BALTIMORE ORIOLES GAME NOTES Oriole Park at Camden Yards 333 West Camden Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Friday, May 15, 2015 Game #33 Home Game #14 Baltimore Orioles (15-17) vs. Los Angeles Angels (17-17) LHP Wei-Yin Chen (1-1, 2.52) vs. RHP Jered Weaver (1-4, 4.98) OH, WHAT A RELIEF IT IS: Since April 29, the Orioles bullpen ranks second the majors (behind Detroit) with a 1.41 ERA (5 ER/32.0 IP) In that same time frame, Baltimore relievers have held opposing hitters to a.161 clip, ranking first in the majors Overall this season, the Orioles bullpen has a 3.48 ERA. VS. LOS ANGELES ANGELS: The Orioles and Angels play the first game of six matchups between the two clubs this season The Orioles host a three-game weekend series against the Halos The Orioles won the season series, 4-2, in 2014 The Birds went 2-1 at Oriole Park and 2-1 at Angel Stadium last season The Orioles lead the Angels in the all-time series, 349-292, with the Orioles leading 186-130 at home and leading 163-162 at Anaheim. SAFE AND SOUND: Following Wednesday's 1-for-5 effort, 3B Manny Machado has now reached base safely in a career-high tying 19 consecutive games (also, June 22-July 20, 2014)...He also extended his hitting streak to a season-high six games (.385/.407/.654)...He has hit safely in nine of his last 10 games (since May 3), batting.359/.405/.615 in that span Machado led off the bottom of the first with a home run on Monday...According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the 22-year-old third baseman is the youngest player in the majors to lead off a game with a homer this season...since the franchise moved to Baltimore in 1954, only one other Orioles player hit a leadoff homer at age 22-or-younger; OF Paul Blair had two lead-off homers as a 21-year-old rookie in 1965. HAPPY TO ASSIST: The Orioles rank first in the majors with 11 outfield assists...delmon Young leads the team and ranks tied for third in the American League with four, Adam Jones has three and Alejandro De Aza and Travis Snider each have two. ABOVE AVERAGE: OF Adam Jones ranks fifth in the American League and 11th in the majors with a.336 (41- for-122) batting average...jones had at least one hit in the first 11 Orioles home games this season, snapping his streak on Monday with an 0-fo-3 night...he is now 18-for-48 (.375/.429/.771) with five home runs, 13 RBI and 13 runs scored at home Jones has recorded at least one hit in 23 of his 32 games played this season. HOMER HAPPY: The Orioles enter today s game tied for sixth in the majors and tied for fourth in the American League with 42 home runs 1B Chris Davis ranks tied for seventh in the American League with eight home runs and OF Adam Jones and 3B Manny Machado are tied for 16 th in the AL with six home runs each Baltimore ranked first in the majors last season with 211 home runs. I LOVE A PAREDES: In 21 games since being activated from the DL, Jimmy Paredes is hitting.364 (32-for-88) with five home runs, seven doubles, two triples, 18 RBI and 16 runs scored Paredes has at least one hit in 19 of his 21 games played this season and 14 of his 32 hits have been for extra bases He is currently riding a career-high 12-game hitting streak (since May 1), passing Adam Jones (9) for the team high this season. WHAT A LONG, STRANGE TRIP IT S BEEN: The Orioles recently returned home from a 10-day, nine game road trip to Tampa Bay (2-1), New York Mets (0-2) and New York Yankees (1-3) Baltimore served as the home team for the three game series at Tampa Bay, but all statistics and records reflect the Orioles as the road team Starting on May 11, the Orioles began a stretch in which they play 17 of their next 20 games at home. BEASTS OF THE EAST: The Orioles will not play a game outside of the Eastern Time Zone until June 1, when the team travels to Houston (6/1-4) Prior to June 1, Baltimore plays road series at Tampa Bay (4/6-8, 5/1-3), Boston (4/17-20), Toronto (4/21-23), New York Mets (5/5-6), New York Yankees (5/7-10) and Miami (5/22-24). A GRAND ENTRANCE: 2B Rey Navarro and RHP Jason Garcia each made their Major League debuts this season Since the team moved to Baltimore in 1954, a total of 992 players have played for the Orioles. DISABLED LIST: Six Orioles are currently on the 15-day disabled list and one is on the 60-day disabled list...lhp Wesley Wright (4/11, left trapezius strain), INF Jonathan Schoop (4/18, right knee sprain), INF Everth Cabrera (5/7, left foot contusion), RHP Kevin Gausman (retroactive to 5/7, right shoulder tendinitis) INF Ryan Flaherty (5/12, right groin strain) and RHP Jason Garcia (retroactive to 5/11, right shoulder tendinitis) are all on the 15-day disabled list CA Matt Wieters (retroactive to 3/27, rehabilitation from Tommy John surgery) is currently on the 60-day disabled list. ON THIS DATE IN ORIOLES HISTORY: On this date in 1969, LHP Dave McNally came within two outs of a no-hitter before Twins' CF Cesar Tovar s one-out single ended his bid...mcnally completed the one-hitter when 2B Rod Carew grounded into a game-ending double play in a 5-0 Orioles win at Minnesota. THE SKIPPER: Buck Showalter recently won his third Manager of the Year award (1994, 2004, 2014) and is in his sixth season as Orioles manager He has a 1274-1178 (.520) record in 17 seasons as manager of the Yankees (313-268; 1992-95), D-backs (250-236; 1998-2000), Rangers (319-329; 2003-06) and Orioles (392-344, August 2010-current) On May 10, 2013, Showalter became the 49 th manager in MLB history to win 1,100 games His 392 wins as Orioles manager are fourth-most in club history behind Earl Weaver (1480), Paul Richards (517), and Hank Bauer (407) Last season, Showalter passed Johnny Oates, who won 291 games with Baltimore. BASEBOWL TOURNAMENT: Orioles 3B Manny Machado will host the second annual Manny Machado BaseBOWL Tournament, a celebrity charity event to support Baltimore City s Department of Recreation and Parks on Monday, May 18...The sold-out event will be held from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Mustang Alleys Bar, Bowling and Bistro, located at 1300 Bank Street in Baltimore. VOTE ORANGE: Voting for the 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Cincinnati has begun, and for the first time ever, Major League Baseball is holding its All-Star Game balloting exclusively online, allowing all fans the chance to cast their votes for Orioles players up to 35 times per email address at www.orioles.com/voteorange...online voting concludes on July 2 at 11:59 p.m. ET. ORIOLES NAME 2015 HALL OF FAME CLASS: Former Orioles 3B Melvin Mora has been elected to the Orioles Hall of Fame...Additionally, the former left field platoon duo of John Lowenstein and Gary Roenicke will be enshrined as selections of the Veterans Committee...Long-time Orioles scout Fred Uhlman, Sr. will be inducted as this year s Herb Armstrong Award winner...mora, Roenicke and Uhlman will be honored at a luncheon at Oriole Park sponsored by the Oriole Advocates, founders