American League East · 2020

Baltimore Orioles 2020

25-354th in the AL EastOriole Park at Camden YardsAmerican League East American League

Team WAR: 10.7
Win %: .417
Run diff: -20
wRC+: 104
ERA: 4.81
Home runs: 77

The Baltimore Orioles went 25-35 in 2020, a .417 winning percentage — 25th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 274 runs and allowed 294, a run differential of -20. The offence ranked 17th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.81 staff ERA was 20th of 30. Their 104 team wRC+ was 4% above league average — 12th of 30 in MLB. Jose Iglesias led the position players at 1.7 WAR, and Keegan Akin the rotation at a 4.56 ERA.

The 2020 season

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

They finished 4th in the AL East, 15 games back. They spent 2 of 66 days in first place and were as far as 15 games back on September 26. Their best month was August at 12-16, their worst Sept/Oct at 10-16. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from August 7 to August 13 and a 6-game losing streak from August 16 to August 21. They were 13-17 at home and 12-18 on the road, 7-12 in one-run games and 11-26 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-1 against the Braves on September 14; the heaviest defeat, 15-3 against the Nationals on August 14.

Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month	W	L	Pct	RS	RA	Diff
July	3	3	.500	31	39	-8
August	12	16	.429	126	136	-10
Sept/Oct	10	16	.385	117	119	-2

Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games	W-L	Pct
Home	13-17	.433
Road	12-18	.400
One-run games	7-12	.368
Extra innings	4-4	.500
Within the division	14-26	.350
Against .500+ clubs	11-26	.297
Decided by 5+ runs	7-12	.368
Last 10	3-7	.300

American League East standings, 2020

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

American League East, 2020. Games back of the best record in the division.
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RS	RA	Diff	WAR
Tampa Bay Rays	40	20	.667	—	289	229	+60	16.3
New York Yankees	33	27	.550	7	315	270	+45	15.9
Toronto Blue Jays	32	28	.533	8	302	312	-10	12.7
Baltimore Orioles	25	35	.417	15	274	294	-20	10.7
Boston Red Sox	24	36	.400	16	292	351	-59	10.6

2020 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 3

Chance SiscoC · 35 G · 0.7 WAR
Pedro SeverinoC · 48 G · 0.6 WAR
Bryan HoladayC · 19 G · -0.3 WAR

Infielders 9

Jose IglesiasSS · 39 G · 1.7 WAR
Renato Núñez1B · 52 G · 0.8 WAR
Pat ValaikaSS · 51 G · 0.6 WAR
Hanser Alberto2B · 54 G · 0.5 WAR
Rio Ruiz3B · 53 G · 0.4 WAR
Ramón UríasSS · 9 G · 0.4 WAR
Dilson Herrera1B · 3 G · -0.1 WAR
Andrew VelazquezSS · 30 G · -0.3 WAR
Chris Davis1B · 15 G · -0.7 WAR

Outfielders 7

Ryan MountcastleLF · 35 G · 0.9 WAR
Anthony SantanderRF · 37 G · 0.9 WAR
DJ StewartRF · 31 G · 0.7 WAR
Cedric MullinsCF · 40 G · 0.6 WAR
Austin HaysCF · 33 G · 0.3 WAR
Dwight Smith Jr.LF · 20 G · 0.0 WAR
Mason WilliamsLF · 6 G · -0.3 WAR

Starting pitchers 9

Keegan Akin6 GS · 0.6 WAR
Dean Kremer4 GS · 0.6 WAR
Alex Cobb10 GS · 0.4 WAR
Tommy Milone9 GS · 0.3 WAR
Jorge López6 GS · 0.0 WAR
John Means10 GS · -0.0 WAR
Bruce Zimmermann1 GS · -0.1 WAR
Wade LeBlanc6 GS · -0.3 WAR
Asher Wojciechowski7 GS · -0.5 WAR

Relief pitchers 16

César Valdez9 G · 0.5 WAR
Tanner Scott25 G · 0.3 WAR
Shawn Armstrong14 G · 0.3 WAR
Paul Fry22 G · 0.3 WAR
Miguel Castro26 G · 0.3 WAR
Travis Lakins22 G · 0.3 WAR
Dillon Tate12 G · 0.3 WAR
Branden Kline3 G · 0.2 WAR
Evan Phillips14 G · 0.2 WAR
Cole Sulser19 G · 0.0 WAR
Bryan Holaday1 G · 0.0 WAR
David Hess3 G · -0.1 WAR
Hunter Harvey10 G · -0.1 WAR
Cody Carroll3 G · -0.1 WAR
Mychal Givens22 G · -0.1 WAR
Thomas Eshelman12 G · -0.2 WAR

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

523 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

20 players, ranked by dbWAR.


