American League East · 2021
Baltimore Orioles 2021
- Team WAR
- 8.6 7.9 bat / 0.7 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 6.0 WAR, and John Means the rotation at a 3.62 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
28 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Cedric Mullins | CF | 157 | 675 | 175 | 30 | 59 | 30 | .291 | .360 | .518 | .374 | 133 | 6.0 |
| Ramón Urías | SS | 83 | 296 | 73 | 7 | 38 | 1 | .279 | .361 | .412 | .344 | 113 | 1.7 |
| Austin Hays | LF | 130 | 529 | 125 | 22 | 71 | 4 | .256 | .308 | .461 | .330 | 104 | 1.5 |
| Ryan Mountcastle | 1B | 144 | 586 | 136 | 33 | 89 | 4 | .255 | .309 | .487 | .336 | 108 | 1.3 |
| Freddy Galvis | SS | 104 | 394 | 86 | 14 | 40 | 1 | .242 | .302 | .407 | .307 | 89 | 1.2 |
| Pedro Severino | C | 110 | 419 | 94 | 11 | 46 | 0 | .248 | .308 | .383 | .301 | 85 | 0.9 |
| Trey Mancini | 1B | 147 | 616 | 142 | 21 | 71 | 0 | .255 | .326 | .432 | .328 | 103 | 0.8 |
| DJ Stewart | LF | 98 | 318 | 55 | 12 | 33 | 0 | .204 | .324 | .374 | .314 | 93 | 0.4 |
| Tyler Nevin | LF | 5 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .286 | .444 | .643 | .459 | 190 | 0.2 |
| Anthony Santander | RF | 110 | 438 | 98 | 18 | 50 | 1 | .241 | .286 | .433 | .308 | 89 | 0.1 |
| Nick Ciuffo | C | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .400 | .329 | 104 | 0.1 |
| 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 |
| Bruce Zimmermann | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -115 | -0.0 |
| Matt Harvey | P | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -115 | -0.1 |
| Kelvin Gutiérrez | 3B | 82 | 295 | 63 | 3 | 20 | 0 | .232 | .292 | .316 | .273 | 66 | -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 | -0.4 |
| Austin Wynns | C | 42 | 139 | 24 | 4 | 14 | 1 | .185 | .232 | .308 | .237 | 43 | -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 | -0.6 |
| Rio Ruiz | 2B | 59 | 141 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 2 | .168 | .243 | .272 | .233 | 40 | -0.7 |
| Maikel Franco | 3B | 103 | 403 | 79 | 11 | 47 | 0 | .210 | .253 | .355 | .264 | 60 | -0.8 |
| Domingo Leyba | 2B | 31 | 96 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .115 | .198 | .161 | .175 | 1 | -1.0 |
| Pat Valaika | 2B | 87 | 281 | 52 | 5 | 25 | 1 | .201 | .250 | .290 | .240 | 44 | -1.0 |
Pitching
37 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| John Means | 26 | 26 | 146.2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 134 | 3.62 | 4.62 | 1.03 | 8.2 | 1.4 |
| Cole Sulser | 60 | 0 | 63.1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 73 | 2.70 | 2.98 | 1.12 | 10.4 | 1.4 |
| Matt Harvey | 28 | 28 | 127.2 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 95 | 6.27 | 4.60 | 1.54 | 6.7 | 1.2 |
| Tyler Wells | 44 | 0 | 57.0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 65 | 4.11 | 3.63 | 0.91 | 10.3 | 0.8 |
| Paul Fry | 52 | 0 | 47.1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 60 | 6.08 | 3.93 | 1.52 | 11.4 | 0.5 |
| 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 | 0.4 |
| Tanner Scott | 62 | 0 | 54.0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 70 | 5.17 | 4.41 | 1.57 | 11.7 | 0.3 |
| Chris Ellis | 7 | 6 | 29.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2.15 | 4.57 | 1.19 | 7.1 | 0.3 |
| César Valdez | 39 | 0 | 46.0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 45 | 5.87 | 4.45 | 1.65 | 8.8 | 0.2 |
| Keegan Akin | 24 | 17 | 95.0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 82 | 6.63 | 5.10 | 1.58 | 7.8 | 0.2 |
| Fernando Abad | 16 | 0 | 17.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5.60 | 3.96 | 1.70 | 5.1 | 0.2 |
