2002 Season Review -- Baltimore Orioles

February 5, 2003
This article takes a look at how the 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 2002, definitions
of key terms and statistics, and how efficiently each team performed in
2002, visit the following pages:
2002 Team Reviews
Diamond Mind projection system
Projecting the 2002 Season (March
21, 2002)
Key terms and statistics
Team efficiency
Capsule Summary
Projected Actual
Runs for 721 667
Runs allowed 861 773
Run Margin -140 -106
Wins 66 67
Pythagorean wins 68 69
Placement 4th 4th
Offense Defense Run efficiency average .250 .259
Difference -.020 -.011
Position Players
Geronimo Gil, c , bats right, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 442 116 20 0 12 47 62 5 24 2 81 1 2 .262 .305 .389 .694 51
Prorated Bal 417 109 19 0 11 44 58 5 23 2 76 1 2 48
Actual Bal 422 98 19 0 12 33 45 1 21 1 88 2 2 .232 .270 .363 .632 36
Brook Fordyce, c , bats right, age 32
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 136 33 8 0 4 14 14 1 8 0 24 0 0 .243 .288 .390 .677 15
Prorated Bal 135 33 8 0 4 14 14 1 8 0 24 0 0 15
Actual Bal 130 30 8 0 1 7 8 4 9 0 19 1 0 .231 .301 .315 .616 12
Izzy Molina, c , bats right, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual Bal 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0
Raul Casanova, c , bats switch, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Mil 436 109 22 2 21 45 69 5 31 3 77 0 1 .250 .304 .454 .758 59
Prorated Mil 90 23 5 0 4 9 14 1 6 1 16 0 0 12
Actual Mil 87 16 1 0 1 3 8 1 10 4 18 0 0 .184 .273 .230 .503 5
Prorated Bal 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Actual Bal 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0
Prorated Tot 91 23 5 0 4 9 14 1 6 1 16 0 0 12
Actual Tot 88 16 1 0 1 3 8 1 10 4 19 0 0 .182 .270 .227 .497 5
Fernando Lunar, c , bats right, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 71 15 2 0 0 4 6 2 2 0 13 0 0 .211 .253 .239 .493 4
Prorated Bal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Actual Bal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0
Jeff Conine, 1b/lf, bats right, age 36
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 566 164 25 2 16 74 88 5 56 4 77 7 6 .290 .355 .426 .781 85
Prorated Bal 436 126 19 2 12 57 68 4 43 3 59 5 5 64
Actual Bal 451 123 26 4 15 44 63 2 25 6 66 8 0 .273 .307 .448 .755 62
Jose Leon, 1b/3b, bats right, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 71 17 3 0 2 9 9 1 3 0 17 1 0 .239 .280 .366 .646 7
Prorated Bal 88 21 4 0 2 11 11 1 4 0 21 1 0 8
Actual Bal 89 22 2 0 3 8 10 1 3 0 20 1 0 .247 .280 .371 .650 9
Ryan McGuire, 1b, bats left, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 65 14 2 0 1 8 8 0 9 0 15 0 0 .215 .307 .292 .599 6
Prorated Bal 24 5 1 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 6 0 0 2
Actual Bal 26 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 7 0 0 .077 .143 .115 .258 0
Jerry Hairston Jr., 2b, bats right, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 567 138 25 4 12 76 53 16 48 0 78 28 13 .243 .319 .365 .684 67
Prorated Bal 422 103 19 3 9 57 39 12 36 0 58 21 10 50
Actual Bal 426 114 25 3 5 55 32 7 34 0 55 21 6 .268 .329 .376 .705 56
Brian Roberts, 2b, bats switch, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 67 16 2 0 1 9 5 0 6 0 9 5 1 .239 .297 .313 .611 7
Prorated Bal 133 32 4 0 2 18 10 0 12 0 18 10 2 14
Actual Bal 128 29 6 0 1 18 11 1 15 0 21 9 2 .227 .308 .297 .605 13
Mike Moriarty, 2b, bats right, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 66 13 2 0 2 9 7 2 8 0 13 1 1 .197 .299 .318 .617 6
Prorated Bal 14 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 1
Actual Bal 16 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 .188 .188 .250 .438 0
Tony Batista, 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 568 139 23 3 30 72 90 5 28 1 109 3 3 .245 .283 .454 .738 71
Prorated Bal 638 156 26 3 34 81 101 6 31 1 122 3 3 80
Actual Bal 615 150 36 1 31 90 87 11 50 9 107 5 4 .244 .309 .457 .766 85
Mike Bordick, ss, bats right, age 36
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 462 121 23 2 13 63 56 7 33 1 76 10 4 .262 .318 .405 .722 59
