The Baltimore Orioles went 89-73 in 2016, a .549 winning percentage — 8th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 744 runs and allowed 715, a run differential of +29. The offence ranked 12th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.19 staff ERA was 17th of 30. Their 107 team wRC+ was 7% above league average — 6th of 30 in MLB. Manny Machado led the position players at 5.1 WAR, and Kevin Gausman the rotation at a 3.61 ERA.
The 2016 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished tied for 2nd in the AL East, 4 games back. They spent 112 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 5.5 games on June 29 and were as far as 7 games back on September 22. Their best month was June at 19-9, their worst August at 13-16. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from April 4 to April 12 and a 5-game losing streak from June 30 to July 4. They were 50-31 at home and 39-42 on the road, 21-16 in one-run games and 53-54 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 11-2 at the Rays on September 6; the heaviest defeat, 10-0 against the Mariners on May 17.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
14
9
.609
108
86
+22
May
14
13
.519
110
124
-14
June
19
9
.679
185
140
+45
July
12
14
.462
89
115
-26
August
13
16
.448
132
152
-20
Sept/Oct
17
12
.586
120
98
+22
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
50-31
.617
Road
39-42
.481
One-run games
21-16
.568
Extra innings
6-2
.750
Within the division
40-36
.526
Against .500+ clubs
53-54
.495
Decided by 5+ runs
24-21
.533
Last 10
7-3
.700
American League East standings, 2016
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2016. 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
26,819
26,160
11,142
45,785
Night
61
24,555
23,677
11,142
44,956
Day
20
33,726
33,988
15,110
45,785
Weekend
39
32,416
31,946
15,110
44,956
Weekday
42
21,622
20,306
11,142
45,785
On the road
81
31,797
33,222
10,407
47,791
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
20,311
May
16
26,054
Jun
17
29,022
Jul
9
32,562
Aug
14
25,548
Sep
14
27,712
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, 2016.
Regulation
2:58
153 games
All games
3:00
Extra innings
3:43
8 of them
Longest
4:00
2016-09-23, 12 inn
Shortest
2:26
2016-08-03
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
3:00
2:58
2:24
5:26
Regulation
153
2:58
2:57
2:24
3:58
Extra innings
8
3:43
3:35
2:50
5:26
Home
80
2:59
2:56
2:26
4:00
Road
81
3:01
2:59
2:24
5:26
Day
45
3:05
3:02
2:32
5:26
Night
116
2:58
2:57
2:24
4:14
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
2:59
May
16
2:58
Jun
17
3:05
Jul
9
3:01
Aug
13
2:48
Sep
14
3:03
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 178 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 89-73, a .549 win rate, while their +29 run differential implies .518. That is about 5 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
