American League East · 2021
Baltimore Orioles
- Team WAR
- 7.9 10.9 bat / -3.0 pitch
- Win %
- .321 pyth .336
- Run diff
- -297 4.07 / 5.90 per g
- wRC+
- 86
- ERA
- 5.81 FIP 5.12
- Home runs
- 199
The Baltimore Orioles went 52-110 in 2021, a .321 winning percentage — the second worst record in baseball. They scored 659 runs and allowed 956, a run differential of -297. The offence ranked 26th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 5.81 staff ERA was the worst. Their 86 team wRC+ was 14% below league average — 28th of 30 in MLB. Cedric Mullins led the position players at 5.9 WAR, and Cole Sulser the rotation at a 2.70 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,326 team hits
Batting
28 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Cedric Mullins | CF | 157 | 675 | 175 | 30 | 59 | 30 | .291 | .360 | .518 | .374 | 133 | 5.9 |
| Ramón Urías | SS | 83 | 296 | 73 | 7 | 38 | 1 | .279 | .361 | .412 | .344 | 113 | 1.8 |
| Austin Hays | LF | 130 | 529 | 125 | 22 | 71 | 4 | .256 | .308 | .461 | .330 | 104 | 1.6 |
| Pedro Severino | C | 110 | 419 | 94 | 11 | 46 | 0 | .248 | .308 | .383 | .301 | 85 | 1.6 |
| Ryan Mountcastle | 1B | 144 | 586 | 136 | 33 | 89 | 4 | .255 | .309 | .487 | .336 | 108 | 1.5 |
| Freddy Galvis | SS | 104 | 394 | 86 | 14 | 40 | 1 | .242 | .302 | .407 | .307 | 89 | 1.4 |
| Trey Mancini | 1B | 147 | 616 | 142 | 21 | 71 | 0 | .255 | .326 | .432 | .328 | 103 | 1.1 |
| DJ Stewart | LF | 98 | 318 | 55 | 12 | 33 | 0 | .204 | .324 | .374 | .314 | 93 | 0.4 |
| Anthony Santander | RF | 110 | 438 | 98 | 18 | 50 | 1 | .241 | .286 | .433 | .308 | 89 | 0.4 |
| Tyler Nevin | LF | 5 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .286 | .444 | .643 | .459 | 190 | 0.2 |
| Nick Ciuffo | C | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .400 | .329 | 104 | 0.0 |
| John Means | P | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .400 | .250 | 51 | -0.0 |
| Thomas Eshelman | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -115 | -0.0 |
| Keegan Akin | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -115 | -0.0 |
| Jorge López | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -115 | -0.0 |
| Kelvin Gutiérrez | 3B | 82 | 295 | 63 | 3 | 20 | 0 | .232 | .292 | .316 | .273 | 66 | -0.1 |
| Bruce Zimmermann | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -115 | -0.1 |
| Matt Harvey | P | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -115 | -0.1 |
| Austin Wynns | C | 42 | 139 | 24 | 4 | 14 | 1 | .185 | .232 | .308 | .237 | 43 | -0.2 |
| Richie Martin Jr. | SS | 33 | 105 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .235 | .269 | .286 | .247 | 49 | -0.2 |
| Chance Sisco | C | 26 | 83 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .149 | .241 | .189 | .209 | 24 | -0.3 |
| Maikel Franco | 3B | 103 | 403 | 79 | 11 | 47 | 0 | .210 | .253 | .355 | .264 | 60 | -0.4 |
| Ryan McKenna | LF | 68 | 197 | 31 | 2 | 14 | 1 | .183 | .292 | .266 | .263 | 60 | -0.4 |
| Stevie Wilkerson | 2B | 26 | 76 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .167 | .211 | .208 | .192 | 12 | -0.5 |
| Jahmai Jones | 2B | 25 | 72 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .149 | .208 | .194 | .188 | 10 | -0.5 |
| Rio Ruiz | 2B | 59 | 141 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 2 | .168 | .243 | .272 | .233 | 40 | -0.5 |
| Domingo Leyba | 2B | 31 | 96 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .115 | .198 | .161 | .175 | 1 | -0.8 |
| Pat Valaika | 2B | 87 | 281 | 52 | 5 | 25 | 1 | .201 | .250 | .290 | .240 | 44 | -0.8 |
Pitching
37 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Cole Sulser | 60 | 0 | 63.1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 73 | 2.70 | 2.98 | 1.12 | 10.4 | 1.2 |
| John Means | 26 | 26 | 146.2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 134 | 3.62 | 4.62 | 1.03 | 8.2 | 0.9 |
| Matt Harvey | 28 | 28 | 127.2 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 95 | 6.27 | 4.60 | 1.54 | 6.7 | 0.8 |
| Tyler Wells | 44 | 0 | 57.0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 65 | 4.11 | 3.63 | 0.91 | 10.3 | 0.7 |