Jose Iglesias	SS	39	150	53	3	24	0	.373	.400	.556	.409	162	1.7
Ryan Mountcastle	LF	35	140	42	5	23	0	.333	.386	.492	.379	141	0.9
Anthony Santander	RF	37	165	40	11	32	0	.261	.315	.575	.365	131	0.9
Renato Núñez	1B	52	216	50	12	31	0	.256	.324	.492	.348	120	0.8
DJ Stewart	RF	31	112	17	7	15	0	.193	.355	.455	.356	125	0.7
Chance Sisco	C	35	121	21	4	10	0	.214	.364	.378	.339	114	0.7
Pat Valaika	SS	51	150	39	8	16	0	.277	.315	.475	.337	113	0.6
Cedric Mullins	CF	40	153	38	3	12	7	.271	.315	.407	.315	97	0.6
Pedro Severino	C	48	178	40	5	21	1	.250	.322	.388	.314	96	0.6
Hanser Alberto	2B	54	231	62	3	22	3	.283	.306	.393	.303	88	0.5
Rio Ruiz	3B	53	204	41	9	32	1	.222	.286	.427	.304	89	0.4
Ramón Urías	SS	9	27	9	1	3	0	.360	.407	.560	.414	166	0.4
Austin Hays	CF	33	134	34	4	9	2	.279	.328	.393	.316	98	0.3
Dwight Smith Jr.	LF	20	72	14	2	6	1	.222	.306	.365	.291	80	0.0
Travis Lakins	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	0.0
Dilson Herrera	1B	3	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.125	-34	-0.1
Mason Williams	LF	6	18	2	0	0	0	.111	.111	.222	.138	-25	-0.3
Andrew Velazquez	SS	30	77	10	0	3	4	.159	.274	.206	.235	41	-0.3
Bryan Holaday	C	19	33	5	0	4	0	.161	.212	.194	.189	9	-0.3
Chris Davis	1B	15	55	6	0	1	0	.115	.164	.173	.155	-14	-0.7

Pitching

25 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.


Keegan Akin	8	6	25.2	1	2	0	35	4.56	3.27	1.44	12.3	0.6
Dean Kremer	4	4	18.2	1	1	0	22	4.82	2.76	1.45	10.6	0.6
César Valdez	9	0	14.1	1	1	3	12	1.26	2.14	0.70	7.5	0.5
Alex Cobb	10	10	52.1	2	5	0	38	4.30	4.87	1.34	6.5	0.4
Tanner Scott	25	0	20.2	0	0	1	23	1.31	3.48	1.06	10.0	0.3
Tommy Milone	9	9	39.0	1	4	0	40	6.69	4.76	1.56	9.2	0.3
Shawn Armstrong	14	0	15.0	2	0	0	14	1.80	2.99	0.80	8.4	0.3
Paul Fry	22	0	22.0	1	0	0	29	2.45	3.69	1.41	11.9	0.3
Miguel Castro	26	0	24.2	2	2	1	38	4.01	3.92	1.66	13.9	0.3
Travis Lakins	22	0	25.2	3	2	1	25	2.81	4.01	1.48	8.8	0.3
Dillon Tate	12	0	16.2	1	1	0	14	3.24	3.55	0.84	7.6	0.3
Branden Kline	3	0	5.0	0	0	0	7	1.80	2.19	1.00	12.6	0.2
Evan Phillips	14	0	14.1	1	1	0	20	5.02	4.03	1.67	12.6	0.2
Jorge López	10	6	39.0	2	2	0	28	6.69	5.24	1.49	6.5	0.0
Cole Sulser	19	0	22.2	1	5	5	19	5.56	4.91	1.50	7.5	0.0
Bryan Holaday	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.19	6.00	0.0	0.0
John Means	10	10	43.2	2	4	0	42	4.53	5.60	0.98	8.7	-0.0
David Hess	3	0	7.0	0	0	0	1	6.43	5.62	1.71	1.3	-0.1
Hunter Harvey	10	0	8.2	0	2	0	6	4.15	5.85	1.15	6.2	-0.1
Cody Carroll	3	0	2.0	0	0	0	3	54.00	9.19	7.00	13.5	-0.1
Bruce Zimmermann	2	1	7.0	0	0	0	7	7.71	6.62	1.14	9.0	-0.1
Mychal Givens	22	0	22.1	1	1	1	25	3.63	5.48	1.16	10.1	-0.1
Thomas Eshelman	12	4	34.2	3	1	0	16	3.89	5.76	1.24	4.2	-0.2
Wade LeBlanc	6	6	22.1	1	0	0	13	8.06	6.73	1.57	5.2	-0.3
Asher Wojciechowski	10	7	37.0	1	3	0	31	6.81	6.68	1.62	7.5	-0.5

Attendance

30 home dates played behind closed doors, 2020.

Average: 0
Median: 0
Total: 0
On the road: 0

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	30	0	0	0	0
Night	23	0	0	0	0
Day	7	0	0	0	0
Weekend	16	0	0	0	0
Weekday	14	0	0	0	0
On the road	30	0	0	0	0

By season

Every home game this season was played with no crowd admitted. The zero is the season, not a missing number — which is why it is shown rather than left out. 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 60 completed games, 2020.

Regulation: 2:59
All games: 3:04
Extra innings: 3:39
Longest: 3:57
Shortest: 2:19

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	60	3:04	3:03	2:02	4:00
Regulation	52	2:59	3:00	2:02	3:38
Extra innings	8	3:39	3:38	3:11	4:00
Home	30	3:05	3:03	2:19	3:57
Road	30	3:04	3:03	2:02	4:00
Day	15	3:07	3:02	2:31	3:38
Night	45	3:03	3:04	2:02	4:00

Through the season

Average completed game by month.
Month	Games	Average
Jul	3	3:18
Aug	14	3:12
Sep	13	2:54

By season

Regulation games only, in minutes. 179 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 25-35, a .417 win rate, while their -20 run differential implies .468. That is about 3 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.