 | 89 | 37 | 195 |
Jorge López | 3 | 14 | 6.07 | 33 | 25 | 0 | 121.2 | 142 | 83 | 82 | 56 | 112 |
Keegan Akin | 2 | 10 | 6.63 | 24 | 17 | 0 | 95.0 | 110 | 70 | 70 | 40 | 82 |
Dillon Tate | 0 | 6 | 4.39 | 62 | 0 | 3 | 67.2 | 61 | 35 | 33 | 23 | 49 |
Bruce Zimmermann | 4 | 5 | 5.04 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 64.1 | 75 | 37 | 36 | 22 | 56 |
Cole Sulser | 5 | 4 | 2.70 | 60 | 0 | 8 | 63.1 | 48 | 20 | 19 | 23 | 73 |
Tyler Wells | 2 | 3 | 4.11 | 44 | 0 | 4 | 57.0 | 40 | 27 | 26 | 12 | 65 |
Adam Plutko | 1 | 2 | 6.71 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 56.1 | 65 | 43 | 42 | 27 | 44 |
Spenser Watkins | 2 | 7 | 8.07 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 54.2 | 74 | 50 | 49 | 19 | 35 |
Tanner Scott | 5 | 4 | 5.17 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 48 | 34 | 31 | 37 | 70 |
Dean Kremer | 0 | 7 | 7.55 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 53.2 | 63 | 46 | 45 | 25 | 47 |
Paul Fry | 4 | 5 | 6.08 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 47.1 | 37 | 34 | 32 | 35 | 60 |
César Valdez | 2 | 2 | 5.87 | 39 | 0 | 8 | 46.0 | 62 | 32 | 30 | 14 | 45 |
Alexander Wells | 2 | 3 | 6.75 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 42.2 | 53 | 32 | 32 | 16 | 26 |
Marcos Diplán | 2 | 0 | 4.50 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 24 |
Zac Lowther | 1 | 3 | 6.67 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 29.2 | 36 | 23 | 22 | 13 | 30 |
Travis Lakins Sr. | 1 | 4 | 5.79 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 28.0 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 24 |
Thomas Eshelman | 0 | 3 | 7.16 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 27.2 | 34 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 11 |
Chris Ellis | 0 | 0 | 2.49 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 25.1 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 16 |
Connor Greene | 1 | 3 | 7.71 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 23.1 | 30 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 24 |
Shawn Armstrong | 0 | 0 | 8.55 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 28 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 22 |
Fernando Abad | 0 | 0 | 5.60 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 17.2 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 10 |
Konner Wade | 0 | 0 | 11.68 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 23 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 11 |
Eric Hanhold | 0 | 0 | 6.97 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 6 |
Mike Baumann | 1 | 1 | 9.90 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 5 |
Shaun Anderson | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 7 |
Hunter Harvey | 0 | 0 | 4.15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
Dusten Knight | 0 | 0 | 9.35 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 11 |
Mac Sceroler | 0 | 0 | 14.09 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 11 |
Joey Krehbiel | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Wade LeBlanc | 0 | 1 | 9.45 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6.2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
Isaac Mattson | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
Brooks Kriske | 1 | 0 | 12.27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
Mickey Jannis | 0 | 0 | 18.90 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
Manny Barreda | 1 | 0 | 13.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Jay Flaa | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Pat Valaika | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stevie Wilkerson | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Zack Burdi | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Brandon Waddell | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Austin Wynns | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 52 | 110 | 5.84 | 162 | 162 | 26 | 1402.0 | 1518 | 956 | 910 | 563 | 1234 |
Source:[2]
Achievements
[edit]- John Means pitched a complete game no hitter, defeating the Seattle Mariners 6–0 on May 5.[7]
Farm system
[edit]Level | Team | League | Manager |
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Triple-A | Norfolk Tides | Triple-A East | Gary Kendall |
Double-A | Bowie Baysox | Double-A Northeast | Buck Britton |
High-A | Aberdeen IronBirds | High-A East | Kyle Moore |
Low-A | Delmarva Shorebirds | Low-A East | Dave Anderson |
Rookie | FCL Orioles Orange | Florida Complex League | Kevin Bradshaw |
Rookie | FCL Orioles Black | Florida Complex League | Alan Mills |
Foreign Rookie | DSL Orioles 1 | Dominican Summer League | Elvis Morel |
Foreign Rookie | DSL Orioles 2 | Dominican Summer League | Chris Madera |
References
[edit]- ^ "2021 Baltimore Orioles Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
- ^ "2021 Baltimore Orioles Batting Stats".
- ^ "2021 Baltimore Orioles Pitching Stats".
- ^ "Sox-O's postponed to Friday due to rain". orioles.com. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
- ^ "Tonight's Orioles-Mariners game postponed due to rain". MLB.com. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Mariners-O's postponed; DH on Thursday". MLB.com. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
- ^ "Masterful Means no-hits Mariners in Seattle". MLB.com. Retrieved May 5, 2021.