of the Orioles Hall of Fame, on Friday, August 14, as well as during an on-field ceremony prior to the game against the Oakland Athletics that evening...lowenstein will be unable to attend due to a previous engagement. UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS ODDS & ENDS Home 8-5 Away 7-12 Day 7-4 Night 8-13 vs. LHP 2-3 vs. RHP 13-14 Series Record 6-4-1 First game of series 3-8 Last game of a series 5-6 Last 10 games 4-6 Win/Loss streak W1 Longest win streak 3 (4/25-29) Longest losing streak 5 (last 4/20-24) Most games over.500 2 (last 7-5) Most games under.500 3 (last 13-16) Extra innings 1-0 Shutouts 1-2 One-run games 3-6 Two-run games 2-4 Lead after 7 innings 15-0 Tied after 7 innings 0-2 Trail after 7 innings 0-15 Lead after 8 innings 15-0 Tied after 8 innings 0-1 Trail after 8 innings 0-16 Orioles score first 14-6 Opponent scores first 1-11 Score four or more runs 15-7 Score fewer than four runs 0-10 Orioles homer 14-10 Outhit opponents 13-5 Equal hit total 2-3 Outhit by opponents 0-9 Most hits in a game 20 (4/26) Fewest hits in a game 3 (4/8) No errors 7-10 With one error 7-3 With two errors 1-2 With three or more errors 0-2 vs. AL 15-15 vs. AL East 14-15 vs. AL Central 1-0 vs. AL West 0-0 vs. NL 0-2 Largest home crowd 45,936* (4/10) Largest road crowd 42,280 (5/9) CURRENT HOMESTAND Record 2-1 Team Average.234 (22-94) Runs per Game 4.3 (13R/3G) Fielding Errors 3 Team ERA 2.67 (8ER/27.0IP) Starters W-L 2-1 Starters ERA 2.95 (7ER/21.1IP) Bullpen W-L-S 0-0-2 Bullpen ERA 1.59 (1ER/5.2IP) Saves/Opps 2/2 Best homestand 3-1 (4/24-29) Worst homestand 3-3 (4/10-15) Best road trip 2-1 (4/6-8) Worst road trip 3-9 (5/1-10) DAY OPPONENT TIME TV RADIO O S STARTER OPP. STARTER May 16 vs. LA Angels 7:05 p.m. MASN-HD CBS RADIO 105.7 The Fan RH Bud Norris (1-4, 9.88) RH Matt Shoemaker (2-3, 6.61) May 17 vs. LA Angels 1:35 p.m. MASN-HD CBS RADIO 105.7 The Fan RH Ubaldo Jimenez (3-2, 2.41) RH Garrett Richards (3-1, 2.27) May 18 OFF DAY
TONIGHT S STARTING PITCHER: #16 WEI-YIN CHEN Height: 6-0 Weight: 195 Bats: Left Throws: Left Opening Day Age: 29 Born: July 21, 1985 in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan Resides: Keelung City, Taiwan How Acquired: January 10, 2012; signed by the Orioles as a non-drafted free agent to a threeyear contract with a club option for 2015 QUICK HITS: Making his seventh start of the season and first against an opponent outside of the AL East Name pronounced Way-In First Taiwanese-born player in Orioles history Had surgery following the 2013 season to remove bony ossicles from his right knee Named to Baseball America s 2012 All-Rookie Team Missed 2006-07 seasons in Japan after having Tommy John surgery Married to Yi-Wen Tsai (E-ewen sigh) They have a son, Karsten (11/12/12). QUITE A RUN: Since May 9, 2014, Chen is 14-5 and has pitched to a 3.22 ERA (187.1IP, 67ER) with 17 Quality Starts over his last 31 starts The Birds are 19-12 in those games. CHEN VS. LOS ANGELES (AL): Is making his third career start against the Angels Has gone 0-1 with a 5.23 ERA (10.1IP, 6ER) in his previous two starts Last faced Los Angeles (AL) on July 8, 2012 at Angel Stadium (L, 4.0IP, 5H, 5ER, 3BB, 5K). LAST START: Chen recorded his third consecutive Quality Start (fourth this season) after earning the win on May 9 at Yankee Stadium (7.0IP, 5H, ER, BB, 7K) Snapped a seven-game winless streak, dating back to September 22, 2014 Set a season-high with seven strikeouts Retired nine straight batters from the second to the fifth inning (struck out the side in the third inning). QUALITY STRETCH: Chen has recorded three straight Quality Starts since April 25 vs. Boston, the longest streak by an Orioles pitcher this season (O s are 3-0) During that span, he is 1-0 with a 2.14 ERA (21.0IP, 5ER) and has held opponents to a.213 batting average He has surrendered three earned runs or fewer in each of his last 11 starts (dating back to September 5, 2014), posting a 2.31 ERA (66.1IP, 17ER) over that stretch. MILESTONE STRIKEOUT: In the top of the fourth inning on April 13 vs. New York (AL), Chen struck out Alex Rodriguez for his 400 th career strikeout Became the 11 th left-handed Orioles pitcher to record 400 strikeouts. THE EAST IS A BEAST: Chen is 24-10 with a 3.55 ERA (301.1IP, 119ER) in 49 starts alltime against teams outside of the AL East Against AL East clubs, he is 12-15 with a 4.04 ERA (249.2IP, 112ER) in 43 starts. GET HIM 16 OUTS: When Chen pitches 5.0 or fewer innings, the Birds are 9-14, but when he pitches 5.1 or more innings, they are 45-24, including a 22-3 mark when he works 7.0 or more innings (Chen is 18-1 in those 25 outings with his only loss coming August 4, 2013 vs. Seattle). MR. EFFICIENT: Averages 16.4 pitches per inning over six starts this season (third among Orioles starting pitchers; Miguel Gonzalez; 15.8, and Ubaldo Jimenez; 16.0) In 2014, Chen s 16.0 pitches per inning led the club s starters and ranked 21 st in the AL. AT ORIOLE PARK: Has posted a 2.57 ERA (14.0IP, 4ER) in two starts at OPACY this season (both Quality Starts) In 15 starts during the 2014 season, went 8-2 with a 3.76 ERA (91.0IP, 38ER) and had seven Quality Starts In 44 career home starts, is 18-10 with a 3.80 ERA (272.2IP, 115ER) and 25 Quality Starts The Orioles are 28-16 in those 44 games. ON THE ROAD: Is 1-1 with a 2.49 ERA (21.2IP, 6ER) in four starts on the road this season Is 18-15 with a 3.75 ERA (278.1IP, 116ER) and 24 Quality Starts in 48 career starts away from home The Birds are 26-22 in those 48 games. CLUB RANKS: Chen posted the fifth-highest single-season winning percentage mark in club history by an Orioles left-handed pitcher (min. 15 decisions) in 2014 after going 16-6 (.727) His.727 clip in 2014 was the highest by an Orioles left-hander since Mike Flanagan posted a.750 mark (12-4) in 1983 Dave McNally holds the club record with an.808 winning percentage (21-5) in 1971. TROUBLE WITH THE LONGBALL: Has allowed five home runs this season (four to righthanded batters) 13 of the 23 home runs Chen allowed in 2014 were to the leadoff batter of an CHEN S SPLITS Home: 0-0, 2.57 ERA vs. LH:.179 (5-28), 1HR Away: 1-1, 2.49 ERA vs. RH:.222 (22-99), 4HR CHEN S CAREER NUMBERS W-L ERA G IP H R ER BB SO 2014 16-6 3.54 31 185.2 193 77 73 35 136 2015 1-1 2.52 6 35.2 27 15 10 12 27 Career 36-25 3.77 92 551.0 548 251 231 143 421 Home: 18-10, 3.80 ERA Away: 18-15, 3.75 ERA vs. LH:.239 (127-531), 16HR vs. RH:.265 (421-1587), 58HR RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING 1 st 2 nd 3 rd 4 th 5 th 6 th 7 th 8 th 9 th Tot 1 4 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 15 RUN SUPPORT WHILE IN GAME 0R 1R 2R 3R 4R 5R 6R 7R 8R 9R 10+ 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 LAST TIME Win: 5/9/15 @ NYY 7.0IP, 5H, ER, BB, 7K Loss: 4/20/15 @ BOS 4.1IP, 3H, 5R, 5BB, 3K ND: 5/3/15 @ TB 6.0IP, 7H, 2ER, 2BB, 4K CG: 10/15/11 @ Yomiuri 8.0IP, 9H, 4ER, 5K SHO: 8/17/11 vs. Yomiuri 9.0IP, 2H, 4K SEASON HIGHS Innings Pitched: 8.0 4/25 vs. BOS Hits Allowed: 7 5/3 @ TB Runs Allowed: 5 4/20 @ BOS Strikeouts: 7 5/9 @ NYY Walks: 5 4/20 @ BOS Winning Streak: 1 5/9-current Losing Streak: 1 4/20 Shortest Start (IP): 4.1 4/7 @ TB, 4/20 @ BOS Pitches thrown: 108 4/25 vs. BOS Home runs allowed: 2 4/13 vs. NYY CAREER HIGHS IN MLB Innings Pitched: 8.0 3x, last 4/25/15 vs. BOS Hits Allowed: 12 4/3/14 vs. BOS Runs Allowed: 8 8/27/13 @ BOS Strikeouts: 12 7/29/12 vs. OAK Walks: 5 9/1/13 @ NYY, 4/20/15 @ BOS Winning Streak: 5 7/3-8/1/14 Losing Streak: 6 9/1/12-4/14/13 Shortest Start (IP): 3.1 6/28/14 vs. TB Pitches thrown: 119 7/30/13 vs. HOU Home runs allowed: 3 4x, last 6/28/14 vs. TB CHEN VS. ANGELS PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI Aybar.500 4 2 1 1 Calhoun.