| Jorge López | 33 | 25 | 121.2 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 112 | 6.07 | 5.20 | 1.63 | 8.3 | 0.2 |
| 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 | 0.1 |
| Pat Valaika | 2 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.17 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Bruce Zimmermann | 14 | 13 | 64.1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 56 | 5.04 | 5.38 | 1.51 | 7.8 | 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 |
| Zac Lowther | 10 | 6 | 29.2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 6.67 | 5.50 | 1.65 | 9.1 | -0.1 |
| Eric Hanhold | 10 | 0 | 10.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.97 | 5.69 | 1.55 | 5.2 | -0.1 |
| Travis Lakins | 24 | 1 | 28.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 5.79 | 5.24 | 1.43 | 7.7 | -0.1 |
| Konner Wade | 7 | 0 | 12.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11.68 | 5.76 | 2.27 | 8.0 | -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 |
| 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 |
| Marcos Diplán | 23 | 0 | 30.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.50 | 5.67 | 1.23 | 7.2 | -0.3 |
| Manny Barreda | 3 | 0 | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13.50 | 13.67 | 2.25 | 6.8 | -0.3 |
| Shawn Armstrong | 31 | 0 | 36.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 6.75 | 5.75 | 1.50 | 11.0 | -0.3 |
| 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 | -0.5 |
| Spenser Watkins | 16 | 10 | 54.2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 35 | 8.07 | 6.37 | 1.70 | 5.8 | -0.7 |
| Mac Sceroler | 5 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 14.09 | 13.60 | 2.87 | 12.9 | -0.8 |
| Dean Kremer | 13 | 13 | 53.2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 47 | 7.55 | 6.99 | 1.64 | 7.9 | -0.9 |
| Adam Plutko | 38 | 1 | 56.1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 6.71 | 7.13 | 1.63 | 7.0 | -1.4 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 78 home dates, 2021.
- Average
- 10,170 78 home dates
- Median
- 9,508
- Total
- 793,229
- Best
- 30,898 2021-07-24
- Quietest
- 4,147 2021-04-13
- On the road
- 16,390 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 78 | 10,170 | 9,508 | 4,147 | 30,898 |
| Night | 54 | 9,877 | 8,886 | 4,147 | 30,898 |
| Day | 24 | 10,827 | 10,243 | 5,060 | 26,391 |
| Weekend | 38 | 12,004 | 10,788 | 7,155 | 30,898 |
| Weekday | 40 | 8,427 | 7,918 | 4,147 | 20,164 |
| On the road | 80 | 16,390 | 14,316 | 4,028 | 34,571 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 14 | 6,303 |
| May | 11 | 8,909 |
| Jun | 13 | 9,735 |
| Jul | 10 | 14,698 |
| Aug | 15 | 11,130 |
| Sep | 18 | 9,250 |
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 162 completed games, 2021.
- Regulation
- 3:05 151 games
- All games
- 3:06
- Extra innings
- 3:28 11 of them
- Longest
- 4:04 2021-09-16, 10 inn
- Shortest
- 2:01 2021-04-15
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 162 | 3:06 | 3:04 | 2:01 | 4:19 |
| Regulation | 151 | 3:05 | 3:03 | 2:01 | 4:19 |
| Extra innings | 11 | 3:28 | 3:36 | 2:26 | 4:04 |
| Home | 81 | 3:06 | 3:06 | 2:01 | 4:04 |
| Road | 81 | 3:06 | 3:03 | 2:12 | 4:19 |
| Day | 58 | 3:05 | 3:06 | 2:01 | 4:01 |
| Night | 104 | 3:07 | 3:03 | 2:25 | 4:19 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 14 | 2:54 |
| May | 11 | 3:09 |
| Jun | 13 | 3:07 |
| Jul | 10 | 3:15 |
| Aug | 15 | 3:07 |
| Sep | 18 | 3:08 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 185 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.
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.