From: joeb@cserver.plexus.com (Joe Brotz)
Subject: Re: 1992 Ex-Oriole All-Star Team
Organization: Plexus Corp. -- Neenah Wisconsin
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 18:58:50 GMT

hambric@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Stephen Hambric) writes:

>Why didn't the Orioles win the AL East this year?  
>Perhaps this list of the 1992 Ex-Oriole All-Star
>team can help explain the reason.  First the 
>pitchers:

>Pitcher       W  L   ERA   IP   H   BB   K
>---------------------------------------------
>Schilling,C  14 11  2.35  226  165  59  147
>Morgan,M     16  8  2.55  240  203  79  123
>Martinez,D   16 11  2.47  226  172  60  147
>Harnisch,P    9 10  3.70  206  182  64  164

>Totals       55 40  2.74  898  722 262  581

>Although Harnisch's season is hardly one to
>remember, it compares well to most of those
>on the:

>Current Oriole starting pitching staff:

>Pitcher       W  L   ERA   IP   H   BB   K
>---------------------------------------------
>Mussina,M    18  5  2.54  241  212  48  130
>Rhodes,A      7  5  3.63   94   87  38   77
>Lefferts      1  3  4.09   33   34   6   23
>McDonald,B   13 13  4.24  227  213  74  158
>Sutcliffe,R  16 15  4.47  237  251  74  109
>Milacki,B     6  8  5.84  115  140  44   51

>Totals       60 49  4.00  947  937 284  548

>Totals       42 44  4.50  706  725 236  418
>(w/out Mussina)

>(Note:  J. Mesa mercifully not included)

>Add Mussina to the Ex-Oriole All-Star staff
>and you get:

>Totals       73 45  2.69 1139  934 310  711

>Those starting pitching numbers would be enough
>to win any division even without the 1992 Ex-
>Oriole All-Star non pitchers:

>Player         BA   OBA   SLG   HR   RBI   SB
>---------------------------------------------
>Murray,E     .261  .336  .423   16    93    4
>Tettleton,M  .238  .379  .469   32    83    0
>Finley,S     .292  .355  .407    5    55   44

>(Both pro- and anti- SDCN/Stat-head numbers 
> included for completeness)

>Compare the Ex-O's to these chumps:

>Player         BA   OBA   SLG   HR   RBI   SB
>---------------------------------------------
>Milligan,R   .240  .383  .361   11    53    0
>Davis,G      .276  .338  .422   13    48    1
>Orsulak,J    .289  .342  .381    4    39    5

>Put Murray at 1st, Tettleton at DH, and Finley
>in RF and the "1992 AL East Champions" banner
>would be blowing in the Camden Yards wind during
>the divisional playoffs now.

>I have and will always root for the Baltimore
>Orioles, but I'll be damned if they haven't made
>some of the most boneheaded personnel moves over
>the last several years.

Just an unbiased observers opinion on the matter:

The acquistions of Brady Anderson and Mike Deverueax(sp??)
surely look pretty good. Nobody's perfect on every deal they make.
If Glen Davis wouldn't have been hurt for the better part of 2 
years, that trade would have turned out better (well, maybe not).

My team's GM (Brewers, Sal Bando) made some good moves (picked up 
Kevin Seitzer, Scott Fletcher, traded for Mike Fetters). Then again he
also traded for Bruce Ruffin (Ughhh!!!!!!). And the worse of all evils,
we still have to deal Harry Dalton's worst player move (Franklin 
Stubbs, 3 yrs., 2.2 million/yr - incredible!!!). 

--
"Bob Gibson is the luckiest pitcher I ever    <Joseph A. Brotz         >
saw. Every time he pitches, the other team    <joeb@cserver.plexus.com >
doesn't score any runs." - Tim McCarver       <UUCP: spool!cserver!joeb>