2001 Season Review -- 2001 Baltimore Orioles

February 19, 2002
This article takes a look at how the 2001 Baltimore Orioles performed
relative to pre-season expectations. For links to the reviews for the
other teams, more information on our projection system, the projections
for 2001, definitions of key terms and statistics, and how the new strike
zone affected the stats in 2001, visit the following pages:
2001 Team Reviews
Diamond Mind projection system
Projecting the 2001 Season (March
22, 2001)
Key terms and statisitics
Effect of the new strike zone
Capsule Summary
Projected Actual
Runs for 658 687
Runs allowed 775 829
Run Margin -117 -142
Wins 69 63
Pythagorean wins 69 66
Placement 4th 4th
Position Players
Brook Fordyce, c , bats right, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 466 133 31 1 15 52 67 4 30 1 73 0 1 .285 .331 .453 .783 70
Prorated Bal 294 84 20 1 9 33 42 3 19 1 46 0 1 44
Actual Bal 292 61 18 0 5 30 19 3 21 1 56 1 2 .209 .268 .322 .590 24
Fernando Lunar, c , bats right, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 71 13 2 0 0 5 5 2 2 1 12 0 0 .183 .227 .211 .438 3
Prorated Bal 170 31 5 0 0 12 12 5 5 2 29 0 0 8
Actual Bal 167 41 7 0 0 8 16 3 7 0 32 0 0 .246 .287 .287 .574 12
Geronimo Gil, c , bats right, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual Bal 58 17 2 0 0 3 6 2 5 0 7 0 0 .293 .369 .328 .697 7
Jeff Conine, 1b/lf/3b/rf, bats right, age 35
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 242 65 15 1 6 27 31 1 18 0 30 1 1 .269 .318 .413 .731 31
Prorated Bal 551 148 34 2 14 61 71 2 41 0 68 2 2 70
Actual Bal 524 163 23 2 14 75 97 5 64 6 75 12 8 .311 .386 .443 .829 91
David Segui, 1b, bats switch, age 34
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 568 169 34 1 14 76 80 1 52 3 84 0 1 .298 .354 .435 .789 86
Prorated Bal 314 94 19 1 8 42 44 1 29 2 46 0 1 49
Actual Bal 292 88 18 1 10 48 46 4 49 5 61 1 1 .301 .406 .473 .879 60
Casey Blake, 1b, bats right, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Min 91 22 5 0 3 14 12 2 10 0 19 2 1 .242 .327 .396 .723 12
Prorated Min 22 5 1 0 1 3 3 0 2 0 5 0 0 3
Actual Min 22 7 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 1 8 1 0 .318 .400 .364 .764 4
Prorated Bal 14 3 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 1
Actual Bal 15 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 4 2 0 .133 .188 .333 .521 1
Prorated Tot 36 9 2 0 1 6 5 1 4 0 7 1 0 5
Actual Tot 37 9 1 0 1 3 4 0 4 1 12 3 0 .243 .317 .351 .668 5
Jerry Hairston, 2b, bats right, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 504 133 26 2 8 80 50 15 45 0 61 21 12 .264 .341 .371 .712 64
Prorated Bal 529 139 27 2 8 84 52 16 47 0 64 22 13 66
Actual Bal 532 124 25 5 8 63 47 13 44 0 73 29 11 .233 .305 .344 .649 58
Cal Ripken, 3b, bats right, age 40
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 555 154 34 0 21 71 83 4 38 2 60 0 0 .277 .326 .452 .778 79
Prorated Bal 474 132 29 0 18 61 71 3 32 2 51 0 0 67
Actual Bal 477 114 16 0 14 43 68 2 26 1 63 0 2 .239 .276 .361 .637 45
Brian Roberts, ss/2b, bats switch, age 23
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual Bal 273 69 12 3 2 42 17 0 13 0 36 12 3 .253 .284 .341 .624 28
Mike Bordick, ss, bats right, age 35
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 608 164 34 3 13 85 74 4 51 0 96 10 6 .270 .327 .400 .727 77
Prorated Bal 230 62 13 1 5 32 28 2 19 0 36 4 2 29
