# 1993 Baltimore Orioles season

The 1993 Baltimore Orioles season was the 93rd baseball season in Orioles history. It involved the Orioles finishing tied with the Detroit Tigers for third place in the American League East with a record of 85-77. They also hosted the 1993 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

## Offseason

* December 7, 1992: Sherman Obando was drafted by the Orioles from the New York Yankees in the 1992 rule 5 draft.
* December 11, 1992: Billy Ripken was released by the Orioles.
* December 14, 1992: Scott Coolbaugh was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.

## Regular season

The Orioles hosted the 1993 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. It was the 64th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL) at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 9–3. Orioles pitcher Mike Mussina was voted onto the All-Star team, but did not pitch in the game due to his injury.
There was a controversial incident towards the end of the game when Mussina chose to warm-up in the bullpen, despite the fact AL manager Cito Gaston had told him prior to the game that he would not pitch during the contest because of his injury issues and in case the game went into extra innings. Orioles fans believed Mussina was warming up in preparation to come in and pitch the ninth inning and when Gaston put Duane Ward in to pitch the ninth inning, the fans at Camden Yards spent the rest of the game booing Gaston very loudly and many chanted the popular slogan saying "Cito Sucks" which could be heard years later in Baltimore anytime Baltimore played Toronto. Gaston was never treated well by Baltimore fans for the rest of his managerial career and he was subject to death threats for not pitching Mussina in the game. Many believe Mussina threw on his own as a way of publicly showing up Gaston because he was angry at not pitching in the game.

### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 48‍–‍33 | 47‍–‍34 |
| New York Yankees | 88 | 74 | .543 | 7 | 50‍–‍31 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 85 | 77 | .525 | 10 | 48‍–‍33 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Detroit Tigers | 85 | 77 | .525 | 10 | 44‍–‍37 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Boston Red Sox | 80 | 82 | .494 | 15 | 43‍–‍38 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Cleveland Indians | 76 | 86 | .469 | 19 | 46‍–‍35 | 30‍–‍51 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 69 | 93 | .426 | 26 | 38‍–‍43 | 31‍–‍50 |

### Record vs. opponents

1993 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
| Baltimore | — | 6–7 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 10–2 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 5–8 |
| Boston | 7–6 | — | 7–5 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 3–10 |
| California | 5–7 | 5–7 | — | 7–6 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 |
| Chicago | 8–4 | 5–7 | 6–7 | — | 9–3 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 9–3 | 10–3 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 9–4 | 8–5 | 6–6 |
| Cleveland | 5–8 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 3–9 | — | 6–7 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 3–9 | 7–5 | 4–9 |
| Detroit | 8–5 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 7–6 | — | 5–7 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 6–7 |
| Kansas City | 5–7 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 7–5 | — | 5–7 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 8–4 |
| Milwaukee | 5–8 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 4–9 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 5–8 |
| Minnesota | 4–8 | 5–7 | 9–4 | 3–10 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 5–7 | — | 4–8 | 8–5 | 4–9 | 7–6 | 2–10 |
| New York | 7–6 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 8–4 | — | 6–6 | 7–5 | 3–9 | 5–8 |
| Oakland | 2–10 | 3–9 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 6–6 | — | 9–4 | 5–8 | 5–7 |
| Seattle | 5–7 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 4–9 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 5–7 | 4–9 | — | 8–5 | 7–5 |
| Texas | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 9–3 | 8–5 | 5–8 | — | 7–5 |
| Toronto | 8–5 | 10–3 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 10–2 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 5–7 | — |

### Notable transactions

* June 29, 1993: Mike Bielecki was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.
* August 15, 1993: Mike Bielecki was released by the Orioles.
* September 30, 1993: Scott Coolbaugh was released by the Orioles.