--- -- -- -- -- Cowgill.--- -- -- -- -- Cron.--- -- -- -- -- Featherston.--- -- -- -- -- Freese.--- -- -- -- -- Giavotella.333 3 1 0 0 Iannetta.--- -- -- -- -- Joyce.250 4 1 0 0 Krauss.--- -- -- -- -- Perez.--- -- -- -- -- Pujols.200 5 1 1 2 Trout.333 3 1 1 1 WEAVER VS. ORIOLES PLAYER AVG AB H HR RBI Davis.206 34 7 0 3 De Aza.444 9 4 1 1 Hardy.130 23 3 0 1 Jones.304 23 7 2 6 Joseph.--- -- -- -- -- Lavarnway.286 7 2 0 2 Lough.500 4 2 0 0 Machado.333 6 2 0 1 Navarro.--- -- -- -- -- Paredes.000 2 0 0 0 Pearce.000 5 0 0 0 Snider.182 11 2 0 0 Young.389 18 7 1 2 inning He allowed a career-high tying three home runs twice in 2014 (May 27 @MIL and June 28 vs. TB), matching his career-mark for the fourth time (also, July 8, 2012 & September 7, 2012) 20 of the 23 homers served up last season were hit by right-handed batters. WORLDWIDE WINS: In 2014, Chen set the third-highest winning percentage (16-6,.727) among MLB left-handed pitchers born outside of the United States, behind only Johan Santana s (Venezuela).769 winning percentage (20-6) set in 2004 and his.750 mark (19-6) in 2006. CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES: After making his start in Game 3 of the 2014 American League Championship Series in Kansas City, Chen became the first Taiwanese-born pitcher to start a League Championship Series game He became the second Taiwanese-born pitcher to appear in a League Championship Series (also Hong-Chih Kuo, seven games, 2008-09). 500 CLUB: After logging his 500 th inning of work at the major league level on September 15, 2014 vs. Toronto, Chen became the second Orioles left-handed pitcher in club history to record 500 or more innings within his first three seasons with the team, joining Steve Barber (570.1), 1960-1962. RECORD BOOKS: Chen collected 11 wins through the first 100 team games in 2014 It placed him third in Orioles history for most wins by a lefty starter through the first 100 games of a season, behind only Jimmy Key (13-1997) and Erik Bedard (12-2006). MAKING TAIWAN PROUD: Has 36 career wins, the second-most by a Taiwanese-born pitcher in major league history behind Chien-Ming Wang (62) Chen passed Hong-Chih Kuo (13 wins) for second place with his April 26, 2013 win at Oakland Is one of eight pitchers in MLB history to be born in Taiwan (also Chia-Jen Lo, Chin-hui Tsao, Fu-Te Ni, C.C. Lee, Wei-Chung Wang and those above). CHEN S 2015 STARTS DATE OPP SCORE WHENLEFT DEC IP H R ER BB K HR PIT STR NOTES 4/7 @ TB 6-5 6-3 ND 4.1 4 3 3 2 4 1 96 62 Shortest start since June 28, 2014 vs. TB (3.1IP) 4/13 vs. NYY 5-6 4-2 ND 6.0 4 2 2 1 4 2 89 58 Recorded 400 th career strikeout 4/20 @ BOS 1-7 1-5 L 4.1 3 5 0 5 3 0 95 54 Patriot s Day; Rain-shortened after 6 ½ innings 4/25 vs. BOS 5-4 3-2 ND 8.0 4 2 2 1 5 1 108 69 Matched career-high with 8.0IP; Retired final 12 batters faced 5/3 @ TB 4-2 1-2 ND 6.0 7 2 2 2 4 1 91 65 Orioles served as home team at Tropicana Field 5/9 @ NYY 6-2 6-1 W 7.0 5 1 1 1 7 0 106 76 Snapped a 7-game winless streak; Retired 9 straight from 2 nd -5 th Inn SEASON TOTALS 1-1 35.2 27 15 10 12 27 5 585 384 (65.6%)
STARTING PITCHER RUN SUPPORT PITCHER STARTS RUNS RUNS/START RUN SUPP AVG O S W-L QUALITY STARTS Q.S. % Chen 6 21 3.50 5.30 4-2 4 66.7 Gonzalez 7 26 3.71 5.44 4-3 3 42.9 Jimenez 6 24 4.00 6.42 3-3 3 50.0 Norris 6 19 3.17 6.26 2-4 2 33.3 Tillman 7 13 1.86 3.05 2-5 2 28.6 TOTALS 32 103 3.22 5.21 15-17 14 43.8 BIRDS IN THE BULLPEN 35 BRAD BRACH RH 5/12 vtor: 1.2, BB, 4K vtor: 1.2IP, BB, 4K STAND: 1.2IP, BB, 4K HR 1 1 2 5/6/16 (D. Herrera) 4/15/15 vnyy 9/6/14 @TB 5/2/15 @TB 2.0, 5/6 @NYM 4, 5/12 vtor vs. 1 st batter (Retired-Faced): 9-12 Runners (Inherited/Scored): 9-4 Has gone 1-0 with a SV and a 2.31 ERA (11.2IP, 3ER) over his last 8 outings since April 15 Earned his first career ML save, May 2 @TB (1.1IP, K) Held opponents scoreless over four straight outings, April 15-23 (6.1IP) Struck out career-high tying 4, April 23 @TOR & May 12 vs. TOR The 5 th time in his career he s K d 4 Posted a 2.84 ERA (25.1IP, 8ER) with 23 strikeouts over his last 25 outings in 2014 Recorded a career-high 12 consecutive scoreless outings (14.1IP) from July 31-August 28 Finished tied for fourth among AL relievers in wins (seven) His.875 winning percentage (7-1) led AL relievers (min. 0.05 dec./team G or eight decisions/162g) Became the first MLB reliever in 2014 to earn a victory in three consecutive outings, July 2-6 53 ZACH BRITTON LH 5/11 vtor: SV, IP, 2H, 2K vtor: SV, IP, 2H, 2K STAND: SV, IP, 2H, 2K HR 8/10/14 (P. Bourjos) 4/26/14 vs. KC 7/18/14 @OAK 5/12/15 vtor 1.1, 5/3 @TB 3, 4/7 @TB vs. 1 st batter (Retired-Faced): 10-13 Runners (Inherited/Scored): 5-0 Has not allowed a run over his last five appearances (4.2IP), going 3-for-3 in SVO His 44 career saves rank 4 th among Orioles left-handers on the club s all-time saves list (George Sherrill is 3 rd, 51) Snapped a streak of 8 consecutive SV conversions, April 25 vs. BOS (IP, 2H, ER) Struck out the side to earn his first save of 2015, 4/7 @TB Registered the first multi-inning save of his career, April 14 vs. NYY (1.1IP) Also posted a multi-inning save, May 3 @TB (1.1IP) Finished 4 th in the AL with 37 saves Led all relievers in groundball-to-flyball ratio (6.68) and ground ball percentage (75.8%) in 2014 Appeared in six postseason games, posting a 3.86 ERA (4.2IP, 2ER) with two saves (ALDS Games 2 and 3) Converted 37 of 41 SV opps (90.2%) during the 2014 regular season Converted 18 consecutive save opportunities from July 19-September 4 Became the 10 th different Oriole to record a 30-save season, August 30 vs. MIN...The 14 th 30-save season by an Oriole Pitched 1.0 inning or more in 64 of his 71 appearances (8th in MLB/3rd in AL) in 2014, going 2-0 with 35 saves and a 0.86 ERA (73.1IP, 7ER) in those 64 outings Posted a franchise record 35.1 consecutive scoreless innings at home from September 27, 2013-August 3, 2014 His stretch of 27 straight scoreless home appearances from September 27, 2013-August 3, 2014 tied the club record 29 TOMMY HUNTER RH 5/12 vtor: 0.1IP, 2H, ER, HR vtor: 0.1IP, 2H, ER, HR STAND: 0.1IP, 2H, ER, HR HR 1 1 2 5/12/15 (E. Encarnacion) 5/3/15 @TB 4/13/15 vs. NYY 5/9/14 vs. HOU 2.0, 4/19 @BOS 2, 5/9 @NYY vs. 1 st batter (Retired-Faced): 5-13 Runners (Inherited/Scored): 7-4 