Actual Bal 229 57 13 0 7 32 30 6 17 1 36 9 3 .249 .314 .397 .711 30
Jay Gibbons, lf/1b, bats left, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 78 21 5 0 2 12 10 1 8 1 11 0 0 .269 .341 .410 .751 11
Prorated Bal 218 59 14 0 6 34 28 3 22 3 31 0 0 31
Actual Bal 225 53 10 0 15 27 36 4 17 0 39 0 1 .236 .301 .480 .781 30
Delino DeShields, lf, bats left, age 32
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 586 165 37 5 7 84 73 1 71 2 85 32 12 .282 .356 .398 .754 87
Prorated Bal 194 55 12 2 2 28 24 0 24 1 28 11 4 29
Actual Bal 188 37 8 2 3 29 21 1 31 1 42 11 1 .197 .312 .309 .621 21
Prorated ChN 171 48 11 1 2 24 21 0 21 1 25 9 3 25
Actual ChN 163 45 9 3 2 26 16 0 28 0 35 12 1 .276 .380 .405 .785 28
Prorated Tot 365 103 23 3 4 52 46 1 44 1 53 20 7 54
Actual Tot 351 82 17 5 5 55 37 1 59 1 77 23 2 .234 .344 .353 .697 49
Mike Kinkade, lf/3b, bats right, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 161 46 10 1 3 24 24 4 12 1 21 4 2 .286 .348 .416 .764 23
Prorated Bal 160 46 10 1 3 24 24 4 12 1 21 4 2 23
Actual Bal 160 44 5 0 4 19 16 3 14 0 31 2 1 .275 .345 .381 .726 20
Tim Raines, lf, bats switch, age 41
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Mon 63 14 2 0 1 10 8 0 11 0 9 1 0 .222 .333 .302 .635 7
Prorated Mon 81 18 3 0 1 13 10 0 14 0 12 1 0 9
Actual Mon 78 24 8 1 0 13 4 0 18 0 6 1 0 .308 .433 .436 .869 16
Prorated Bal 10 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1
Actual Bal 11 3 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 .273 .250 .545 .795 2
Prorated Tot 92 20 3 0 1 15 12 0 16 0 13 1 0 10
Actual Tot 89 27 8 1 1 14 9 0 18 0 9 1 0 .303 .413 .449 .862 18
Melvin Mora, cf/ss, bats right, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 516 139 26 5 9 78 55 8 51 3 90 14 10 .269 .341 .391 .732 71
Prorated Bal 441 119 22 4 8 67 47 7 44 3 77 12 9 60
Actual Bal 436 109 28 0 7 49 48 14 41 2 91 11 4 .250 .329 .362 .692 56
Larry Bigbie, cf/rf/lf, bats left, age 23
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual Bal 131 30 6 0 2 15 11 0 17 1 42 4 1 .229 .318 .321 .638 14
Luis Matos, cf/rf, bats right, age 22
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 73 17 3 1 1 8 8 1 4 0 10 4 2 .233 .278 .342 .621 7
Prorated Bal 102 24 4 1 1 11 11 1 6 0 14 6 3 9
Actual Bal 98 21 7 0 4 16 12 1 11 0 30 7 0 .214 .300 .408 .708 14
Tim Raines Jr., cf, bats switch, age 21
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual Bal 23 4 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 0 8 3 0 .174 .269 .261 .530 2
Willie Harris, cf, bats left, age 23
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual Bal 24 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 .125 .125 .167 .292 1
Gene Kingsale, cf, bats switch, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 69 16 2 0 0 9 5 1 4 0 10 1 1 .232 .284 .261 .545 5
Prorated Bal 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Actual Bal 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0
Prorated Sea 17 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1
Actual Sea 15 5 0 0 0 4 1 1 2 0 2 2 0 .333 .444 .333 .778 3
Prorated Tot 20 5 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 1
Actual Tot 19 5 0 0 0 4 1 1 2 0 4 3 1 .263 .364 .263 .627 2
Chris Richard, rf/cf/1b, bats left, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 387 94 21 1 16 58 65 5 37 4 67 8 6 .243 .314 .426 .740 51
