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Orioles BAL

199463–49 (0.562)
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GM: Roland Hemond

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1994, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

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Front Office

PoorAverageGreat
Value
Payroll $M
$39M
Surplus $M
-1
Win %
0.562
TAB
+10.8
WAB
+4.6
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
32.8
Dead money %
31%
Depth Players
7.0
Dead WAR
-2.4

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1994 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RChris Hoiles98
RJeff Tackett26

1B

LRafael Palmeiro111
RJack Voigt6
RLeo Gomez1

2B

BMark McLemore96
RTim Hulett Sr.23

3B

RLeo Gomez78
RChris Sabo37
RTim Hulett Sr.9

SS

RCal Ripken Jr.112
RTim Hulett Sr.6

LF

LBrady Anderson76
LDwight Smith⇄26
RJack Voigt17
RChris Sabo9
RJeffrey Hammonds9
RDamon Buford1

CF

RMike Devereaux84
LBrady Anderson38
LDwight Smith⇄1
RJack Voigt1

RF

RJeffrey Hammonds57
RJack Voigt37
RChris Sabo13
BMark McLemore7
LBrady Anderson5
RMark Smith3
RLonnie Smith2
LDwight Smith⇄1

DH

LHarold Baines81
RLonnie Smith15
RChris Sabo10
RLeo Gomez5
RJack Voigt1

Starters

RMike Mussina3.4 WAR
RBen McDonald3.0 WAR
LJamie Moyer1.9 WAR
LArthur Rhodes0.5 WAR
LSid Fernandez0.3 WAR
RMike Oquist0.3 WAR
RMark Williamson0.3 WAR
RScott Klingenbeck0.0 WAR

Bullpen

★ RLee Smith33 sv
RAlan Mills0 h
RMark Eichhorn0 h
LJim Poole0 h
RMark Williamson0 h
LTom Bolton0 h
LBrad Pennington0 h
RArmando Benitez0 h

Each position shows its top 3 by games (top = starter) — click "+more" for the rest. The letter is bats/throws; ⇄ marks a player traded mid-season. Starters are ranked by WAR, bullpen by holds; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

Key additions (new vs 1993)

PlayerfWAR
Rafael Palmeiro4.6
Mark Eichhorn1.6
Lee Smith0.8
Sid Fernandez0.3
Armando Benitez0.3
Dwight Smith0.2

Key subtractions (gone from 1993)

Player1993 fWAR
David Segui1.5
Gregg Olson1.4
Fernando Valenzuela1.4
Harold Reynolds1.3
Mike Pagliarulo1.3
Rick Sutcliffe0.5

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Orioles. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 1994; everyone else is shown as a 1994 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Mike Mussina 1994 +3.4 +53.6 0.8 +52.9 $0.2M 1.96× –
Ben McDonald 1994 +3.0 +47.2 2.7 +44.6 $0.9M 1.96× –
Cal Ripken Jr. 1994 +4.6 +48.5 5.5 +43.0 $1.2M 1.32× –
Rafael Palmeiro 1994 +4.6 +43.7 5.4 +38.3 $1.2M 1.20× –
Brady Anderson 1994 +3.0 +38.8 3.1 +35.7 $1.0M 1.60× –
Chris Hoiles 1994 +3.3 +26.5 2.0 +24.5 $0.6M 1.00× –
Leo Gomez 1994 +2.8 +24.7 0.6 +24.1 $0.2M 1.12× –
Jamie Moyer 1994 +1.9 +22.5 0.7 +21.8 $0.4M 1.49× –
Mark Eichhorn 1994 +1.6 +12.2 0.6 +11.6 $0.4M 0.98× –
Lee Smith 1994 +0.8 +8.1 2.0 +6.1 $2.7M 1.34× –
Jeffrey Hammonds 1994 +0.9 +5.7 0.1 +5.5 $0.2M 0.83× –
Tim Hulett Sr. 1994 +1.2 +5.3 0.6 +4.8 $0.5M 0.56× –
Arthur Rhodes 1994 +0.5 +3.9 0.2 +3.6 $0.5M 1.02× –
Mark McLemore 1994 +1.0 +4.4 1.0 +3.4 $1.0M 0.56× –
Harold Baines 1994 +0.8 +4.5 1.9 +2.6 $2.4M 0.69× –
Mike Oquist 1994 +0.3 +2.4 0.1 +2.2 $0.4M 1.02× –
Armando Benitez 1994 +0.3 +1.7 0.1 +1.6 $0.3M 0.67× –
Jack Voigt 1994 +0.2 +1.4 0.1 +1.3 $0.7M 0.83× –
Mark Williamson 1994 +0.3 +1.3 0.3 +1.0 $1.4M 0.67× –
Dwight Smith↔ 1994 +0.2 +1.2 0.3 +0.9 $1.6M 0.83× –
Jeff Tackett 1994 +0.2 +1.0 0.2 +0.9 $0.7M 0.52× –
Scott Klingenbeck 1994 +0.0 +0.2 0.1 +0.1 $4.2M 1.02× –
Alan Mills 1994 +0.1 +0.4 0.5 -0.1 $6.0M 0.67× –
Sid Fernandez 1994 +0.3 +2.8 3.3 -0.5 $9.7M 1.02× –
Mark Smith 1994 -0.1 -0.7 0.1 -0.8 – 0.83× –
Jim Poole 1994 -0.1 -0.7 0.3 -1.0 – 0.67× –
Brad Pennington 1994 -0.3 -1.4 0.1 -1.5 – 0.67× –
Chris Sabo 1994 -0.2 -0.9 2.0 -2.9 – 0.58× –
Lonnie Smith 1994 -0.4 -2.2 0.8 -2.9 – 0.69× –
Mike Devereaux 1994 -1.2 -8.2 3.4 -11.6 – 0.83× –
Damon Buford 1994 +0.0 +0.1 0.1 -0.0 $10.1M 0.83× –
Tom Bolton 1994 -0.1 -0.5 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+32.9+347.539.0+309.2—