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
| Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
| C | Chris Hoiles | 126 | 419 | 80 | 130 | 28 | 0 | 29 | 82 | .310 | 1 |
| 1B | David Segui | 146 | 450 | 54 | 123 | 27 | 0 | 10 | 60 | .273 | 2 |
| 2B | Harold Reynolds | 145 | 485 | 64 | 122 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 47 | .252 | 12 |
| 3B | Leo Gómez | 71 | 244 | 30 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 25 | .197 | 0 |
| SS | Cal Ripken Jr. | 162 | 641 | 87 | 165 | 26 | 3 | 24 | 90 | .257 | 1 |
| LF | Brady Anderson | 142 | 560 | 87 | 147 | 36 | 8 | 13 | 66 | .263 | 24 |
| CF | Mike Devereaux | 131 | 527 | 72 | 132 | 31 | 3 | 14 | 75 | .250 | 3 |
| RF | Mark McLemore | 148 | 581 | 81 | 165 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 72 | .284 | 21 |
| DH | Harold Baines | 118 | 416 | 64 | 130 | 22 | 0 | 20 | 78 | .313 | 0 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
| Tim Hulett | 85 | 260 | 40 | 78 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 23 | .300 | 1 |
| Jack Voigt | 64 | 152 | 32 | 45 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 23 | .296 | 1 |
| Mike Pagliarulo | 33 | 117 | 24 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 21 | .325 | 0 |
| Glenn Davis | 30 | 113 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .177 | 0 |
| Jeffrey Hammonds | 33 | 105 | 10 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .305 | 4 |
| Sherman Obando | 31 | 92 | 8 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .272 | 0 |
| Jeff Tackett | 38 | 87 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .172 | 0 |
| Damon Buford | 53 | 79 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .228 | 2 |
| Mark Parent | 22 | 54 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .259 | 0 |
| Paul Carey | 18 | 47 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .213 | 0 |
| Luis Mercedes | 10 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .292 | 1 |
| Lonnie Smith | 9 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .208 | 0 |
| Mark Leonard | 10 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .067 | 0 |
| Chito Martínez | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Manny Alexander | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .--- | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | IP | R | ER | BB | K |
| Ben McDonald | 13 | 14 | 3.39 | 34 | 34 | 220.1 | 92 | 83 | 86 | 171 |
| Fernando Valenzuela | 8 | 10 | 4.94 | 32 | 31 | 178.2 | 104 | 98 | 79 | 78 |
| Mike Mussina | 14 | 6 | 4.46 | 25 | 25 | 167.2 | 84 | 83 | 44 | 117 |
| Rick Sutcliffe | 10 | 10 | 5.75 | 29 | 28 | 166.0 | 112 | 106 | 74 | 80 |
| Jamie Moyer | 12 | 9 | 3.43 | 25 | 25 | 152.0 | 63 | 58 | 38 | 90 |
| Arthur Rhodes | 5 | 6 | 6.51 | 17 | 17 | 85.2 | 62 | 62 | 49 | 49 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | SV | IP | R | ER | BB | K |
| Gregg Olson | 0 | 2 | 1.60 | 50 | 29 | 45.0 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 44 |
| Alan Mills | 5 | 4 | 3.23 | 45 | 4 | 100.1 | 39 | 36 | 51 | 68 |
| Todd Frohwirth | 6 | 7 | 3.83 | 70 | 3 | 96.1 | 47 | 41 | 44 | 50 |
| Mark Williamson | 7 | 5 | 4.91 | 48 | 0 | 88.0 | 54 | 48 | 25 | 45 |
| Jim Poole | 2 | 1 | 2.15 | 55 | 2 | 50.1 | 18 | 12 | 21 | 29 |
| Brad Pennington | 3 | 2 | 6.55 | 34 | 4 | 33.0 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 39 |
| John O'Donoghue | 0 | 1 | 4.58 | 11 | 0 | 19.2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 16 |
| Kevin McGehee | 0 | 0 | 5.94 | 5 | 0 | 16.2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 7 |
| Mike Oquist | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 5 | 0 | 11.2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| Anthony Telford | 0 | 0 | 9.82 | 3 | 0 | 7.1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 6 |
| Mike Cook | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Jeff Tackett | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Rochester Red Wings | International League | Bobby Miscik |
| AA | Bowie Baysox | Eastern League | Don Buford |
| A | Frederick Keys | Carolina League | Pete Mackanin |
| A | Albany Polecats | South Atlantic League | Mike O'Berry |
| Rookie | Bluefield Orioles | Appalachian League | Andy Etchebarren |
| Rookie | GCL Orioles | Gulf Coast League | Oneri Fleita |