Prorated Bal 485 118 26 1 20 73 82 6 46 5 84 10 8 63
Actual Bal 483 128 31 3 15 74 61 8 45 4 100 11 9 .265 .335 .435 .770 67
Brady Anderson, rf/lf/cf, bats left, age 37
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 539 136 29 2 18 95 59 14 91 5 100 21 9 .252 .371 .414 .784 92
Prorated Bal 414 104 22 2 14 73 45 11 70 4 77 16 7 71
Actual Bal 430 87 12 3 8 50 45 8 60 4 77 12 4 .202 .311 .300 .611 45
Tony Batista, dh/3b/ss, bats right, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 565 150 30 1 36 87 104 5 38 2 106 5 2 .265 .315 .513 .828 89
Prorated Tor 268 71 14 0 17 41 49 2 18 1 50 2 1 41
Actual Tor 271 56 11 1 13 29 45 4 13 1 66 0 1 .207 .251 .399 .649 27
Prorated Bal 305 81 16 1 19 47 56 3 20 1 57 3 1 48
Actual Bal 308 82 16 5 12 41 42 0 19 0 47 5 1 .266 .305 .468 .773 43
Prorated Tot 572 152 30 1 36 88 105 5 38 2 107 5 2 89
Actual Tot 579 138 27 6 25 70 87 4 32 1 113 5 2 .238 .280 .435 .715 70
Greg Myers, dh/c, bats left, age 35
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 116 29 5 0 2 10 12 0 12 1 22 0 0 .250 .320 .345 .665 12
Prorated Bal 74 19 3 0 1 6 8 0 8 1 14 0 0 8
Actual Bal 74 20 2 0 4 11 18 0 8 0 17 0 0 .270 .341 .459 .801 11
Prorated Oak 91 23 4 0 2 8 9 0 9 1 17 0 0 10
Actual Oak 87 16 1 0 7 13 13 0 13 1 21 0 0 .184 .290 .437 .727 11
Prorated Tot 165 41 7 0 3 14 17 0 17 1 31 0 0 17
Actual Tot 161 36 3 0 11 24 31 0 21 1 38 0 0 .224 .313 .447 .760 22
Pitchers
Jason Johnson, starter, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bal 5.01 32 32 10 12 0 187 189 27 96 137 .263 .792
Prorated Bal 33 33 10 12 0 192 194 28 99 141
Actual Bal 4.09 32 32 10 12 0 196 194 28 77 114 .257 .774
Jose Mercedes, starter/reliever, throws right, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bal 4.86 32 32 10 15 0 189 208 19 73 88 .280 .788
Prorated Bal 32 32 10 15 0 188 207 19 73 88
Actual Bal 5.82 33 31 8 17 0 184 219 20 63 123 .294 .803
Sidney Ponson, starter, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bal 4.39 32 32 13 13 0 223 232 29 81 139 .269 .762
Prorated Bal 20 20 8 8 0 141 146 18 51 88
Actual Bal 4.94 23 23 5 10 0 138 161 21 37 84 .289 .825
Josh Towers, starter/reliever, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bal 6.88 13 0 1 1 0 17 24 4 4 9 .338 .968
Prorated Bal 98 0 8 8 0 128 180 30 30 68
Actual Bal 4.49 24 20 8 10 0 140 165 21 16 58 .297 .805
Calvin Maduro, starter/reliever, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bal 7.41 30 0 1 3 0 38 50 9 20 28 .321 .961
Prorated Bal 64 0 2 6 0 81 107 19 43 60
Actual Bal 4.23 22 12 5 6 0 94 83 10 36 51 .240 .686
Pat Hentgen, starter, throws right, age 32
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bal 5.10 32 32 10 12 0 189 213 26 73 104 .286 .805
Prorated Bal 10 10 3 4 0 57 65 8 22 31
Actual Bal 3.47 9 9 2 3 0 62 51 7 19 33 .221 .651
Rick Bauer, starter, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Bal 4.64 6 6 0 5 0 33 35 7 9 16 .265 .784
Sean Douglass, starter, throws right, age 22
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bal 7.02 13 0 1 1 0 17 22 3 8 10 .324 .934
Prorated Bal 16 0 1 1 0 20 27 4 10 12
Actual Bal 5.31 4 4 2 1 0 20 21 3 11 17 .259 .796
Willis Roberts, reliever/starter, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bal 7.40 21 4 2 4 0 41 58 5 25 25 .326 .828
Prorated Bal 60 12 6 12 0 119 167 14 72 72
Actual Bal 4.91 46 18 9 10 6 132 142 15 55 95 .274 .784
Buddy Groom, reliever, throws left, age 35