Has posted a 0.96 ERA (9.1IP, ER) over his last 9 outings Snapped a 19-game winless streak (3 rd -longest of his career) after earning the victory, May 3 @TB Was his first win since September 4, 2014 vs. CIN Suffered his first loss of the season after surrendering a pinch hit grand slam to Stephen Drew, April 13 vs. NYY Made two postseason appearances, tossing a combined 1.2 scoreless innings Pitched in Game 1 of both the ALDS and ALCS Struck out a season-high three on September 8, 2014 @BOS, his first outing of three-plus K s since September 13, 2013 @TOR Snapped a career-high stretch of 17 straight games (July 29-September 8) without allowing a walk after issuing a free pass to Mookie Betts, September 10 @BOS Placed on the DL, retroactive to May 21, with a left groin strain Reinstated from 15-day DL, June 8 Retired the side on three pitches, June 29 vs. TB Posted a career-best streak of 12 consecutive games without allowing an earned run, June 18-July 22 (9K) Recorded save and win in DH vs. PIT on May 1, facing just three batters, 1 st pitcher with W/SV on the same day since Jonathan Papelbon, September 9, 2012 Earned 2014 Opening Day save vs. BOS, March 31 (IP, H, K, HB) 17 BRIAN MATUSZ LH 5/10 @NYY: 2.1IP, H, ER, BB, K, HR vtor: STAND: HR 2 2 5/10/15 (B. McCann) 4/25/15 vbos 4/24/15 vbos None 3.0, 4/21 @TOR 1, 5/10 @NYY vs. 1 st batter (Retired-Faced): 6-10 Runners (Inherited/Scored): 6-2 Has allowed one hit over his last five outings (solo HR to Brian McCann, 5/10), 5.0IP, H, 2R/ER, 2BB, 3K Tossed 3.0 innings, April 21 @TOR, the longest outing of his career as a reliever and longest since a start, July 1, 2012 vs. Cleveland (4.0IP) Since 2012, is 5 th in MLB, stranding 89-of-106 inherited runners (84.0% - min. 70 IR) Appeared in ALCS game 1, allowing one run on one hit over 0.2 inning Over his final 27 appearances of 2014 (since July 3), pitched to a 1.23 ERA (22.0IP, 3ER) with four walks and 29 strikeouts Snapped a streak of 10 consecutive outings without allowing a run at OPACY (10.1IP) after surrendering an earned run on September 17, 2014 vs. TOR From April 26- May 27, 2014, posted a 13-game (9.1 inning) scoreless streak Was the second longest streak by games in his career 66 T.J. McFARLAND LH 5/12 vtor: 0.1IP, 2H, 4UER, K, HR, WP vtor: 0.1IP, 2H, 4UER, K, HR, WP STAND: 0.1IP, 2H, 4UER, K, HR, WP HR 1 1 5/12/15 (J. Donaldson) 7/27/14 @SEA 7/5/14 @BOS (G1) None 3.0, 5/8 @NYY 3, 5/8 @NYY vs. 1 st batter (Retired-Faced): 1-2 Runners (Inherited/Scored): Recalled from Triple-A Norfolk, May 8 Tossed 3.0 innings, May 8 @NYY (tied for a season-high by an O s reliever) Went 1-2 with a 4.24 ERA (23.1IP, 11ER) over five starts with Triple-A Norfolk this season Earned wins in back-to-back appearances on July 7 & July 11, 2014 Logged 1.0 inning or more in 30 of his 36 appearances out of the bullpen Pitched to a 0.79 ERA (11.1IP, ER) in his final 10 outings of 2014 (beginning August 16) Did not allowed an earned run over his last 8 outings (9.1IP) Went 1-0 with a 2.01 ERA (22.1IP, 5ER) in 17 games following the All-Star break Earned his first win as a starter, July 1, 2014 vs. TEX, tossing a career-high 5.0 innings...posted a 0.57 ERA (15.2IP, 1ER) in eight games in June of 2014 56 DARREN O DAY RH 5/13 vtor: SV, 1.1IP, H, 2K vtor: SV, 2.1IP, H, 4K STAND: SV, 2.1IP, H, 4K HR 1 1 2 4/24/15 (B. Holt) 9/14/14 vs. NYY 9/19/14 vs. BOS 5/12/15 vs. TOR 1.2, 4/17 @BOS 2, 5/12 vtor vs. 1 st batter (Retired-Faced): 9-14 Runners (Inherited/Scored): 4-1 Has not surrendered an earned run over his last 11 outings (10.0IP) His 11-game streak without allowing an earned run is his longest since a 14-game stretch, June 17-July 25, 2014 Is 7 th in the AL in relief ERA (0.69) after finishing 7 th among AL relievers in ERA (1.70) in 2014 Ranked 4 th in AL last season with 25 holds Made four postseason appearances, going 0-2 with a 13.50 ERA (2.2IP, 4ER) Pitched to a 0.30 ERA (30.0IP, ER) over 27 outings from June 17-August 30, 2014 Snapped a 12-game scoreless streak (13.2IP) after surrendering the 1 st Grand Slam of his career to Jay Bruce, September 2 vs. CIN Did not allow a run in 14 appearances from June 17-June 25, 2014 (15.1IP), striking out 19 in that span Earned W & SV @TB, May 6-8, 2014 Recorded 1 st save since 7/21/13 @TEX on April 18, 2014 @BOS Snapped a 10.1 scoreless IP streak (10 games), allowing PH HR to Chisenhall, May 22, 2014 vs. CLE 59 MIKE WRIGHT RH 5/12 vtor: vtor: STAND: HR vs. 1 st batter (Retired-Faced): Runners (Inherited/Scored): Will make his Major League debut in his first appearance with the Orioles Recalled from Triple-A Norfolk, May 13 Went 3-0 with a 2.64 ERA (30.2IP, 9ER) and 30 strikeouts over six starts with the Tides this season Over 91 career minor league games (87 starts), went 32-21 with a 3.99 ERA (477.2IP, 212ER) Posted a 2.70 ERA (6.2IP, 2ER) with one save over four games (one start) in Spring Training with the Orioles Made 26 starts with Triple-A Norfolk in 2014, T- 5 th most in the International League and tied for the most by a Tides pitcher since Norfolk became an O s affiliate in 2007
19 CHRIS DAVIS 1B (L) 5/13 vtor: 1-3, BB, 2B, R vtor: 3-11, BB, 2B, HR, 3R, 2RBI STAND: 3-11, BB, 2B, HR, 3R, 2RBI Hit Game 3 4/26 vbos Games 6 1 7 RBI Game 3 4/29 vcws Games 3 3 6 Current Hit Streak: 1G (since 5/13;.333, 1-3, BB, 2B, R) Longest 2015 Hit Streak: 4G (last: 5/2-5/6;.357, 5-14, 2BB, HR, 2R, 2RBI) Has hit safely in 17 of his last 24 games with 12 of his 23 hits in that span for extra bases Ranks 8 th as an Oriole on the Oriole Park home run list (69) after surpassing Miguel Tejada (67) with a three-run home run, April 29 vs. CWS Chris Hoiles (71) ranks 7 th Hit the 80 th Eutaw Street HR in the history of OPACY, April 29 vs. CWS Was the 31 st by an Oriole and his 6 th career Eutaw Street HR Was the 1 st Eutaw Street HR since May 13, 2014 (Victor Martinez, DET) and 1 st by an Oriole since September 25, 2013 (Ryan Flaherty) Suspended 25 games by MLB on September 12, 2014 for testing positive for an amphetamine Reinstated from the Restricted List, April 7, 2015 Hit PH walk-off HR on June 23, 2014 vs. CWS, the O s first since Larry Sheets, August 24, 1988 vs. SEA Was his 2 nd career walk-off HR (also May 14, 2009 vs. SEA) Collected his 600 th career MLB hit on a bunt single, June 9, 2014 vs. Boston Was his 1 st career bunt single Tied career-highs with four hits, three home runs, and five RBI, and set career-high with four runs scored, May 20, 2014 @PIT (4-for-5, 3HR, 4R, 5RBI) Was the second 3HR game (August 24, 2012 vs. TOR) and fifth 5RBI game (last June 29, 2013 vs. NYY) of his career 12 ALEJANDRO DE AZA OF (L) 5/13 vtor: 2-3, BB, 2B, R, RBI, HB vtor: 2-3, BB, 2B, R, RBI, HB STAND: 2-3, BB, 2B, R, RBI, HB Hit Game 2 5/13 vtor Games 5 5 RBI Game 2 5/9 @NYY Games 2 2 Current Hit Streak: 1G (since 5/13;.667, 2-3, BB, 2B, R, RBI) Longest 2015 Hit Streak: 6G (4/6-4/13,.333, 9-27, 2B, 2HR, 7R, 4RBI, BB) Slugged his ninth career leadoff home run on April 11 vs. TOR (Sanchez) Hit back-to-back HRs with Nick Markakis to start the game, September 25, 2014 @NYY The first pair of O s to hit back-to-back HRs to start a game since Jerry Hairston, Jr. & Mike Bordick, June 6, 2001 @NYY Hit safely in his 1 st 8 games as an Oriole (September 2-12, 2014), the longest streak to begin a player s career with the O s since Eric Byrnes hit in 11 striaght (7/30-8/10, 2005) Logged the 16 th two-triple game in club history, going 2-for-5, 2-3B, 2RBI on September 12, 2014 vs. New York (AL) (GM2) Set career-highs with 10 total bases and 3 extra-base hits, September 9, 2014 @BOS (3-4, BB, 2B, 2HR, 2R, 3RBI) Was the 2 nd multi-hr game of his career Acquired by the Orioles from Chicago (AL) in exchange for minor league RHPs Miguel Chalas and Mark Blackmar, August 30, 2014 2 J.J. HARDY SS (R) 5/13 vtor: 0-3, BB, R vtor: 1-10, BB, 2R STAND: 1-10, BB, 2R Hit Game 2 5/10 @NYY Games 1 1 RBI Game 1 5/10 @NYY Games Current Hit Streak: 0G (0-for3, BB, R since 5/13) Longest 2015 Hit Streak: 1G (last: 5/12;.333, 1-3, R) Snapped a 73AB homerless streak with his first HR of 2015, May 10 @NYY Appeared in three rehab games with Double-A Bowie, batting.333/.333/.417 (4-12) with a double, RBI, and two runs scored Reinstated from the DL, May 7 Placed on the 15-day DL, April 5 (retroactive to March 27) with a left shoulder strain Signed a three-year contract extension with an option for 2018 on October 9, 2014 Since 2011, is 1 st among ML shortstops with 87 home runs and ranks T-4 th with 277 RBI Became the second Orioles SS to win three consecutive Gold Gloves in 2014, joining Mark Belanger (six straight, 1973-78) His 3 career Gold Gloves are 2 nd -most among active shortstops, trailing only Jimmy Rollins (4) He and Adam Jones are the first set of AL teammates to win three consecutive Gold Gloves since Bret Boone and Ichiro Suzuki for Seattle in 2002-04 Ranked 7 th among all American Leaguers in Defensive WAR (2.1) in 2014 Led AL shortstops in Total Zone Runs (14), was 2 nd in Ranger Factor/Game (4.12) and double plays turned (99), 3 rd in fielding percentage (.978) and assists (394), and 5 th in putouts (187) Has ranked in the top-5 in the AL in putouts, assists, double plays turned, Total Zone Runs, and fielding percentage as a shortstop in each of the last three seasons 10 ADAM JONES CF (R) 5/13 vtor: 0-4, HB vtor: 1-11, IBB, HR, R, RBI, HB STAND: 1-11, IBB, HR, R, RBI, HB Hit Game 4 5/3 @TB Games 5 2 3 10 RBI Game 5 4/19 @BOS Games 6 1 1 8 Current Hit Streak: 0G (0-for-7, IBB since 5/12) Longest 2015 Hit Streak: 9G (4/10-4/19;.571, 20-35, 2BB, 2-2B, 5HR, 11R, 14RBI, HB) Ranks 5 th in the AL and 11 th in MLB with a.336 batting average T-5 th in the AL in hits (17) and ranks 7 th in MLB in batting average (.304, 17-56) with two strikes Tied a career-high with four hits for the third time this season, May 3 @TB His three 4-hit games also tie a single-season career-high (also 2014 & 2011) 1 st Oriole since 1954 to record three 4H (or more) games within the team s first 23G and 2 nd in franchise history (since 1914) with Baby Doll Jacobson (St. Louis Browns, 1924) Led the AL in batting average in April (.400), finished second in SLG (.707), and third in OBP (.440) and total bases (53) Hit safely in his 1 st 11 home games to start the season, batting.439/.468/.902 (18-41) 6 th in the AL in home batting average (.375, 18-48) Matched his single-game career-high in RBI (5, 3rd time), April 19 @ BOS Tied & passed Brady Anderson for second on the Oriole Park all-time HR list, hitting his 91 st HR at OPACY, 4/12 vs. TOR (Hutchison) and his 92 nd on 4/13 vs. NYY (Pineda) His 2RBI on April 10 vs. TOR passed Paul Blair (567) for 10 th on the club s all-time list Is the first Orioles CF with four straight seasons with 20+ home runs and the first Orioles OF to do so since Rafael Palmeiro (five straight; 1994-98) Named Co-AL Player of the Week (with Steve Pearce) for the week of June 30-July 6, 2014 (.423; 11-for-26 with two walks, a double, two home runs, four runs and five RBI) Selected by fan vote to his third straight and fourth overall All-Star Game (2009, 2012, 2013, 2014) Competed in the 2014 Home Run Derby, eliminated in the 2 nd round 36 CALEB JOSEPH CA (R) 5/13 vtor: 1-4, 2B, R, 2RBI vtor: 1-8, BB, 2B, R, 3RBI, SF STAND: 1-8, BB, 2B, R, 3RBI, SF Hit Game 3 4/15 vnyy Games 5 1 6 RBI Game 2 5/7 @NYY Games 2 2 Current Hit Streak: 1G (since 5/13;.250, 2B, R, 2RBI) Longest 2015 Hit Streak: 7G (4/13-4/21;.478, 11-23, 3BB, 3B, HR, 4R, 4RBI) Tied his season-high with 2RBI and matched his career-high for the third time with two extra-base hits, May 7 @NYY (2-4, 2B, HR, R, 2RBI) Has caught 5-of-16 would-be base stealers, T-5 th in the AL Posted a career-high tying 7-game hitting streak, April 13-21 (11-23, 3BB, 3B, HR, 4R, 4RBI) Also hit safely in 7G, August 2-11, 2014 (10-26, 2-2B, 5HR, 6R, 9RBI) Orioles are 24-3 when he records at least 1 RBI in his career Hit his first career triple, April 14 vs. NYY His 9 HR in 2014 tied for 3 rd -most by an Orioles CA in club history, and most since Geronimo Gil (12) in 2002 Hit HR in 5 straight games from August 2-9, 2014, setting the Orioles record for a catcher, passing Ramon Hernandez (June 22-28, 2006) and Gus Triandos (June 13-19, 1959) Became the 15 th CA since 1914 to homer in at least 5 consecutive games, joining Devin Mesoraco, Buster Posey, A.J. Pierzynski, Brian McCann, and Javy Lopez as the 6 th catcher since 2000 to accomplish the feat 34 RYAN LAVARNWAY CA (R) 5/9 @NYY: 0-3, BB vtor: STAND: Hit Game 2 4/26 vbos Games 1 1 RBI Game Games Current Hit Streak: 0G (0-for-4, BB since 5/7) Longest 2015 Hit Streak: 1G (last: 4/26;.400, 2-5, R) Logged a season-high 2 hits, April 26 vs. BOS, his first multi-hit game since September 5, 2013 @NYY Hit first hit 4/26 snapped an 0-for-12 stretch Made Orioles debut on April 8 at Tampa Bay starting at catcher and going 1-for-2 with a double in first at-bat Split time between the Red Sox and Triple-A Pawtucket in 2014 Was his fourth consecutive season with ML action (since 2011) Appeared in nine games over two big league stints last season Went hitless in 10 AB for BOS, appearing exclusively at 1B, his first ML experience at the position Missed over 2 months of 2014 on the ML DL Logged his only career multi-hr game at Oriole Park, September 27, 2011 as a member of the Red Sox 9 DAVID LOUGH OF (L) 5/13 vtor: 1-2, BB, SAC vtor: 2-4, BB, HB, SAC STAND: 2-4, BB, HB, SAC Hit Game 1 5/13 vtor Games RBI Game 1 4/25 vbos Games Current Hit Streak: 2G (since 5/11;.500, 2-4, BB, HB, SAC) Longest 2015 Hit Streak: 4G (4/23-5/2;.500, 4-8, HR (WO), R, RBI) Posted a season-high 4G hitting streak, April 23-May 2 1G shy of 2014 season-high (June 1-8 & September 17-26) and 2G shy of career-high (July 20-26, 2013) Hit his 1 st career walk-off home run, April 25 vs. BOS (B10 off Uehara) Was the first Orioles walk-off HR since Manny Machado s 12 th inning HR vs. LAA, July 29, 2014 Was his 1 st career extra-inning HR and fifth career go-ahead HR Placed on the 15-day DL with left hamstring strain, retroactive to March 27, on April 5 Reinstated from the DL, April 13
