2018 Baltimore Orioles season
The 2018 Baltimore Orioles season was the team's 118th season overall, 65th in Baltimore, and 27th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. They attempted to rebound from their first losing season since 2011 when they went 75–87. However, the Orioles instead suffered one of the worst seasons in MLB history, going 47–115 and missing the playoffs for the second straight season. The Orioles set several statistical records and quirks, such as being 60 or more games behind the division (later World Series) champions Boston Red Sox, the most games behind a division champion since the 1935 Boston Braves, who themselves lost 115 games. They became the first team since the 2003 Detroit Tigers, who suffered a similar fate when they went 43–119, to have fewer than 50 wins in a full 162-game season. The Orioles held a losing record against all American League teams, ensured by their loss to the Houston Astros on September 28. First baseman Chris Davis posted a .168 batting average and a -2.7 WAR in his third year of a 7-year, $161 million contract, the worst of any player since Adam Dunn in 2011, who posted a -2.9 WAR and a .159 batting average.
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Record | 47–115 (.290) |
Divisional place | 5th |
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Owners | Peter Angelos |
General managers | Dan Duquette |
Managers | Buck Showalter |
Local television | MASN (Gary Thorne, Jim Palmer, Mike Bordick, Jim Hunter) |
Local radio | WJZ-FM Baltimore Orioles Radio Network (Joe Angel, Jim Hunter, Ben McDonald, Mike Bordick) |
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The 2018 Orioles also set the MLB record of earliest playoff exit since the divisional era came to play in 1969, being eliminated from postseason contention on August 20, 2018. This record would not be threatened until 2023, when the Oakland Athletics were eliminated from postseason contention on August 23, 2023, despite the MLB adding an additional wild card spot to its playoff field.
To further add to the team's abysmal season, many of their key contributors including Manny Machado, Zack Britton, Jonathan Schoop, Darren O'Day, Kevin Gausman, and Brad Brach all left the team via trades in the trade deadline.
The 47–115 record would also not be threatened until 2023, when the Oakland Athletics finished 50–112, only three games better than the 2018 Orioles.
Manager Buck Showalter and general manager Dan Duquette's contracts expired and were not renewed concluding the season.[1][2]
Regular season
American League East
AL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Red Sox | 108 | 54 | 0.667 | — | 57–24 | 51–30 |
New York Yankees | 100 | 62 | 0.617 | 8 | 53–28 | 47–34 |
Tampa Bay Rays | 90 | 72 | 0.556 | 18 | 51–30 | 39–42 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 73 | 89 | 0.451 | 35 | 40–41 | 33–48 |
Baltimore Orioles | 47 | 115 | 0.290 | 61 | 28–53 | 19–62 |
American League Wild Card
Division Leaders | W | L | Pct. |
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Boston Red Sox | 108 | 54 | 0.667 |
Houston Astros | 103 | 59 | 0.636 |
Cleveland Indians | 91 | 71 | 0.562 |
Wild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) |
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New York Yankees | 100 | 62 | 0.617 | +3 |
Oakland Athletics | 97 | 65 | 0.599 | — |
Tampa Bay Rays | 90 | 72 | 0.556 | 7 |
Seattle Mariners | 89 | 73 | 0.549 | 8 |
Los Angeles Angels | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 17 |
Minnesota Twins | 78 | 84 | 0.481 | 19 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 73 | 89 | 0.451 | 24 |
Texas Rangers | 67 | 95 | 0.414 | 30 |
Detroit Tigers | 64 | 98 | 0.395 | 33 |
Chicago White Sox | 62 | 100 | 0.383 | 35 |
Kansas City Royals | 58 | 104 | 0.358 | 39 |
Baltimore Orioles | 47 | 115 | 0.290 | 50 |
Record against opponents
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Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
Baltimore | — | 3–16 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 1–6 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 1–6 | 7–12 | 1–5 | 1–6 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 5–14 | 7–13 |
Boston | 16–3 | — | 3–4 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 4–3 | 10–9 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 6–1 | 15–4 | 16–4 |
Chicago | 4–3 | 4–3 | — | 5–14 | 7–12 | 0–7 | 11–8 | 2–5 | 7–12 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 6–14 |
Cleveland | 5–2 | 4–3 | 14–5 | — | 13–6 | 3–4 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 12–8 |
Detroit | 4–2 | 2–4 | 12–7 | 6–13 | — | 1–5 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 7–12 | 3–4 | 0–7 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 6–14 |