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bal 3.72 70 0 4 3 1 73 81 5 26 51 .285 .739
Prorated Bal 59 0 3 3 1 61 68 4 22 43
Actual Bal 3.55 70 0 1 4 11 66 64 4 9 54 .252 .657
B.J. Ryan, reliever, throws left, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bal 4.00 53 0 4 3 0 72 66 10 43 79 .244 .756
Prorated Bal 40 0 3 2 0 54 49 7 32 59
Actual Bal 4.25 61 0 2 4 2 53 47 6 30 54 .233 .676
Mike Trombley, reliever, throws right, age 34
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bal 4.38 70 0 5 5 2 97 97 18 39 92 .261 .794
Prorated Bal 38 0 3 3 1 52 52 10 21 50
Actual Bal 3.46 50 0 3 4 6 55 38 4 27 45 .200 .612
Prorated LA 18 0 1 1 1 25 25 5 10 24
Actual LA 6.56 19 0 0 4 0 23 27 5 10 27 .290 .850
Prorated Tot 56 0 4 4 2 77 77 14 31 73
Actual Tot 4.38 69 0 3 8 6 78 65 9 37 72 .230 .690
John Wasdin, reliever, throws right, age 28
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Col 5.09 44 4 5 5 0 106 114 21 28 84 .275 .820
Prorated Col 11 1 1 1 0 26 28 5 7 20
Actual Col 7.03 18 0 2 1 0 24 32 7 8 17 .320 1.023
Prorated Bal 21 2 2 2 0 51 55 10 14 41
Actual Bal 4.17 26 0 1 1 0 50 54 4 16 47 .277 .741
Prorated Tot 32 3 4 4 0 77 83 15 20 61
Actual Tot 5.11 44 0 3 2 0 74 86 11 24 64 .292 .836
Chuck McElroy, reliever/starter, throws left, age 33
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bal 4.49 22 22 6 6 0 120 117 10 61 95 .256 .747
Prorated Bal 9 9 2 2 0 49 47 4 25 38
Actual Bal 5.36 18 5 1 2 0 45 49 8 28 22 .269 .832
Prorated SD 6 6 2 2 0 33 32 3 17 26
Actual SD 5.16 31 0 1 1 0 30 38 6 18 25 .306 .884
Prorated Tot 15 15 4 4 0 81 79 7 41 64
Actual Tot 5.28 49 5 2 3 0 75 87 14 46 47 .284 .853
Ryan Kohlmeier, reliever/starter, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bal 4.73 70 0 2 7 24 70 74 11 35 65 .271 .809
Prorated Bal 42 0 1 4 14 42 44 7 21 39
Actual Bal 7.30 34 1 1 2 6 41 48 13 19 29 .291 .953
Chad Paronto, reliever, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Bal 5.00 24 0 1 3 0 27 33 5 11 16 .289 .837
John Bale, reliever, throws left, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bal 5.19 9 0 1 1 0 17 20 3 10 17 .294 .902
Prorated Bal 13 0 1 1 0 24 28 4 14 24
Actual Bal 3.04 14 0 1 0 0 27 18 2 17 21 .194 .620
John Parrish, reliever/starter, throws left, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bal 6.30 4 4 1 2 0 20 22 3 16 16 .282 .862
Prorated Bal 4 4 1 2 0 22 25 3 18 18
Actual Bal 6.14 16 1 1 2 0 22 22 5 17 20 .256 .908
Jorge Julio, reliever, throws right, age 22
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Bal 3.80 18 0 1 1 0 21 25 2 9 22 .287 .855
Alan Mills, reliever, throws right, age 34
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bal 5.34 40 0 3 4 0 64 68 9 44 44 .273 .832
Prorated Bal 10 0 1 1 0 16 17 2 11 11
Actual Bal 9.64 15 0 1 1 0 14 20 6 11 9 .333 1.152
Kris Foster, reliever, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Bal 2.70 7 0 0 0 0 10 9 1 8 8 .231 .695
Leslie Brea, reliever, throws right, age 22
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bal 7.47 11 0 1 1 0 16 19 3 12 10 .306 .921
Prorated Bal 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 2 2
Actual Bal 18.00 2 0 0 0 0 2 6 2 3 0 .545 1.734
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Actual 2001 statistics: Copyright © 2001. STATS, Inc. All rights
reserved.
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