13 MANNY MACHADO INF (R) 5/13 vtor: 1-5, 2B, R, RBI vtor: 5-13, 3-2B, HR, 3R, 2RBI STAND: 5-13, 3-2B, HR, 3R, 2RBI Hit Game 3 5/12 vtor Games 6 3 9 RBI Game 4 4/23 @TOR Games 1 1 2 Current Hit Streak: 6G (since 5/8;.385, 10-26, BB, 4-2B, HR, 4R, 3RBI) Longest 2015 Hit Streak: 6G (last: 5/8-current;.385, 10-26, BB, 4-2B, HR, 4R, 3RBI) Hit his first career leadoff HR, May 11 vs. TOR Was the second leadoff HR of the season for the Orioles (also, Alejandro De Aza, April 11 vs. TOR) Has reached base safely in a career-high tying 19 straight games, since April 21 (also, June 22-July 20, 2014) His current streak is T-5 th longest in MLB this season Registered a career-high two stolen bases, May 6 @NYM Is one stolen base shy of matching his single-season career-high (6, 2013) Posted the third multi-hr game of his career, April 23 @TOR (2-4, 2HR, 2R, 4RBI) and first since September 26, 2012 Tied his career-high with 4RBI (4 th time) Has registered a four-rbi game in each of his first four ML seasons (August 10, 2012 vs. KC, April 20, 2013 vs. LAD, June 1, 2014 @HOU, & April 23, 2015 @TOR) Snapped an 0-for-15 streak (R, RBI, 3BB, SF) to start the season with a single in the second inning, April 12 vs. TOR Suffered a right knee injury, August 11, 2014 vs. NYY & was placed on the 15-day DL, retroactive to August 12, 2014, with a right knee sprain Had surgery on August 27, 2014 Transferred to the 60-day DL on September 2, 2014 43 REY NAVARRO INF (S) 5/13 vtor: 1-4, HR, R, RBI vtor: 1-4, HR, R, RBI STAND: 1-4, HR, R, RBI Hit Game 3 4/26 vbos Games 1 1 RBI Game 1 5/13 vtor Games Current Hit Streak: 3G (since 5/3;.429, 3-7, HR, R, 2RBI) Longest 2015 Hit Streak: 3G (5/3-current;.429, 3-7, HR, R, 2RBI) Hit his first ML home run, May 13 vs. TOR (B. Cecil, 8 th inning) Recalled from Triple-A Norfolk, May 12 Optioned to Triple-A Norfolk, May 9 Registered his second career RBI in his first career at-bat as a pinch hitter, May 3 @TB Posted a career-high 3 hits, his first multi-hit game and logged his first career RBI, April 26 vs. BOS (3-5, 2B, 2R, RBI) Made his ML debut starting at second base, April 24 vs. BOS and recorded his 1 st ML hit, a double in the 5 th inning of off Rick Porcello Has hit.429/.438/.857 (6-14) with 2B, 3B, HR, 4RBI, 3R over four games with Triple-A Norfolk this season Recalled by the Orioles, April 24 Hit.375/.444/.563 with a HR and 4RBI over 14 Spring Training games Signed by the Orioles as a free agent to a one-year Major League contract, November 26, 2014 38 JIMMY PAREDES INF (S) 5/13 vtor: 2-4, BB, 2B, RBI vtor: 5-12, BB, 2B, 3RBI STAND: 5-12, BB, 2B, 3RBI Hit Game 4 4/25 vbos Games 5 3 1 9 RBI Game 3 4/26 vbos Games 5 1 6 Current Hit Streak: 12G (since 5/1;.347, 17-49, 3BB, 3-2B, 3B, 2HR, 6R, 9RBI) Longest 2015 Hit Streak: 12G (5/1-current;.347, 17-49, 3BB, 3-2B, 3B, 2HR, 6R, 9RBI) Is currently riding a career-high 12-game hitting streak His 12-game hitting streak is an O s season-high All five of his home runs this season have been go-ahead HRs Matched his career-high with 3RBI (3-5, 2B, 3B, R), April 26 vs. BOS (also, May 21, 2013 vs. KC) Has hit safely in 19 of his 21 games Set a career-high with 4 hits, April 25 vs. BOS Homered in consecutive games for the 1 st time in his career, April 24-25 Hit safely in each of his first four games played after being reinstated from the DL 14 of his 32 hits this season have been extra-base hits His 14 extra-base hits since 4/18 are T-5 th in the MLB, 2 behind Bryce Harper & Eric Hosmer for the ML lead His 58 TB since 4/18 are 5 th in MLB Scored a career-high 3 runs, April 19 @BOS Reinstated from 15-day DL, April 18 Placed on the 15-day DL to begin the season (retro to April 1) with a lower back strain 28 STEVE PEARCE INF/OF (R) 5/12 vtor: 0-3 vtor: 1-7 STAND: 1-7 Hit Game 2 4/26 vbos Games 3 3 RBI Game 3 4/26 vbos Games 2 1 3 Current Hit Streak: 0G (0-for-3 since 5/12) Longest 2015 Hit Streak: 2G (last: 4/24-4/26;.750, 3-4, 2R, 3RBI, SF) Left the game on May 3 @TB in the 6 th inning with a stomach illness Made his first career ML start at second base, May 1 @TB Has now played each infield position as a professional (played 1G at SS in 2011 with Triple-A Indianapolis) Homered in his first two games of the season, the fifth time in his career he has homered in back-to-back games with the previous four all coming in 2014 Started all seven postseason games in 2014, batting.148/.233/.185 with a double and an RBI in 30 plate appearances Set career-highs in 2014 in games (102), plate appearances (383), runs (51), hits (99), doubles (26), home runs (21), RBI (49), SB (5), walks (40), SLG (.556) and OPS (.930) Snapped a career-high 11-game hitting streak on August 29, 2014 vs. MIN, going 0-for-1 before leaving the game with a right abdominal strain Named co-al Player of the Week (with Adam Jones) for June 30-July 6, 2014 (.333; 10-for-30 with two walks, two doubles, three HR, eight runs, and nine RBI) 23 TRAVIS SNIDER OF (L) 5/12 vtor: 0-3 vtor: 0-3 STAND: 0-3 Hit Game 3 4/6 @TB Games 2 1 3 RBI Game 3 4/12 vtor Games 2 1 3 Current Hit Streak: 0G (0-for-4 since 5/10) Longest 2015 Hit Streak: 6G (last: 5/2-5/8;.316, 6-19, BB, 2B, 2R) Snapped a season-high six-game hitting streak after going 0-1 as a pinch hitter, May 10 @NYY Was tied for the fifth-longest of his career Homered for the first time as an Oriole, April 12 vs. TOR (3-run shot in the 5 th inning) Went 3-for-4 with 2B & 2RBI on OD @TB, becoming the first player with at least three hits in his Orioles debut since DH Ronny Paulino went 4-for-4 on 4/7/12 vs. MIN Acquired by the Orioles on January 27, 2015 in exchange for MiLg LHP Stephen Tarpley and a PTBNL (LHP Steven Brault; February 20) Established career-highs in games played (140), runs (37), hits (85), and RBI (38) in 2014 Made 64 appearances (47 starts) in RF and 36 appearances (23 starts) in LF Produced a higher average against LHP (.381) over RHP (.246) for the second time in his career (also 2012;.364 vs. LHP/.221 vs. RHP) last season 27 DELMON YOUNG OF (R) 5/12 vtor: 0-4 vtor: 0-7, BB, R STAND: 0-7, BB, R Hit Game 3 4/26 vbos Games 6 1 7 RBI Game 5 4/26 vbos Games 1 1 2 Current Hit Streak: 0G (0-for-7, BB, R since 5/11) Longest 2015 Hit Streak: 6G (last: 5/5-5/10;.318, 7-22, 2-2B, 3RBI) Leads the team and ranks T-3 rd in the AL in outfield assists (4) Since joining the O s prior to the 2014 season, is 12-for-24 (.500) with 2B, 3B, HR, 6R, 6RBI as a pinch hitter Posted his fourth career game with 5 or more RBI, April 26 vs. BOS (3-6, 2B, 3R, 5RBI) and first since a career-high 6 RBI, June 28, 2013 at Los Angeles-NL Delivered a three-run, pinch-hit double in the eighth inning of ALDS Game 2 last season to give the Orioles a 7-6 lead Appeared in 4 postseason games (2 starts) last year, batting.222/.222/.333 with a 2B & 4 RBI Made the playoffs for the 6 th straight year with his 4 th different club