Houston | 6–1 | 4–3 | 7–0 | 4–3 | 5–1 | — | 5–1 | 13–6 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 12–7 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 12–7 | 4–2 | 13–7 |
Kansas City | 4–2 | 1–5 | 8–11 | 7–12 | 11–8 | 1–5 | — | 1–6 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 0–7 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 6–14 |
Los Angeles | 5–1 | 0–6 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 6–13 | 6–1 | — | 4–3 | 1–5 | 10–9 | 8–11 | 1–6 | 13–6 | 4–3 | 10–10 |
Minnesota | 6–1 | 3–4 | 12–7 | 9–10 | 12–7 | 2–4 | 9–10 | 3–4 | — | 2–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 8–12 |
New York | 12–7 | 9–10 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–2 | — | 3–3 | 5–1 | 10–9 | 4–3 | 13–6 | 11–9 |
Oakland | 5–1 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 7–0 | 7–12 | 5–2 | 9–10 | 5–2 | 3–3 | — | 9–10 | 2–5 | 13–6 | 7–0 | 12–8 |
Seattle | 6–1 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 10–9 | 5–1 | 11–8 | 5–1 | 1–5 | 10–9 | — | 6–1 | 10–9 | 3–4 | 6–14 |
Tampa Bay | 11–8 | 8–11 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 7–0 | 6–1 | 4–3 | 9–10 | 5–2 | 1–6 | — | 5–1 | 13–6 | 7–13 |
Texas | 4–3 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 7–12 | 5–2 | 6–13 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 6–13 | 9–10 | 1–5 | — | 3–3 | 9–11 |
Toronto | 14–5 | 4–15 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 6–13 | 0–7 | 4–3 | 6–13 | 3–3 | — | 13–7 |
Detailed records
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March/April: 8–20 (Home: 5–10 ; Away: 3–10)
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May: 9–19 (Home: 5–6 ; Away: 4–13)
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June: 6–20 (Home: 1–13 ; Away: 5–6)
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July: 9–15 (Home: 9–5 ; Away: 0–10)
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August: 8–20 (Home: 4–9 ; Away: 4–11)
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September: 7–20 (Home: 4–9 ; Away: 3–11)
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Roster
Player stats
Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
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Trey Mancini | 156 | 582 | 69 | 141 | 23 | 3 | 24 | 58 | 0 | 44 | .242 | .416 |
Adam Jones | 145 | 580 | 54 | 163 | 35 | 0 | 15 | 63 | 7 | 24 | .281 | .419 |
Chris Davis | 128 | 470 | 40 | 79 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 49 | 2 | 41 | .168 | .296 |
Tim Beckham | 96 | 369 | 45 | 85 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 35 | 1 | 27 | .230 | .374 |
Manny Machado | 96 | 365 | 48 | 115 | 21 | 1 | 24 | 65 | 8 | 45 | .315 | .575 |
Jonathan Schoop | 85 | 349 | 45 | 85 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 40 | 0 | 12 | .244 | .447 |
Mark Trumbo | 90 | 330 | 41 | 86 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 44 | 0 | 24 | .261 | .452 |
Caleb Joseph | 82 | 265 | 28 | 58 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 10 | .219 | .321 |
Danny Valencia | 78 | 255 | 28 | 67 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 28 | 1 | 22 | .263 | .408 |
Joey Rickard | 79 | 213 | 27 | 52 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 4 | 15 | .244 | .413 |
Jonathan Villar | 54 | 209 | 28 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 21 | 22 | .258 | .392 |
Renato Núñez | 60 | 200 | 26 | 55 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 16 | .275 | .445 |
Jace Peterson | 93 | 200 | 21 | 39 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 30 | .195 | .325 |
Cedric Mullins | 45 | 170 | 23 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 17 | .235 | .359 |
Chance Sisco | 63 | 160 | 13 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 13 | .181 | .269 |
Craig Gentry | 68 | 156 | 13 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 11 | .269 | .346 |
Pedro Álvarez | 45 | 111 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 16 | .180 | .414 |
Austin Wynns | 42 | 110 | 16 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 5 | .255 | .382 |
Anthony Santander | 33 | 101 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | .198 | .297 |
John Andreoli | 23 | 56 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | .232 | .268 |
Steve Wilkerson | 16 | 46 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .174 | .239 |
Colby Rasmus | 18 | 45 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .133 | .222 |
DJ Stewart | 17 | 40 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 4 | .250 | .550 |
Breyvic Valera | 12 | 35 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .286 | .343 |
