The Baseball Scholar

Baltimore Orioles Best Single Seasons

Dave Franks
2–3 minutes

This is a list of the Baltimore Orioles best single seasons. I decided to select two players for each infield position, six outfielders (regardless of specific position), and one designated hitter for each AL team. Hitters had to play at least 51% of games at their position. For pitching, we selected seven starting pitchers, three non-closers, and two closers. Starting pitchers had to start at least 20 games during the selected season. Relief pitchers were deemed non-closers if they saved less than 10 games. Closers are pitchers that save more than 10 games.


  • Catcher – Chris Hoiles, 1993

    • Chris Hoiles
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    166 .433 6.8 126 503 80 130 28 0 29 82 1 69 94 .310 .416 .585 1.001

  • First Base – George Sisler, 1920

    • George Sisler
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    176 .494 9.8 154 692 137 257 49 18 19 122 42 46 19 .407 .449 .632 1.081

  • Second Base – Brian Roberts, 2005

    • Brian Roberts
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    140 .387 7.2 143 640 92 176 45 7 18 73 27 67 83 .314 .387 .515 .903

  • Third Base – Brooks Robinson, 1964

    • Brooks Robinson
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    145 .384 8.1 163 685 82 194 35 3 28 118 1 51 64 .317 .368 .521 .889

  • Shortstop – Cal Ripken, 1991

    • Cal Ripken
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    154 .405 11.5 162 717 99 210 46 5 34 114 6 53 46 .323 .374 .566 .940

  • Outfield – Frank Robinson, 1966

    • Frank Robinson
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    195 .447 7.7 155 680 122 182 34 2 49 122 8 87 90 .316 .410 .637 1.047

  • Outfield – Ken Williams, 1923

    • Ken Williams
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    168 .477 7.6 147 646 106 198 37 12 29 91 18 79 32 .357 .439 .623 1.062

  • Outfield – George Stone, 1906

    • George Stone
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    182 .441 8.7 154 658 91 208 25 20 6 71 35 52 89 .358 .417 .501 .918

  • Designated Hitter – Luke Scott, 2010

    • Luke Scott
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    140 .387 3.7 131 517 70 127 29 1 27 72 2 59 98 .284 .368 .535 .902

  • Starting Pitcher – Jim Palmer, 1975

    • Jim Palmer
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    58 8.5 39 38 23 11 2.09 323 25 10 1 87 75 80 193 5.4 1.031

  • Starting Pitcher – Mike Mussina, 1992

    • Mike Mussina
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    64 8.2 32 32 18 5 2.54 241 8 4 0 70 68 48 130 4.9 1.079

  • Starting Pitcher – Dave NcNally, 1968

    • Dave McNally
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    66 6.0 35 35 22 10 1.95 273 18 5 0 67 59 55 202 6.7 0.842

  • Starting Pitcher – Barney Pelty, 1906

    • Barney Pelty
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    61 5.2 34 30 16 11 1.59 260.2 25 4 2 77 46 59 92 3.2 0.951

  • Starting Pitcher – Hoyt Wilhelm, 1959

    • Hoyt Wilhelm
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    59 7.6 32 27 15 11 2.19 226 13 3 0 64 55 77 139 5.5 1.128

  • Relief Pitcher – Buddy Groom, 2002

    • BUddy Groom
    ER24 WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    19.37 2.8 70 0 3 2 1.60 62 0 0 2 11 11 12 48 7.0 0.903

  • Relief Pitcher – Darren O’Day, 2015

    • Darren O’Day
    RE24 WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    17.08 2.8 68 0 6 2 1.52 65.1 0 0 6 13 11 14 82 11.3 0.934

  • Closer – Zach Britton, 2016

    • Zach Britton
    RE24 WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    31.37 4.3 69 0 2 1 0.54 67 0 0 47 7 4 18 74 9.9 0.836

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