since 2009 Led the majors (min. 10 PA) in 2014, batting.500 (10-20) as a PH in the regular season, adding a.565 OBP and.800 SLG 2015 ORIOLES HOME RUNS PLAYER 1R 2R 3R GS Tot LHP RHP Home Road Tie Go-Ahead Record Car. Most Recent HR Cabrera - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 05/26/14, T5 @ARI (B. McCarthy) Clevenger - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 06/29/12, B4 vs. HOU (B. Norris Davis 5 2 1-8 1 7 5 3 - - 6-2 164 05/11/15, B1 vs. TOR (M. Estrada) De Aza 1 2 - - 3-3 1 2-1 3-0 41 05/09/15, T4 @NYY (C. Whitley) Flaherty 2 - - - 2-2 - 2 1-2-0 25 04/19/15, T2 @BOS (R. Porcello) Hardy 1 - - - 1-1 - 1-1 0-1 168 05/10/15, T2 @NYY (M. Pineda) Jones 3 3 - - 6 2 4 5 1 1 3 3-3 175 05/11/15, B7 vs. TOR (S. Delabar) Joseph 3 - - - 3-3 - 3 1-1-2 12 05/07/15, T1 @NYY (N. Eovaldi) Lavarnway - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 09/04/13, B7 vs. DET (J. Bonderman) Lough 1 - - - 1-1 1 - - 1 1-0 10 04/25/15, B10 vs. BOS (K. Uehara) Machado 5-1 - 6-6 3 3-1 3-2 39 05/11/15, B1 vs. TOR (M. Estrada) Navarro 1 - - - 1 1-1 - - - 1-0 1 05/13/15, B8 vs. TOR (B. Cecil) Paredes 3 2 - - 5-5 2 3-5 2-3 10 05/09/15, T3 @NYY (C. Whitley) Pearce 1 1 - - 2-2 - 2 - - 2-0 40 04/07/15, T2 @TB (N. Karns) Schoop 2 - - 1 3-3 3-1 - 2-1 20 04/15/15, B6 vs. NYY (D. Carpenter) Snider - - 1-1 - 1 1 - - - 0-1 51 04/12/15, B5 vs. TOR (D. Hutchison) Young - - - - - - - - - - - - 107 08/29/14, B5 vs. MIN (T. May) TOTALS 28 10 3 1 42 4 38 22 20 4 12 GRAND SLAMS (1): Schoop, 4/11 vs. TOR (B5, Sanchez, 1 st car) MULTI-HR GAMES (1): Machado, 4/23 @TOR PINCH HIT HR (): BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK HR (): BACK- TO-BACK HR (): LEADOFF HR (2): Macahdo, 5/11 vs. TOR (B1, Estrada, 1 st car), De Aza, 4/11 vs. TOR (B1, Sanchez, 9 th car) WALKOFF HR (1): Lough, 4/25 vs. BOS (B10, Uehara, 1 st car)
W-L BY POSITION (STARTS) BY BATTING ORDER (STARTS) PLAYER CA 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH 1 st 2 nd 3 rd 4 th 5 th 6 th 7 th 8 th 9 th Cabrera - - - - 11-12 - - - - 3-2 1-0 - - - - 1-1 1-6 5-3 Clevenger - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Davis - 12-14 - - - - - - 2-3 - - 2-4 4-5 7-8 1-0 - - - De Aza - - - - - 8-8 - 2-2 - 7-9 1-0 - - - - 0-1 1-0 1-0 Flaherty - - 4-6 - 1-1 - - - - - - - - - - 2-3 3-1 0-3 Hardy - - - - 3-4 - - - - - - - - - 1-1 2-2 0-1 - Jones - - - - - - 15-17 - - - - 10-9 5-8 - - - - - Joseph 13-13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0-2 3-2 6-4 4-5 Lavarnway 2-4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-2 1-2 Lough - - - - - 3-2 - - - 0-1 - - - - 0-1 1-0 2-0 - Machado - - - 15-17 - - - - - 5-5 3-1 - - 0-1 6-7 1-3 - - Navarro - - 4-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-1 - 3-0 Paredes - - 0-3 - - - - - 10-8 - 7-10 1-1 - 1-0 - 1-0 - - Pearce - 3-3 3-3 - - 2-1 - 2-1 0-1 - 3-6 - 2-0 2-0 3-3 - - - Schoop - - 4-4 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-1 1-1 1-2 Snider - - - - - 1-5 - 5-6 2-2 - - 1-2 1-0 3-4 2-2 1-3 0-2 - Young - - - - - 1-1 - 6-8 1-1 - - 1-1 3-4 2-4 2-1 - - - *Pitchers not listed in chart 2015 ORIOLES & OPPONENTS HIGHS TEAM BATTING ORIOLES OPPONENT Runs in a game/inning G: 18, 4/26 vs. BOS I: 6, three times: most recently, 4/29 vs. CWS G: 13, 4/21 @TOR I: 6, B2, 4/21 @TOR Hits in a game/inning G: 20, 4/26 vs. BOS I: 7, B7, 4/26 vs. BOS G: 16, 4/21 @TOR I: 5, twice: most recently, T5, 5/12 vs. TOR 2B in a game 5, 5/13 vs. TOR 8, 4/10 vs. TOR 3B in a game 1, 5/9 @NYY 1, 5/8 @NYY HR in a game 3, 5/11 vs. TOR 3, 5/12 vs. TOR XBH in a game 6, 5/13 vs. TOR 8, 4/21 @TOR SB in a game 2, 5/6 @NYM 2, 4/22 @TOR LOB in a game 11, 4/15 vs. NYY 9, 5/10 @NYY K in a game 18, 5/10 @NYY 13, 5/11 vs. TOR BB in a game 8, 4/22 @TOR 8, 5/10 @NYY TEAM PITCHING ORIOLES OPPONENT K in a game 13, 5/11 vs. TOR 18, 5/10 @NYY BB in a game 8, 5/10 @NYY 8, 4/22 @TOR Pitchers Used 5, five times, last: 4/24 vs. BOS 6, four times, last: 5/3 @TB Total Quality Starts 14, last: Gonzalez (5/13 vs. TOR) 9, last: Buehrle (5/12 vs. TOR) TEAM FIELDING ORIOLES OPPONENT Errors in a game 3, 5/12 vs. TOR 2, 4/14 vs. NYY DP Turned in a game 2, last: 5/11 vs. TOR 3, 4/24 vs. BOS IND. BATTING ORIOLES OPPONENT Hits in a game 4, Jones (5/3 @TB) 3, last: Goins (5/12 vs. TOR) Runs in a game 3, last: Machado (4/29 vs. CWS) 3, last: Encarnacion (5/12 vs. TOR) 2B in a game 2, last: Machado (5/12 vs. TOR) 2, last: Carrera (5/11 vs. TOR) 3B in a game 1, last: Paredes (5/9 @NYY) 1, Rodriguez (5/8 @NYY) HR in a game 2, Machado (4/23 @TOR) 2, last: Encarnacion (5/12 vs. TOR) RBI in a game 5, last: Young (4/26 vs. BOS) 4, last: Ramirez (4/26 vs. BOS) XBH in a game 2, last: Machado (5/12 vs. TOR) 2, last: Encarnacion (5/12 vs. TOR) SB in a game 2, Machado (5/6 @NYM) 1, last: Gardner (5/10 @NYY) BB in a game 3, Snider (4/7 @TB) 3, Holt & Sandoval (4/26 vs. BOS) K in a game 4, Davis (5/7 @NYY) 4, Souza, Jr. (5/3 @TB) Hitting Streak 12G, Paredes (5/1-current) - Consec. G w/ a HR 3, Jones (4/12-4/14) 2, Rodriguez, NYY (4/15-5/7) IND. PITCHING ORIOLES OPPONENT K, Starter/Reliever S: 10, Gonzalez (4/14 vs. NYY) R: 4, Brach (5/12 vs. TOR) S: 9, degrom (5/6 @NYM) R: 4, Hendriks (4/11 vs. TOR) BB, Starter/Reliever S: 5, last: Tillman (4/23 @TOR) R: 3, Matusz (4/17 @BOS) S: 7, Sanchez (4/22 @TOR) R: 3, Redmond (4/11 vs. TOR) IP, Starter/Reliever S: 8.0, Chen (4/25 vs. BOS) R: 3.0, McFarland (5/8 @NYY) S: 8.0, Hutchison (4/23 @TOR) R: 3.0, Breslow (4/19 @BOS) Fewest Hits (CG) - - Consec. Quality Starts 3, Chen (4/25-current) - MISCELLANEOUS Walk-Offs: Win: 1 (4/25 vs. BOS) Loss Biggest Comeback Win/Lost Lead: Win: 2R (5/3 @TB) Loss: 2R (last: 4/24 vs. BOS) Largest Margin of Victory/Defeat: Win: 11R (4/26 vs. BOS) Loss: 8R (5/12 vs. TOR) Longest/Shortest Game Time/Most Inn: Long (9 Inn): 3:29 (4/24 vs. BOS) Long (Ex-In): Short (9 Inn): 2:03 (4/29 vs. CWS) Short (less than 9 Inn): 2:21 (4/20 @BOS) Long Innings: Shortest Innings: 7.0 (4/20 @BOS) Largest Crowd, Home/Road: Home: 45,936* (4/10 vs. TOR) Road: 41,280 (5/9 @NYY) OF Assists (11): HP: 3 1B: 2B: 4 3B: 4 Young (4); last 5/8 @NYY Jones (3); last 5/10 @NYY Snider (2); last 5/12 vs. TOR De Aza (2); last 4/25 vs. BOS *Denotes sellout 2015 BALTIMORE ORIOLES CUMULATIVE ROSTER PITCHERS (13+3) CATCHERS (3+1) OUTFIELDERS (6) Brach, Brad (4/6- ) Clevenger, Steve (4/6-4/7) De Aza, Alejandro (4/6- ) Britton, Zach (4/6- ) Joseph, Caleb (4/6- ) Jones, Adam (4/6- ) Chen, Wei-Yin (4/6- ) Lavarnway, Ryan (4/6- ) Lough, David (4/6- (DL 4/5-13)) Gamboa, Eddie (4/11) Wieters, Matt** (DL 4/5- ) Pearce, Steve (4/6- ) Garcia, Jason#* (4/6- (DL 5/13- )) Snider, Travis (4/6- ) Gausman, Kevin* (4/6- (DL 5/7- )) Young, Delmon (4/6- ) Gonzalez, Miguel (4/6- ) Hunter, Tommy (4/6- ) Jimenez, Ubaldo (4/6- ) INFIELDERS (5+3) Matusz, Brian (4/6- ) Cabrera, Everth* (4/6- (DL 5/7- )) McFarland, T.J. (5/7- ) Davis, Chris (S 4/6, 4/7- ) Norris, Bud (4/6- ) Flaherty, Ryan* (4/6- (DL 4/24-5/7, 5/12- )) O Day, Darren (4/6- ) Hardy, J.J. (4/6- (DL 4/5-5/7)) Tillman, Chris (4/6- ) Machado, Manny (4/6- ) Wright, Mike (5/13- ) Navarro, Rey# (4/24-5/7, 5/12- ) Wright, Wesley* (4/6- (DL 4/11- )) Paredes, Jimmy (4/6- (DL 4/5-18)) Schoop, Jonathan* (4/6- (DL 4/18- )) * = 15-day DL (6) ** = 60-day DL (1) # = ML Debut (2) & = Bereavement List () S = Suspended ()
