The Baltimore Orioles went 93-69 in 2012, a .574 winning percentage — 7th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 712 runs and allowed 705, a run differential of +7. The offence ranked 15th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.86 staff ERA was 12th of 30. Their 95 team wRC+ was 5% below league average — 25th of 30 in MLB. Adam Jones led the position players at 5.0 WAR, and Jason Hammel the rotation at a 3.43 ERA.
The 2012 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the AL East, 2 games back. They spent 54 of 181 days in first place, led by as many as 2 games on May 12 and were as far as 10 games back on July 17. Their best month was August at 18-9, their worst July at 13-14. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from September 16 to September 22 and a 6-game losing streak from May 26 to June 1. They were 47-34 at home and 46-35 on the road, 29-9 in one-run games and 44-43 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-0 at the Blue Jays on September 4; the heaviest defeat, 13-1 against the Angels on June 27.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
14
9
.609
96
84
+12
May
15
13
.536
134
138
-4
June
13
13
.500
97
127
-30
July
13
14
.481
109
138
-29
August
18
9
.667
118
106
+12
Sept/Oct
20
11
.645
158
112
+46
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
47-34
.580
Road
46-35
.568
One-run games
29-9
.763
Extra innings
16-2
.889
Within the division
43-29
.597
Against .500+ clubs
44-43
.506
Decided by 5+ runs
25-23
.521
Last 10
6-4
.600
2012 postseason
In October the Baltimore Orioles beat the Rangers 1-0 in the Wild Card Series, then lost the ALDS to the Yankees 3-2.
Wild Card Series vs Rangers1-0 W
Game 1, October 5 W 5-1 at Rangers
ALDS vs Yankees2-3 L
Game 1, October 7 L 2-7 vs Yankees
Game 2, October 8 W 3-2 vs Yankees
Game 3, October 10 L 2-3 at Yankees
Game 4, October 11 W 2-1 at Yankees
Game 5, October 12 L 1-3 at Yankees
American League East standings, 2012
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2012. 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
79
26,611
25,171
10,141
46,773
Night
58
25,048
24,478
10,415
46,311
Day
21
30,926
30,439
10,141
46,773
Weekend
38
32,870
32,328
14,738
46,773
Weekday
41
20,809
21,226
10,141
46,298
On the road
81
29,550
32,272
11,267
46,501
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
23,193
May
15
22,069
Jun
14
32,522
Jul
10
25,450
Aug
16
20,353
Sep
14
32,673
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 162 completed games, 2012.
Regulation
2:52
144 games
All games
3:00
Extra innings
4:08
18 of them
Longest
5:14
2012-09-13, 14 inn
Shortest
2:14
2012-04-08
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
162
3:00
2:53
2:07
6:07
Regulation
144
2:52
2:51
2:07
4:00
Extra innings
18
4:08
3:56
3:08
6:07
Home
81
3:00
2:53
2:14
5:14
Road
81
3:00
2:53
2:07
6:07
Day
45
3:08
3:01
2:14
6:07
Night
117
2:57
2:51
2:07
5:44
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
2:53
May
15
3:00
Jun
14
2:58
Jul
10
3:14
Aug
16
2:55
Sep
14
3:05
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 93-69, a .574 win rate, while their +7 run differential implies .505. That is about 11 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