Prorated Bal 373 98 19 2 11 51 45 6 27 1 61 8 3 49
Actual Bal 367 85 19 3 8 37 36 3 35 0 63 7 4 .232 .302 .365 .667 40
Luis Lopez, ss/2b, bats switch, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Mil 77 21 4 1 2 8 8 2 5 1 16 0 0 .273 .329 .429 .758 11
Prorated Mil 9 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1
Actual Mil 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 0
Prorated Bal 99 27 5 1 3 10 10 3 6 1 21 0 0 14
Actual Bal 109 23 6 0 2 10 9 0 3 0 20 1 0 .211 .232 .321 .553 7
Prorated Tot 108 29 6 1 3 11 11 3 7 1 22 0 0 15
Actual Tot 117 23 6 0 2 11 10 0 5 0 21 1 0 .197 .230 .299 .529 8
Eddie Rogers, ss, bats right, age 23
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual Bal 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0
Melvin Mora, lf/ss/cf/2b/rf, bats right, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 357 91 20 1 7 44 38 9 32 2 71 10 5 .255 .328 .375 .703 46
Prorated Bal 571 145 32 2 11 70 61 14 51 3 113 16 8 73
Actual Bal 557 130 30 4 19 86 64 20 70 2 108 16 10 .233 .338 .404 .742 81
Marty Cordova, lf, bats right, age 32
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 490 139 19 3 20 65 71 10 33 0 98 2 3 .284 .340 .457 .797 74
Prorated Bal 469 133 18 3 19 62 68 10 32 0 94 2 3 71
Actual Bal 458 116 25 2 18 55 64 3 47 3 111 1 6 .253 .325 .434 .759 60
Larry Bigbie, lf/rf, bats left, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 67 16 3 0 1 8 6 0 8 0 17 2 1 .239 .320 .328 .648 7
Prorated Bal 32 8 1 0 0 4 3 0 4 0 8 1 0 4
Actual Bal 34 6 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 11 1 0 .176 .194 .206 .400 1
Chris Singleton, cf, bats left, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 519 141 23 5 9 70 56 2 27 2 83 18 10 .272 .307 .387 .695 62
Prorated Bal 460 125 20 4 8 62 50 2 24 2 73 16 9 55
Actual Bal 466 122 30 6 9 67 50 4 21 0 83 20 2 .262 .296 .410 .706 58
Jay Gibbons, rf/1b, bats left, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 462 117 24 0 24 60 68 8 41 2 80 1 2 .253 .323 .461 .784 67
Prorated Bal 486 123 25 0 25 63 72 8 43 2 84 1 2 70
Actual Bal 490 121 29 1 28 71 69 2 45 3 66 1 3 .247 .311 .482 .792 72
Gary Matthews Jr., rf/cf/lf, bats switch, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYN 67 14 2 0 2 9 7 0 8 0 16 1 1 .209 .293 .328 .622 7
Prorated NYN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Actual NYN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0
Prorated Bal 355 74 11 0 11 48 37 0 42 0 85 5 5 35
Actual Bal 344 95 25 3 7 54 38 1 43 1 69 15 5 .276 .355 .427 .782 56
Prorated Tot 356 74 11 0 11 48 37 0 42 0 85 5 5 35
Actual Tot 345 95 25 3 7 54 38 1 43 1 69 15 5 .275 .354 .426 .780 56
Luis Matos, rf/cf, bats right, age 23
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 68 16 3 1 2 9 8 1 5 0 14 4 1 .235 .297 .397 .694 8
Prorated Bal 30 7 1 0 1 4 4 0 2 0 6 2 0 4
Actual Bal 31 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 1 0 .129 .156 .161 .318 1
Luis Garcia, rf, bats right, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 93 25 5 1 3 13 14 0 6 1 19 4 1 .269 .310 .441 .751 12
Prorated Bal 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Actual Bal 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0
Chris Richard, dh/1b, bats left, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 171 45 10 1 6 26 24 3 17 2 35 4 3 .263 .337 .439 .775 25
Prorated Bal 152 40 9 1 5 23 21 3 15 2 31 4 3 22
Actual Bal 155 36 11 0 4 15 21 2 12 0 30 0 3 .232 .292 .381 .673 17
David Segui, dh/1b, bats switch, age 35
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Bal 591 176 34 1 18 84 85 5 69 5 108 0 1 .298 .373 .450 .823 101
Prorated Bal 94 28 5 0 3 13 14 1 11 1 17 0 0 16
Actual Bal 95 25 4 0 2 10 16 0 11 0 22 0 0 .263 .336 .368 .705 13
Howie Clark, dh, bats left, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual Bal 53 16 5 0 0 3 4 2 3 0 6 0 0 .302 .362 .396 .758 6
Pitchers
Rodrigo Lopez, starter/reliever, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bal 5.75 27 4 2 3 0 41 55 5 19 28 .325 .884
Prorated Bal 114 17 8 13 0 171 232 21 80 118
Actual Bal 3.57 33 28 15 9 0 197 172 23 62 136 .234 .679