Trades

Every graded 1994 deal involving the Orioles — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 4 total.

1994 · ANA / BAL
ANA · Whitey Herzog +$2.4M
Bo Ortiz
BAL · Roland Hemond −$2.4M
Dwight Smith
ANA came out ahead by $2.4M
1994 · BAL / MIA
BAL · Roland Hemond +$0.0M
Bret Barberie
MIA · Dave Dombrowski +$0.0M
Jay Powell
Even trade
1994 · LAD / BAL
LAD · Fred Claire +$2.4M
John O'Donoghue
BAL · Roland Hemond −$2.4M
John DeSilva
LAD came out ahead by $2.4M
1994 · BAL / NYM
BAL · Roland Hemond +$8.0M
Kevin Baez, Tom Wegmann
NYM · Joe McIlvaine −$8.0M
David Segui
BAL came out ahead by $8.0M

Current & Historical Payroll

1994 payroll
$39.0M

What the front office was committed to as of 1994, 1994–2000. Pre-2015 has no contract-terms data — forward italic $ are realized actuals (hindsight, not commitments known then). Control labels (ARB/FA) are point-in-time.

current $ guaranteed $ actual $ (hindsight) arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent

Guaranteed / signed (15)

PlayerAgeSvc1994199519961997199819992000
Cal Ripken Jr.3313.000$5.5M$6.7M$6.7M$6.8M$6.4M$6.5M$6.3M
Rafael Palmeiro298.000$5.4M$4.9M$5.4M$5.3M$6.5MFREE AGENT
Mike Devereaux317.000$3.4MFREE AGENT$900k
Sid Fernandez3111.000$3.3M$1.4MFREE AGENT
Brady Anderson306.000$3.1M$3.3M$3.6M$4.0M$5.4M$5.7M$7.1M
Lee Smith3614.000$2.0MFREE AGENT
Chris Sabo326.000$2.0MFREE AGENT
Harold Baines3514.000$1.9M$1.9MFREE AGENT$1.3M$1.3M$1.4M$1.5M
Mark McLemore298.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
Lonnie Smith3816.000$750kFREE AGENT
Jamie Moyer318.000$725k$1.1MFREE AGENT
Tim Hulett Sr.3411.000$550kFREE AGENT
Mark Eichhorn3312.000$550kFREE AGENT
Mark Williamson347.000$350kFREE AGENT
Tom Bolton327.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (9)

PlayerAgeSvc1994199519961997199819992000
Ben McDonald265.000$2.7MFREE AGENT
Chris Hoiles295.000$2.0MFREE AGENT
Mike Mussina253.000$775kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Leo Gomez284.000$550kARB 3FREE AGENT
Alan Mills274.000$500kARB 3FREE AGENT
Dwight Smith305.000$290kFREE AGENT
Jim Poole284.000$270kARB 3FREE AGENT
Arthur Rhodes243.000$230kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Tackett283.000$162kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (8)

PlayerAgeSvc1994199519961997199819992000
Jack Voigt282.000$150kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeffrey Hammonds231.000$150kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Damon Buford241.000$130kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brad Pennington251.000$130kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Oquist261.000$112kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Armando Benitez210.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Klingenbeck230.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Smith240.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 1994 acquisition stacked onto Orioles's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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