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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

 

 

 

Projections and text: Copyright © 2002. Diamond Mind, Inc. All rights reserved.
Actual 2001 statistics: Copyright © 2001. STATS, Inc. All rights reserved.