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.
The 2021 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the AL East, 48 games back. They spent 8 of 185 days in first place, led by as many as 1 game on April 4 and were as far as 48 games back on October 2. Their best month was March/April at 12-14, their worst August at 4-24. The longest runs were a 3-game winning streak from April 2 to April 4 and a 19-game losing streak from August 3 to August 24. They were 27-54 at home and 25-56 on the road, 13-24 in one-run games and 30-78 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 18-5 against the Indians on June 6; the heaviest defeat, 22-7 against the Blue Jays on September 12.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
14
.462
94
107
-13
May
5
23
.179
108
163
-55
June
10
17
.370
131
172
-41
July
10
12
.455
97
121
-24
August
4
24
.143
108
208
-100
Sept/Oct
11
20
.355
121
185
-64
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
27-54
.333
Road
25-56
.309
One-run games
13-24
.351
Extra innings
4-7
.364
Within the division
20-56
.263
Against .500+ clubs
30-78
.278
Decided by 5+ runs
13-44
.228
Last 10
4-6
.400
American League East standings, 2021
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League East, 2021. 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
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
Average home crowd by month.
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
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
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
Average completed game by month.
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.
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.
