American League East · 2018
Baltimore Orioles
- Team WAR
- 9.6 10.9 bat / -1.2 pitch
- Win %
- .290 pyth .341
- Run diff
- -270 3.84 / 5.51 per g
- wRC+
- 89
- ERA
- 5.07 FIP 4.93
- Home runs
- 198
The Baltimore Orioles went 47-115 in 2018, a .290 winning percentage — the worst record in baseball. They scored 622 runs and allowed 892, a run differential of -270. The offence ranked 27th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 5.07 staff ERA was the worst. Their 89 team wRC+ was 11% below league average — 26th of 30 in MLB. Manny Machado led the position players at 7.0 WAR, and Kevin Gausman the rotation at a 3.92 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,361 team hits
Batting
32 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Manny Machado | SS | 162 | 709 | 188 | 37 | 107 | 14 | .297 | .367 | .538 | .380 | 144 | 7.0 |
| Adam Jones | CF | 144 | 613 | 163 | 15 | 63 | 7 | .281 | .313 | .419 | .318 | 100 | 2.0 |
| Renato Núñez | 3B | 71 | 261 | 61 | 8 | 22 | 0 | .258 | .322 | .419 | .325 | 105 | 1.1 |
| Jonathan Schoop | 2B | 128 | 501 | 110 | 21 | 61 | 1 | .233 | .266 | .416 | .292 | 82 | 0.8 |
| Mark Trumbo | DH | 90 | 358 | 86 | 17 | 44 | 0 | .261 | .313 | .452 | .331 | 109 | 0.6 |
| Tim Beckham | SS | 96 | 402 | 85 | 12 | 35 | 1 | .230 | .287 | .374 | .291 | 81 | 0.6 |
| Trey Mancini | LF | 154 | 636 | 141 | 24 | 58 | 0 | .242 | .299 | .416 | .311 | 95 | 0.6 |
| Danny Valencia | 3B | 77 | 282 | 67 | 9 | 28 | 1 | .263 | .316 | .408 | .312 | 97 | 0.6 |
| Joey Rickard | RF | 70 | 230 | 52 | 8 | 23 | 4 | .244 | .300 | .413 | .312 | 96 | 0.4 |
| Austin Wynns | C | 38 | 118 | 28 | 4 | 11 | 0 | .255 | .287 | .382 | .292 | 82 | 0.4 |
| Cedric Mullins | CF | 44 | 191 | 40 | 4 | 11 | 2 | .235 | .312 | .359 | .301 | 88 | 0.4 |
| Jace Peterson | LF | 82 | 246 | 42 | 3 | 28 | 13 | .200 | .310 | .324 | .291 | 82 | 0.3 |
| DJ Stewart | LF | 17 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 2 | .250 | .340 | .550 | .377 | 142 | 0.3 |
| Craig Gentry | LF | 54 | 169 | 42 | 1 | 11 | 12 | .269 | .321 | .346 | .299 | 87 | 0.3 |
| Chance Sisco | C | 62 | 184 | 29 | 2 | 16 | 1 | .181 | .288 | .269 | .261 | 61 | 0.1 |
| Caleb Joseph | C | 80 | 280 | 58 | 3 | 17 | 2 | .219 | .254 | .321 | .254 | 56 | 0.0 |
| Pedro Álvarez | DH | 44 | 127 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 0 | .180 | .283 | .414 | .307 | 93 | 0.0 |
| David Hess | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .235 | 43 | -0.0 |
| Mike Wright Jr. | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.0 |
| Dylan Bundy | P | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .176 | 1 | -0.0 |
| Yefry Ramírez | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.0 |
| Engelb Vielma | 2B | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .198 | 17 | -0.0 |
| Andrew Cashner | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -121 | -0.1 |
| Alex Cobb | P | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .146 | -19 | -0.1 |
| Luis Sardinas | 2B | 7 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .111 | .200 | .278 | .217 | 30 | -0.1 |
| Corban Joseph | 1B | 12 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .222 | .263 | .278 | .243 | 48 | -0.1 |
| John Andreoli | LF | 22 | 67 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .230 | .284 | .262 | .248 | 52 | -0.2 |
| Stevie Wilkerson | 2B | 15 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .174 | .224 | .239 | .211 | 26 | -0.2 |
| Andrew Susac | C | 9 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .115 | .115 | .154 | .117 | -40 | -0.3 |
| Colby Rasmus | RF | 17 | 49 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .133 | .204 | .222 | .197 | 16 | -0.4 |
| Anthony Santander | RF | 30 | 108 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .198 | .250 | .297 | .246 | 50 | -0.4 |