| Paul Fry | 52 | 0 | 47.1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 60 | 6.08 | 3.93 | 1.52 | 11.4 | 0.4 |
| Conner Greene | 24 | 1 | 25.1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 7.11 | 3.41 | 1.74 | 9.2 | 0.4 |
| Dillon Tate | 62 | 0 | 67.2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 49 | 4.39 | 4.40 | 1.24 | 6.5 | 0.2 |
| Tanner Scott | 62 | 0 | 54.0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 70 | 5.17 | 4.41 | 1.57 | 11.7 | 0.2 |
| Chris Ellis | 7 | 6 | 29.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2.15 | 4.57 | 1.19 | 7.1 | 0.2 |
| Fernando Abad | 16 | 0 | 17.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5.60 | 3.96 | 1.70 | 5.1 | 0.1 |
| César Valdez | 39 | 0 | 46.0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 45 | 5.87 | 4.45 | 1.65 | 8.8 | 0.1 |
| Dusten Knight | 7 | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.35 | 3.86 | 1.85 | 11.4 | 0.1 |
| Hunter Harvey | 9 | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4.15 | 4.32 | 1.27 | 6.2 | 0.0 |
| Pat Valaika | 2 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.17 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Joey Krehbiel | 6 | 0 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4.32 | 4.85 | 1.20 | 7.6 | -0.0 |
| Isaac Mattson | 4 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6.23 | 5.25 | 2.31 | 6.2 | -0.0 |
| Keegan Akin | 24 | 17 | 95.0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 82 | 6.63 | 5.10 | 1.58 | 7.8 | -0.1 |
| Eric Hanhold | 10 | 0 | 10.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.97 | 5.69 | 1.55 | 5.2 | -0.1 |
| Austin Wynns | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 16.17 | 1.00 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Stevie Wilkerson | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 16.17 | 2.00 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Konner Wade | 7 | 0 | 12.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11.68 | 5.76 | 2.27 | 8.0 | -0.1 |
| Travis Lakins | 24 | 1 | 28.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 5.79 | 5.24 | 1.43 | 7.7 | -0.2 |
| Zac Lowther | 10 | 6 | 29.2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 6.67 | 5.50 | 1.65 | 9.1 | -0.2 |
| Bruce Zimmermann | 14 | 13 | 64.1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 56 | 5.04 | 5.38 | 1.51 | 7.8 | -0.2 |
| Jorge López | 33 | 25 | 121.2 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 112 | 6.07 | 5.20 | 1.63 | 8.3 | -0.2 |
| Shaun Anderson | 16 | 0 | 23.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8.49 | 5.57 | 2.06 | 7.3 | -0.2 |
| Mike Baumann | 4 | 0 | 10.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9.90 | 6.87 | 1.90 | 4.5 | -0.2 |
| Manny Barreda | 3 | 0 | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13.50 | 13.67 | 2.25 | 6.8 | -0.3 |
| Marcos Diplán | 23 | 0 | 30.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.50 | 5.67 | 1.23 | 7.2 | -0.3 |
| Shawn Armstrong | 31 | 0 | 36.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 6.75 | 5.75 | 1.50 | 11.0 | -0.4 |
| Thomas Eshelman | 9 | 6 | 27.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7.16 | 6.39 | 1.59 | 3.6 | -0.4 |
| Mickey Jannis | 1 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.90 | 17.87 | 3.60 | 2.7 | -0.5 |
| Alex Wells | 11 | 8 | 42.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 6.75 | 6.33 | 1.62 | 5.5 | -0.6 |
| Mac Sceroler | 5 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 14.09 | 13.60 | 2.87 | 12.9 | -0.8 |
| Spenser Watkins | 16 | 10 | 54.2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 35 | 8.07 | 6.37 | 1.70 | 5.8 | -0.8 |
| Dean Kremer | 13 | 13 | 53.2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 47 | 7.55 | 6.99 | 1.64 | 7.9 | -1.1 |
| Adam Plutko | 38 | 1 | 56.1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 6.71 | 7.13 | 1.63 | 7.0 | -1.5 |
Record versus run differential
Baltimore Orioles are 52-110, a .321 win rate, while their -297 run differential implies .336. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.