American League East · 2014

Baltimore Orioles 2014

96-661st in the AL East Lost the ALCSOriole Park at Camden YardsAmerican League East American League

Team WAR: 31.7
Win %: .593
Run diff: +112
wRC+: 110
ERA: 3.44
Home runs: 208

The Baltimore Orioles went 96-66 in 2014, a .593 winning percentage — the second best record in baseball. They scored 705 runs and allowed 593, a run differential of +112. The offence ranked 8th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.44 staff ERA was 9th of 30. Their 110 team wRC+ was 10% above league average — 5th of 30 in MLB. Adam Jones led the position players at 4.4 WAR, and Kevin Gausman the rotation at a 3.57 ERA.

The 2014 season

Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.

They finished first in the AL East, 12 games clear. They spent 105 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 14.5 games on September 17 and were as far as 6.5 games back on June 6. Their best month was July at 17-8, their worst March/April at 12-12. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from September 7 to September 12 and a 4-game losing streak from April 2 to April 5. They were 50-31 at home and 46-35 on the road, 32-23 in one-run games and 51-40 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-2 against the Cardinals on August 8; the heaviest defeat, 11-1 against the Athletics on June 8.

Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month	W	L	Pct	RS	RA	Diff
March/April	12	12	.500	108	114	-6
May	15	15	.500	117	122	-5
June	16	12	.571	125	104	+21
July	17	8	.680	102	82	+20
August	19	9	.679	135	87	+48
Sept/Oct	17	10	.630	118	84	+34

Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games	W-L	Pct
Home	50-31	.617
Road	46-35	.568
One-run games	32-23	.582
Extra innings	14-6	.700
Within the division	47-29	.618
Against .500+ clubs	51-40	.560
Decided by 5+ runs	24-15	.615
Last 10	4-6	.400

2014 postseason

In October the Baltimore Orioles beat the Tigers 3-0 in the ALDS, then lost the ALCS to the Royals 4-0.

ALDS vs Tigers3-0 W

Game 1, October 2 W 12-3 vs Tigers
Game 2, October 3 W 7-6 vs Tigers
Game 3, October 5 W 2-1 at Tigers

ALCS vs Royals0-4 L

Game 1, October 10 L 6-8 vs Royals
Game 2, October 11 L 4-6 vs Royals
Game 3, October 14 L 1-2 at Royals
Game 4, October 15 L 1-2 at Royals

American League East standings, 2014

Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.

American League East, 2014. Games back of the best record in the division.
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RS	RA	Diff	WAR
Baltimore Orioles	96	66	.593	—	705	593	+112	31.7
New York Yankees	84	78	.519	12	633	664	-31	26.2
Toronto Blue Jays	83	79	.512	13	723	686	+37	37.6
Tampa Bay Rays	77	85	.475	19	612	625	-13	32.6
Boston Red Sox	71	91	.438	25	634	715	-81	29.2

2014 Baltimore Orioles roster

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.

Catchers 4

Matt WietersC · 26 G · 0.9 WAR
Nick HundleyC · 82 G · 0.4 WAR
Caleb JosephC · 80 G · 0.4 WAR
Steve ClevengerC · 33 G · 0.1 WAR

Infielders 10

Steve Pearce1B · 102 G · 3.9 WAR
J.J. HardySS · 141 G · 2.0 WAR
Manny Machado3B · 82 G · 1.8 WAR
Chris Davis1B · 127 G · 1.0 WAR
Ryan Flaherty3B · 86 G · 0.8 WAR
Jimmy Paredes3B · 24 G · 0.5 WAR
Steve Lombardozzi Jr.2B · 20 G · 0.1 WAR
Christian Walker1B · 6 G · -0.0 WAR
Alexi Casilla2B · 1 G · -0.1 WAR
Jonathan Schoop2B · 134 G · -0.1 WAR

Outfielders 4

Adam JonesCF · 159 G · 4.4 WAR
Nick MarkakisRF · 155 G · 2.1 WAR
David LoughLF · 68 G · 0.3 WAR
Quintin BerryLF · 5 G · -0.0 WAR

Designated hitters 2

Nelson CruzDH · 159 G · 3.8 WAR
Delmon YoungDH · 83 G · 1.0 WAR

Others 1

Cord Phelps3 G · -0.1 WAR

Starting pitchers 6

Kevin Gausman20 GS · 1.7 WAR
Wei-Yin Chen31 GS · 1.7 WAR
Chris Tillman34 GS · 1.6 WAR
Bud Norris28 GS · 0.8 WAR
Ubaldo Jiménez22 GS · -0.1 WAR
Miguel González26 GS · -0.5 WAR

Relief pitchers 12

Zack Britton71 G · 1.0 WAR
Tommy Hunter60 G · 0.8 WAR
Ryan Webb51 G · 0.7 WAR
Darren O'Day68 G · 0.7 WAR
T.J. McFarland37 G · 0.7 WAR
Brad Brach46 G · 0.2 WAR
Brian Matusz63 G · 0.1 WAR
Preston Guilmet10 G · 0.0 WAR
Ramon E Ramirez1 G · 0.0 WAR
Troy Patton17 G · -0.0 WAR
Evan Meek23 G · -0.3 WAR
Josh Stinson8 G · -0.3 WAR

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

1,416 team hits

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.

Batting

29 players, ranked by dbWAR.