| Chris Davis | 1B | 128 | 522 | 79 | 16 | 49 | 2 | .168 | .243 | .296 | .241 | 47 | -2.7 |
Pitching
29 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Kevin Gausman | 31 | 31 | 183.2 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 148 | 3.92 | 4.32 | 1.30 | 7.3 | 1.5 |
| Mychal Givens | 69 | 0 | 76.2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 79 | 3.99 | 3.07 | 1.19 | 9.3 | 1.3 |
| Tanner Scott | 53 | 0 | 53.1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 76 | 5.40 | 3.40 | 1.56 | 12.8 | 0.7 |
| Richard Bleier | 31 | 0 | 32.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1.93 | 2.70 | 1.22 | 4.1 | 0.7 |
| Brad Brach | 69 | 0 | 62.2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 60 | 3.59 | 3.67 | 1.60 | 8.6 | 0.7 |
| Paul Fry | 35 | 0 | 37.2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 3.35 | 3.11 | 1.27 | 8.6 | 0.6 |
| Alex Cobb | 28 | 28 | 152.1 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 102 | 4.90 | 4.80 | 1.41 | 6.0 | 0.4 |
| Darren O'Day | 20 | 0 | 20.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 3.60 | 3.46 | 1.10 | 12.2 | 0.3 |
| Danny Valencia | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | -2.84 | 0.00 | 27.0 | 0.0 |
| John Means | 1 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13.50 | 4.66 | 1.80 | 10.8 | -0.0 |
| Luis Ortiz | 2 | 1 | 2.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.43 | 7.02 | 4.29 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Josh Rogers | 3 | 3 | 11.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8.49 | 5.65 | 1.89 | 4.6 | -0.1 |
| Donnie Hart | 20 | 0 | 19.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5.59 | 5.02 | 2.22 | 6.1 | -0.1 |
| Jace Peterson | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36.00 | 14.16 | 6.00 | 9.0 | -0.1 |
| Mike Wright Jr. | 48 | 2 | 84.1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 74 | 5.55 | 4.78 | 1.62 | 7.9 | -0.2 |
| Dylan Bundy | 31 | 31 | 171.2 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 184 | 5.45 | 5.17 | 1.41 | 9.6 | -0.2 |
| Sean Gilmartin | 12 | 0 | 27.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3.00 | 5.42 | 1.26 | 5.0 | -0.2 |
| Jhan Mariñez | 8 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5.63 | 7.41 | 2.25 | 3.4 | -0.3 |
| Yefry Ramírez | 17 | 12 | 65.1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 62 | 5.92 | 5.29 | 1.53 | 8.5 | -0.3 |
| Nestor Cortes | 4 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.71 | 10.02 | 3.00 | 5.8 | -0.3 |
| Ryan Meisinger | 18 | 1 | 21.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6.43 | 6.30 | 1.33 | 9.0 | -0.4 |
| Jimmy Yacabonis | 12 | 7 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 5.40 | 5.84 | 1.45 | 7.4 | -0.4 |
| Andrew Cashner | 28 | 28 | 153.0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 99 | 5.29 | 5.32 | 1.58 | 5.8 | -0.5 |
| Miguel Castro | 63 | 1 | 86.1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 57 | 3.96 | 5.11 | 1.45 | 5.9 | -0.5 |
| Chris Tillman | 7 | 7 | 26.2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 10.46 | 7.25 | 2.21 | 4.4 | -0.7 |
| Cody Carroll | 15 | 0 | 17.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 9.00 | 8.16 | 2.00 | 8.5 | -0.7 |
| Evan Phillips | 9 | 1 | 11.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 13.11 | 10.19 | 1.97 | 6.2 | -0.7 |
| Pedro Araújo | 20 | 0 | 28.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 7.71 | 7.41 | 1.68 | 9.3 | -0.9 |
| David Hess | 21 | 19 | 103.1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 74 | 4.88 | 5.80 | 1.38 | 6.4 | -0.9 |
Record versus run differential
Baltimore Orioles are 47-115, a .290 win rate, while their -270 run differential implies .341. That is about 8 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.