SCORING BY INNINGS 1 st 2 nd 3 rd 4 th 5 th 6 th 7 th 8 th 9 th Extras Total ORIOLES 26 13 22 12 22 20 16 9 9 2 151 OPPONENTS 15 12 22 26 16 13 17 17 7 1 146 2015 BY THE NUMBERS HOME AWAY TOTAL Overall 8-5 7-12 15-17 Day 2-2 5-2 7-4 Night 6-3 2-10 8-13 Extra Innings 1-0 0-0 1-0 Shutouts 0-0 1-2 1-2 One-Run Games 2-1 1-5 3-6 Two-Run Games 1-1 1-3 2-4 vs. RHP Starters 6-3 7-11 13-14 vs. LHP Starters 2-2 0-1 2-3 Lead After 7 8-0 7-0 15-0 Tied After 7 0-1 0-1 0-2 Trail After 7 0-4 0-10 0-14 Lead After 8 8-0 7-0 15-0 Tied After 8 0-0 0-1 0-1 Trail After 8 0-5 0-10 0-15 O s Starter Goes 6+ IP 7-3 4-2 11-5 Opp. Starter Goes 6+ IP 2-4 2-5 4-9 O s Starter Goes 7+ IP 6-0 2-2 8-2 Opp. Starter Goes 7+ IP 2-0 0-4 2-4 O s Score First 9-2 5-4 14-6 Opp. Scores First 0-3 1-8 1-11 O s Score 3 or Fewer 0-1 0-9 0-10 O s Score 4 or More 8-4 7-3 15-7 O s Out-Hit Opp. 7-1 6-4 13-5 Equal Hit Total 1-0 1-3 2-3 Opp. Out-Hit O s 0-4 0-5 0-9 O s 10+ Hits 4-3 2-2 6-5 Opp 10+ Hits 0-3 0-2 0-5 O s Score 10+ Runs 1-0 0-0 1-0 Opp. Scores 10+ Runs 0-3 0-1 0-4 O s Hit a HR 8-4 6-6 14-10 O s Make 0 Errors 4-2 3-8 7-10 O s Make 1 Error 4-1 3-2 7-3 O s Make 2+ Errors 0-2 1-2 1-4 Series Record 4-1-0 2-3-1 6-4-1 First Game of Series 2-4 1-5 3-9 Series Finale 4-1 1-5 5-6 MONTH HOME AWAY TOTAL April (20) 6-4 4-6 10-10 May (12) 2-1 3-6 5-7 June (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 July (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 August (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 September (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 TOTAL (32) 8-5 7-12 15-17 2015 TRANSACTIONS Date Player(s) & Transaction(s) 01/09 Delmon Young (OF); Signed as a free agent to a one-year contract Ryan Lavarnway (CA); DFA 01/12 Tommy Hunter (RHP); Agreed to terms on a one-year contract, avoiding arbitration 01/16 Chris Davis (INF), Brian Matusz (LHP), Chris Tillman (RHP), Matt Wieters (CA); Agreed to terms on oneyear contracts, avoiding arbitration Ryan Lavarnway (CA); Outrighted to AAA NFK 01/26 Ryan Flaherty (INF) and Bud Norris (RHP); Agreed to terms on a one-year contract, avoiding arbitration 01/27 Travis Snider (OF); Acquired from PIT in exchange for MiLg LHP Stephen Tarpley and a PTBNL Michael Ohlman (CA); DFA 01/30 Steve Pearce (OF); Agreed to terms on a one-year contract, avoiding arbitration 02/03 Miguel Gonzalez (RHP); Agreed to terms on a one-year contract, avoiding arbitration 02/04 Zach Britton (LHP); Agreed to terms on a one-year contract, avoiding arbitration 02/25 Everth Cabrera (INF); Signed as a free agent to a one-year contract Alex Hassan (OF); DFA 0309 Oliver Drake (RHP); Optioned to AAA NFK 03/10 Brad Brach (RHP), Jason Garcia (RHP), Kevin Gausman (RHP), Logan Verrett (RHP), Tyler Wilson (RHP), Mike Wright (RHP), Tim Berry (LHP), T.J. McFarland (LHP), Steve Clevenger (CA), Caleb Joseph (CA), Manny Machado (INF), Jimmy Paredes (INF), Jonathan Schoop (INF), Christian Walker (INF), David Lough (OF), Henry Urrutia (OF); Agree to terms on one-year contracts 03/11 Eddie Gamboa (RHP); Optioned to AAA NFK 03/15 Rey Navarro (INF); Optioned to AAA NFK 03/16 Christian Walker (INF); Optioned to AAA NFK Dylan Bundy (RHP); Optioned to AA BOW 03/20 Tim Berry (LHP) and Mike Wright (RHP); Optioned to AAA NFK 03/21 Henry Urrutia (OF); Optioned to AAA NFK 03/28 Tyler Wilson (RHP); Optioned to AAA NFK 04/02 Logan Verrett (RHP); Claimed off waivers by Texas 04/05 J.J. Hardy (INF), David Lough (OF), Matt Wieters (CA); Placed on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 27 Jimmy Paredes (INF); Placed on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 1 T.J. McFarland (LHP); Optioned to AAA NFK 04/06 Ryan Lavarnway (CA); Contract selected from AAA NFK...Ryan Webb (RHP); DFA 04/07 Chris Davis (INF); Reinstated from the Restricted List Steve Clevenger (CA); Optioned to AAA NFK 04/09 MiLg Chris O Brien (CA), Ben Rowen (RHP); Acquired from LAD in exchange for RHP Ryan Webb, MiLg CA Brian Ward, Competitive Balance Round B pick (74th Overall) in the 2015 First-Year Player Draft 04/11 Wesley Wright (LHP); Placed on the 15-day DL (left trapezius strain) Eddie Gamboa (RHP); Recalled from AAA NFK 04/13 Eddie Gamboa (RHP); Optioned to AAA NFK David Lough (OF); Reinstated from the 15-day DL 04/18 Jonathan Schoop (INF); Placed on the 15-day DL (sprained right knee) Jimmy Paredes (INF); Reinstated from the 15-day DL 04/24 Ryan Flaherty (INF); Placed on the 15-day DL (right groin strain) Rey Navarro (INF); Recalled from AAA NFK 05/07 Everth Cabrera (INF); Placed on the 15-day DL (left foot contusion) J.J. Hardy (INF); Reinstated from the 15-day DL 05/08 Kevin Gausman (RHP); Placed on the 15-day DL (right shoulder tendinitis) Rey Navarro (INF); Optioned to AAA NFK Ryan Flaherty (INF); Reinstated from the 15-day DL T.J. McFarland (LHP); Recalled from AAA NFK 05/10 Jorge Rondon (RHP); Claimed off waivers from COL Optioned to AAA NFK Matt Wieters (CA); Transferred to the 60-day DL 05/12 Ryan Flaherty (INF); Placed on the 15-day DL (right groin strain) Rey Navarro (INF); Recalled from AAA NFK 05/13 Jason Garcia (RHP); Placed on the 15-day DL (right shoulder tendinitis) Mike Wright (RHP); Recalled from AAA NFK DAY OF WEEK HOME AWAY TOTAL Monday (4) 1-1 1-1 2-2 Tuesday (4) 1-1 1-1 2-2 Wednesday (7) 3-0 0-4 3-4 Thursday (2) 0-0 0-2 0-2 Friday (4) 0-2 0-2 0-47 Saturday (6) 2-0 3-1 5-1 Sunday (5) 1-1 2-1 3-2 TOTAL (32) 8-5 7-12 15-17 VS. AL EAST HOME AWAY TOTAL Boston Red Sox (7) 2-1 2-2 4-3 New York Yankees (7) 2-1 1-3 3-4 Tampa Bay Rays (6) 0-0 4-2 4-2 Toronto Blue Jays (9) 3-3 0-3 3-6 TOTAL (29) 7-5 7-10 14-15 VS. AL CENTRAL HOME AWAY TOTAL Chicago White Sox (1) 1-0 0-0 1-0 Cleveland Indians (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 Detroit Tigers (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 Kansas City Royals (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 Minnesota Twins (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 TOTAL (1) 1-0 0-0 1-0 VS. AL WEST HOME AWAY TOTAL Houston Astros (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 Los Angeles Angels (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 Oakland Athletics (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 Seattle Mariners (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 Texas Rangers (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 TOTAL (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 VS. NL HOME AWAY TOTAL Atlanta Braves (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 Miami Marlins (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 New York Mets (2) 0-0 0-2 0-2 Philadelphia Phillies (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 Washington Nationals (0) 0-0 0-0 0-0 TOTAL (2) 0-0 0-2 0-2