Adam Jones	CF	159	682	181	29	96	7	.281	.311	.469	.344	124	4.4
Steve Pearce	1B	102	383	99	21	49	5	.293	.373	.556	.409	171	3.9
Nelson Cruz	DH	159	678	166	40	108	4	.271	.333	.525	.375	146	3.8
Nick Markakis	RF	155	710	177	14	50	4	.276	.342	.386	.329	113	2.1
J.J. Hardy	SS	141	569	142	9	52	0	.268	.309	.372	.305	96	2.0
Manny Machado	3B	82	354	91	12	32	2	.278	.324	.431	.335	118	1.8
Delmon Young	DH	83	255	73	7	30	2	.302	.337	.442	.348	127	1.0
Chris Davis	1B	127	525	88	26	72	2	.196	.300	.404	.312	101	1.0
Matt Wieters	C	26	112	32	5	18	0	.308	.339	.500	.369	142	0.9
Ryan Flaherty	3B	86	312	62	7	32	1	.221	.288	.356	.290	85	0.8
Jimmy Paredes	3B	24	65	18	2	8	4	.286	.308	.444	.334	116	0.5
Nick Hundley	C	82	233	53	6	22	1	.243	.273	.358	.281	79	0.4
Caleb Joseph	C	80	275	51	9	28	0	.207	.264	.354	.279	77	0.4
David Lough	LF	68	197	43	4	16	8	.247	.309	.385	.313	102	0.3
Steve Lombardozzi Jr.	2B	20	74	21	0	2	1	.288	.297	.329	.281	78	0.1
Steve Clevenger	C	33	97	20	0	8	0	.225	.289	.337	.280	78	0.1
Bud Norris	P	3	4	1	0	1	0	.333	.333	.333	.299	91	0.0
T.J. McFarland	P	1	1	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	0.0
Ubaldo Jiménez	P	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-124	-0.0
Wei-Yin Chen	P	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-124	-0.0
Brad Brach	P	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-124	-0.0
Quintin Berry	LF	5	2	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-124	-0.0
Kevin Gausman	P	2	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-124	-0.0
Christian Walker	1B	6	19	3	1	1	0	.167	.211	.389	.267	68	-0.0
Miguel González	P	2	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-124	-0.1
Chris Tillman	P	3	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-124	-0.1
Alexi Casilla	2B	1	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-124	-0.1
Jonathan Schoop	2B	134	481	95	16	45	2	.209	.244	.354	.268	69	-0.1
Cord Phelps	PH	3	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-124	-0.1

Pitching

18 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.


Kevin Gausman	20	20	113.1	7	7	0	88	3.57	3.41	1.31	7.0	1.7
Wei-Yin Chen	31	31	185.2	16	6	0	136	3.54	3.89	1.23	6.6	1.7
Chris Tillman	34	34	207.1	13	6	0	150	3.34	4.01	1.23	6.5	1.6
Zack Britton	71	0	76.1	3	2	37	62	1.65	3.13	0.90	7.3	1.0
Bud Norris	28	28	165.1	15	8	0	139	3.65	4.22	1.22	7.6	0.8
Tommy Hunter	60	0	60.2	3	2	11	45	2.97	3.15	1.10	6.7	0.8
Ryan Webb	51	0	49.1	3	3	0	37	3.83	2.95	1.26	6.8	0.7
Darren O'Day	68	0	68.2	5	2	4	73	1.70	3.32	0.89	9.6	0.7
T.J. McFarland	37	1	58.2	4	2	0	34	2.76	3.29	1.41	5.2	0.7
Brad Brach	46	0	62.1	7	1	0	54	3.18	3.90	1.17	7.8	0.2
Brian Matusz	63	0	51.2	2	3	0	53	3.48	4.00	1.32	9.2	0.1
Preston Guilmet	10	0	10.1	0	1	0	12	5.23	3.91	0.97	10.5	0.0
Ramon E Ramirez	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	2	0.00	2.13	1.00	18.0	0.0
Troy Patton	17	0	14.0	0	1	0	13	5.14	4.20	1.50	8.4	-0.0
Ubaldo Jiménez	25	22	125.1	6	9	0	116	4.81	4.67	1.52	8.3	-0.1
Evan Meek	23	0	23.1	0	4	0	16	5.79	5.10	1.59	6.2	-0.3
Josh Stinson	8	0	13.0	0	0	0	6	6.23	6.06	1.69	4.2	-0.3
Miguel González	27	26	159.0	10	9	0	111	3.23	4.89	1.30	6.3	-0.5

Attendance

Announced gate at 80 home dates, 2014.

Average: 30,806
Median: 31,159
Total: 2,464,473
Best: 46,685
Quietest: 13,478
On the road: 29,671

By situation

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	80	30,806	31,159	13,478	46,685
Night	57	28,386	27,195	13,478	45,389
Day	23	36,803	37,649	15,614	46,685
Weekend	41	36,355	37,649	15,614	46,667
Weekday	39	24,972	24,184	13,478	46,685
On the road	81	29,671	32,041	10,576	48,613

Through the season

Average home crowd by month.
Month	Games	Average
Mar	1	46,685
Apr	10	27,284
May	12	29,465
Jun	18	28,749
Jul	11	30,795
Aug	15	30,902
Sep	14	33,687

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, 2014.

Regulation: 3:02
All games: 3:08
Extra innings: 3:50
Longest: 4:33
Shortest: 2:20

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	3:08	3:07	2:20	5:05
Regulation	141	3:02	3:02	2:20	3:51
Extra innings	20	3:50	3:42	3:05	5:05
Home	80	3:08	3:05	2:20	4:33
Road	81	3:08	3:08	2:22	5:05
Day	54	3:10	3:07	2:25	5:05
Night	107	3:07	3:05	2:20	4:33

Through the season

Average completed game by month.
Month	Games	Average
Mar	1	2:53
Apr	10	2:54
May	12	3:15
Jun	18	3:07
Jul	10	3:14
Aug	15	3:07
Sep	14	3:09

By season

Regulation games only, in minutes. 182 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 96-66, a .593 win rate, while their +112 run differential implies .578. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.