The Baltimore Orioles went 68-93 in 2008, a .422 winning percentage — 26th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 782 runs and allowed 869, a run differential of -87. The offence ranked 11th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 5.11 staff ERA was the second worst. Their 101 team wRC+ was 1% above league average — 16th of 30 in MLB. Nick Markakis led the position players at 5.1 WAR, and Jeremy Guthrie the rotation at a 3.63 ERA.
The 2008 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the AL East, 28.5 games back. They spent 15 of 184 days in first place, led by as many as 2.5 games on April 9 and were as far as 29 games back on September 24. Their best month was March/April at 16-12, their worst Sept/Oct at 5-20. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from April 2 to April 8 and a 10-game losing streak from September 17 to September 26. They were 37-43 at home and 31-50 on the road, 21-29 in one-run games and 42-71 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-3 against the Indians on September 8; the heaviest defeat, 14-2 at the Red Sox on September 2.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
16
12
.571
120
125
-5
May
11
16
.407
104
114
-10
June
15
12
.556
146
134
+12
July
10
16
.385
151
168
-17
August
11
17
.393
177
177
0
Sept/Oct
5
20
.200
84
151
-67
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
37-43
.463
Road
31-50
.383
One-run games
21-29
.420
Extra innings
5-6
.455
Within the division
22-50
.306
Against .500+ clubs
42-71
.372
Decided by 5+ runs
20-29
.408
Last 10
1-9
.100
American League East standings, 2008
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2008. 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
78
25,001
22,048
10,507
48,817
Night
58
24,128
21,324
10,507
48,817
Day
20
27,531
24,071
10,774
46,807
Weekend
37
29,807
29,111
14,429
48,817
Weekday
41
20,664
16,456
10,507
48,515
On the road
80
31,654
32,857
10,128
54,662
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
46,807
Apr
14
19,678
May
11
32,551
Jun
9
30,111
Jul
17
21,969
Aug
12
33,367
Sep
16
14,052
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 159 completed games, 2008.
Regulation
2:57
148 games
All games
2:59
Extra innings
3:38
11 of them
Longest
4:49
2008-05-30, 13 inn
Shortest
2:16
2008-07-02
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
159
2:59
2:57
2:16
4:49
Regulation
148
2:57
2:55
2:16
4:01
Extra innings
11
3:38
3:20
3:03
4:49
Home
78
3:01
2:57
2:16
4:49
Road
81
2:58
2:57
2:17
4:42
Day
44
2:55
2:53
2:18
4:01
Night
115
3:01
2:59
2:16
4:49
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
2:31
Apr
14
2:58
May
11
3:09
Jun
9
3:06
Jul
17
2:54
Aug
12
3:06
Sep
14
2:57
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 177 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 68-93, a .422 win rate, while their -87 run differential implies .452. That is about 5 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