Sidney Ponson, starter, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bal 4.58 32 32 10 12 0 195 207 27 58 124 .273 .774
Prorated Bal 28 28 9 11 0 172 183 24 51 110
Actual Bal 4.09 28 28 7 9 0 176 172 26 63 120 .258 .748
Scott Erickson, starter, throws right, age 34
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bal 4.94 32 32 9 15 0 204 227 25 81 103 .287 .806
Prorated Bal 26 26 7 12 0 164 182 20 65 83
Actual Bal 5.55 29 28 5 12 0 161 192 20 68 74 .303 .836
Travis Driskill, starter/reliever, throws right, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bal 5.71 19 0 1 1 0 17 20 3 4 11 .290 .812
Prorated Bal 147 0 8 8 0 134 155 23 31 85
Actual Bal 4.95 29 19 8 8 0 133 150 21 48 78 .284 .818
Jason Johnson, starter, throws right, age 28
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bal 4.73 32 32 10 13 0 206 204 31 86 135 .260 .783
Prorated Bal 20 20 6 8 0 129 128 19 54 85
Actual Bal 4.59 22 22 5 14 0 131 141 19 41 97 .276 .779
John Stephens, starter, throws right, age 22
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bal 3.86 3 3 1 1 0 19 16 2 6 16 .232 .661
Prorated Bal 11 11 4 4 0 67 58 7 22 58
Actual Bal 6.09 12 11 2 5 0 65 68 13 22 56 .271 .806
Calvin Maduro, starter/reliever, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bal 4.71 23 23 6 8 0 126 127 20 54 80 .263 .780
Prorated Bal 11 11 3 4 0 58 58 9 25 37
Actual Bal 5.56 12 10 2 5 0 57 64 12 22 29 .279 .864
Sean Douglass, starter/reliever, throws right, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bal 5.06 4 4 1 2 0 21 23 3 10 17 .277 .804
Prorated Bal 10 10 3 5 0 54 59 8 26 43
Actual Bal 6.07 15 8 0 5 0 53 58 10 35 44 .283 .884
Josh Towers, starter/reliever, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bal 5.27 32 32 9 15 0 207 251 34 33 102 .300 .820
Prorated Bal 4 4 1 2 0 29 35 5 5 14
Actual Bal 7.90 5 3 0 3 0 27 42 11 5 13 .362 1.072
Pat Hentgen, starter, throws right, age 33
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bal 4.12 3 3 1 1 0 20 21 3 6 11 .276 .786
Prorated Bal 4 4 1 1 0 24 26 4 7 13
Actual Bal 7.77 4 4 0 4 0 22 31 6 10 11 .337 1.050
Rick Bauer, reliever/starter, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bal 5.40 4 4 1 2 0 22 25 4 7 12 .291 .836
Prorated Bal 15 15 4 7 0 81 93 15 26 45
Actual Bal 3.98 56 1 6 7 1 84 84 12 36 45 .268 .759
Willis Roberts, reliever, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bal 5.58 70 0 1 8 24 69 81 10 31 46 .295 .847
Prorated Bal 74 0 1 8 25 74 86 11 33 49
Actual Bal 3.36 66 0 5 4 1 75 79 5 32 51 .270 .707
B.J. Ryan, reliever, throws left, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bal 3.74 53 0 3 2 0 55 48 7 28 57 .234 .695
Prorated Bal 56 0 3 2 0 58 51 7 30 60
Actual Bal 4.68 67 0 2 1 1 58 51 7 33 56 .241 .745
Buddy Groom, reliever, throws left, age 36
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bal 3.49 70 0 4 3 1 77 78 6 15 60 .264 .694
Prorated Bal 53 0 3 2 1 59 59 5 11 46
Actual Bal 1.60 70 0 3 2 2 62 44 4 12 48 .196 .524
Chris Brock, reliever, throws right, age 32
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bal 5.29 44 4 3 5 0 83 91 17 29 53 .279 .839
Prorated Bal 23 2 2 3 0 44 48 9 15 28
Actual Bal 4.70 22 0 2 1 0 44 52 6 14 21 .297 .840
Yorkis Perez, reliever, throws left, age 34
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Bal 3.29 23 0 0 0 1 27 21 4 14 25 .198 .660
Eric DuBose, reliever, throws left, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Bal 3.00 4 0 0 0 0 6 7 1 1 4 .304 .882
Steve Bechler, reliever, throws right, age 22
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bal 5.40 3 3 1 1 0 18 18 4 6 10 .257 .783
Prorated Bal 1 1 0 0 0 6 6 1 2 3
Actual Bal 13.50 3 0 0 0 0 5 6 3 4 3 .300 1.240
Erik Bedard, reliever, throws left, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Bal 13.50 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 .500 1.000
Jorge Julio, closer, throws right, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Bal 4.65 70 0 3 4 2 72 71 8 30 71 .259 .769
Prorated Bal 64 0 3 4 2 66 65 7 28 65
Actual Bal 1.99 67 0 5 6 25 68 55 5 27 55 .213 .629
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