The Baltimore Orioles went 70-92 in 2006, a .432 winning percentage — 26th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 768 runs and allowed 899, a run differential of -131. The offence ranked 17th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 5.41 staff ERA was the second worst. Their 99 team wRC+ was 1% below league average — 17th of 30 in MLB. Miguel Tejada led the position players at 5.1 WAR, and Erik Bedard the rotation at a 3.76 ERA.
The 2006 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the AL East, 27 games back. They spent 4 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 0.5 games on April 5 and were as far as 28 games back on September 27. Their best month was March/April at 13-13, their worst Sept/Oct at 10-19. The longest runs were a 4-game winning streak from August 16 to August 19 and a 5-game losing streak from May 3 to May 7. They were 40-41 at home and 30-51 on the road, 22-20 in one-run games and 36-64 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 15-0 against the Blue Jays on August 19; the heaviest defeat, 17-2 at the Tigers on September 15.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
13
13
.500
137
151
-14
May
12
15
.444
131
153
-22
June
12
16
.429
128
137
-9
July
11
15
.423
130
170
-40
August
12
14
.462
122
122
0
Sept/Oct
10
19
.345
120
166
-46
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
40-41
.494
Road
30-51
.370
One-run games
22-20
.524
Extra innings
3-6
.333
Within the division
31-44
.413
Against .500+ clubs
36-64
.360
Decided by 5+ runs
16-31
.340
Last 10
4-6
.400
American League East standings, 2006
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2006. Games back of the best record in the division.
The players whose season belongs to this club, by position and then by dbWAR. A player traded mid-season is listed with the club he played most of his games for, so a deadline arrival may appear on his other club’s page instead.
Each rectangle is a player, sized by his share of the team's hits; darker means a larger share. Top 30 contributors. Select a different statistic above, or click a player for his page.
Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Low
High
All home
81
26,582
24,551
13,194
49,159
Night
49
23,330
20,827
13,194
48,331
Day
32
31,561
29,066
17,682
49,159
Weekend
39
32,974
32,421
19,904
49,159
Weekday
42
20,647
19,384
13,194
46,986
On the road
81
31,324
32,257
9,292
54,333
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
16
26,901
May
12
22,391
Jun
17
27,546
Jul
11
27,005
Aug
14
27,596
Sep
11
27,487
By season
Announced gate — tickets distributed, which is the figure every reference publishes and is not the same as people through the turnstile. A game the feed reports no gate for is left out rather than counted as empty. Seasons before attendance was carried into the lake are absent from the trend rather than shown as zero.
Game time
First pitch to final out across 161 completed games, 2006.
Regulation
2:52
152 games
All games
2:54
Extra innings
3:27
9 of them
Longest
3:54
2006-05-14, 9 inn
Shortest
2:12
2006-04-17
By situation
Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Fastest
Longest
All
161
2:54
2:52
2:11
4:09
Regulation
152
2:52
2:51
2:11
4:09
Extra innings
9
3:27
3:25
3:10
4:07
Home
81
2:53
2:51
2:12
3:54
Road
80
2:55
2:54
2:11
4:09
Day
55
2:54
2:50
2:13
3:54
Night
106
2:54
2:53
2:11
4:09
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
16
2:50
May
12
2:57
Jun
17
2:55
Jul
11
2:51
Aug
14
2:45
Sep
11
3:04
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 172 minutes this season.
Elapsed time from first pitch to final out. The feed does not itemise delays, so a rain delay is inside these numbers with no way to subtract it. Games called early are excluded — five innings in ninety-three minutes is not a short game — but they still count in attendance, because the crowd turned up.
Record versus run differential
Baltimore Orioles are 70-92, a .432 win rate, while their -131 run differential implies .428. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
