1978 Baltimore Orioles Roster (40-man)

1977 Season 1979 Season

Record: 90-71-0, Finished 4th in AL_East (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Earl Weaver (90-71)

General Manager: Henry Peters

Scouting Director: Tommy Giordano

Ballpark: Memorial Stadium

Attendance: 1,051,724 (10th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 93
One-year: Batting - 91, Pitching - 91

Pythagorean W-L: 83-78, 659 Runs, 633 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Mike Anderson	27	us US	R	R	6' 2"	200	Jun 22, 1951	8	53	4	53	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	2	6	47	0	8	2	-0.4
Mark Belanger	34	us US	R	R	6' 1"	170	Jun 8, 1944	14	135	109	135	134	0	0	0	0	0	134	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3.5
Nelson Briles	34	us US	R	R	5' 11"	195	Aug 5, 1943	14	16	8	0	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Al Bumbry	31	us US	L	R	5' 8"	170	Apr 21, 1947	7	33	28	33	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	17	0	28	0	5	0	0.4
Terry Crowley	31	us US	L	L	6' 0"	180	Feb 16, 1947	10	62	17	62	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	17	45	0	-0.2
Rich Dauer	25	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	Jul 27, 1952	3	133	116	133	130	0	0	0	87	52	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1.8
Doug DeCinces	27	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	Aug 29, 1950	6	142	140	142	141	0	0	0	12	130	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6.8
Rick Dempsey	28	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	Sep 13, 1949	10	136	130	136	135	0	135	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	3.3
Mike Dimmel	23	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	Oct 16, 1954	2	8	0	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	7	0	0	7	0.0
Mike Flanagan	26	us US	L	L	6' 0"	185	Dec 16, 1951	4	40	40	0	40	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5		All-Star
John Flinn	23	us US	R	R	6' 0"	175	Sep 2, 1954	1st	13	0	0	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.1
Dave Ford	21	us US	R	R	6' 4"	190	Dec 29, 1956	1st	2	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0
Kiko Garcia	24	us US	R	R	5' 11"	180	Oct 14, 1953	3	79	52	79	75	0	0	0	3	0	74	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	1.1
Larry Harlow	26	us US	L	L	6' 2"	185	Nov 13, 1951	3	147	115	146	140	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	133	5	139	0	10	8	0.8
Elrod Hendricks	37	vi VI	L	R	6' 1"	175	Dec 22, 1940	11	13	3	12	7	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	1	0.3
Pat Kelly	33	us US	L	L	6' 1"	185	Jul 30, 1944	12	100	74	100	80	0	0	0	0	0	0	73	1	8	80	3	22	3	1.0
Joe Kerrigan	24	us US	R	R	6' 5"	205	Jan 30, 1954	3	26	2	0	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.0
Carlos López	29	mx MX	R	R	6' 0"	190	Sep 27, 1948	3	129	47	129	114	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	89	114	2	15	33	-0.3
Dennis Martínez	24	ni NI	R	R	6' 1"	160	May 14, 1954	3	40	38	0	40	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5
Tippy Martinez	28	us US	L	L	5' 10"	180	May 31, 1950	5	43	0	1	42	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1.3
Lee May	35	us US	R	R	6' 3"	195	Mar 23, 1943	14	148	141	148	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	140	7	0	0.7
Scott McGregor	24	us US	B	L	6' 1"	190	Jan 18, 1954	3	35	32	0	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.7
Andrés Mora	23	mx MX	R	R	6' 0"	180	May 25, 1955	3	76	62	76	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	69	0	0	69	1	14	0	0.6
Eddie Murray HOF	22	us US	B	R	6' 2"	190	Feb 24, 1956	2	161	161	161	160	0	0	157	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.3		All-Star
Jim Palmer HOF	32	us US	R	R	6' 3"	190	Oct 15, 1945	13	38	38	0	38	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.4	$250,000	All-Star
Gary Roenicke	23	us US	R	R	6' 3"	205	Dec 5, 1954	2	27	14	27	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	20	0	10	1	-0.2
Ken Singleton	31	us US	B	R	6' 4"	210	Jun 10, 1947	9	149	144	149	140	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	138	140	5	5	0	4.7	$150,000
Dave Skaggs	27	us US	R	R	6' 2"	200	Jun 12, 1951	2	36	28	36	35	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.4
Billy Smith	24	us US	B	R	6' 2"	185	Jul 14, 1953	4	85	64	85	84	0	0	0	83	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2.1
Don Stanhouse	27	us US	R	R	6' 2"	185	Feb 12, 1951	7	56	0	0	56	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.8
Earl Stephenson	30	us US	L	L	6' 3"	175	Jul 31, 1947	4	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Sammy Stewart	23	us US	R	R	6' 3"	200	Oct 28, 1954	1st	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Tim Stoddard	25	us US	R	R	6' 7"	230	Jan 24, 1953	2	8	0	0	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Earl Weaver HOF	47	us US	Aug 14, 1930	Manager	Apr 7	Oct 1
Frank Robinson	42	us US	Aug 31, 1935	Hitting	Apr 7	Oct 1
Ray Miller	33	us US	Apr 30, 1945	Pitching	Apr 7	Oct 1
Elrod Hendricks	37	vi VI	Dec 22, 1940	Bullpen	Apr 7	Oct 1
Jim Frey	47	us US	May 26, 1931	First base	Apr 7	Oct 1
Cal Ripken Sr.	42	us US	Dec 17, 1935	Third base	Apr 7	Oct 1
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date