Andrew Susac | 9 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .115 | .154 |
Luis Sardiñas | 8 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .111 | .278 |
Corban Joseph | 14 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .278 |
Engelb Vielma | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 |
Pitcher Totals | 162 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .095 | .095 |
Team Totals | 162 | 5507 | 622 | 1317 | 242 | 15 | 188 | 593 | 81 | 422 | .239 | .391 |
Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
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Dylan Bundy | 8 | 16 | 5.45 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 171.2 | 188 | 116 | 104 | 54 | 184 |
Andrew Cashner | 4 | 15 | 5.29 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 153.0 | 177 | 97 | 90 | 65 | 99 |
Alex Cobb | 5 | 15 | 4.90 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 152.1 | 172 | 93 | 83 | 43 | 102 |
Kevin Gausman | 5 | 8 | 4.43 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 124.0 | 139 | 62 | 61 | 32 | 104 |
David Hess | 3 | 10 | 4.88 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 103.1 | 106 | 64 | 56 | 37 | 74 |
Miguel Castro | 2 | 7 | 3.96 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 86.1 | 75 | 41 | 38 | 50 | 57 |
Mike Wright | 4 | 2 | 5.55 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 84.1 | 101 | 55 | 52 | 36 | 74 |
Mychal Givens | 0 | 7 | 3.99 | 69 | 0 | 9 | 76.2 | 61 | 37 | 34 | 30 | 79 |
Yefry Ramírez | 1 | 8 | 5.92 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 65.1 | 64 | 44 | 43 | 36 | 62 |
Tanner Scott | 3 | 3 | 5.40 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 53.1 | 55 | 33 | 32 | 28 | 76 |
Jimmy Yacabonis | 0 | 2 | 5.40 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 40.0 | 40 | 25 | 24 | 18 | 33 |
Brad Brach | 1 | 2 | 4.85 | 42 | 0 | 11 | 39.0 | 50 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 38 |
Paul Fry | 1 | 2 | 3.35 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 37.2 | 33 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 36 |
Richard Bleier | 3 | 0 | 1.93 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 32.2 | 36 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
Pedro Araújo | 1 | 3 | 7.71 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 29 | 24 | 24 | 18 | 29 |
Sean Gilmartin | 1 | 1 | 3.00 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 15 |
Chris Tillman | 1 | 5 | 10.46 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 26.2 | 42 | 32 | 31 | 17 | 13 |
Ryan Meisinger | 2 | 1 | 6.43 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 21.0 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 21 |
Darren O'Day | 0 | 2 | 3.60 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 20.0 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 27 |
Donnie Hart | 0 | 0 | 5.59 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 19.1 | 31 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
Cody Carroll | 0 | 2 | 9.00 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 16 |
Zack Britton | 1 | 0 | 3.45 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 15.2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 13 |
Josh Rogers | 1 | 2 | 8.49 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11.2 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 6 |
Jhan Mariñez | 0 | 0 | 5.63 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
Evan Phillips | 0 | 1 | 18.56 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5.1 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 5 |
Nestor Cortés Jr. | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
John Means | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
Luis Ortiz | 0 | 1 | 15.43 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Jace Peterson | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
Danny Valencia | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Team Totals | 47 | 115 | 5.18 | 162 | 162 | 28 | 1431.0 | 1552 | 892 | 824 | 589 | 1203 |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Norfolk Tides | International League | Ron Johnson |
AA | Bowie Baysox | Eastern League | Gary Kendall |
A-Advanced | Frederick Keys | Carolina League | Keith Bodie |
A | Delmarva Shorebirds | South Atlantic League | Ryan Minor |
Short-Season A | Aberdeen IronBirds | New York–Penn League | Kevin Bradshaw |
Rookie | GCL Orioles | Gulf Coast League | Carlos Tosca |
Rookie | DSL Orioles | Dominican Summer League | Elvis Morel |
References
- "Buck Showalter will not be back with the Orioles next year". HardballTalk. October 3, 2018. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
- "Buck Showalter and Dan Duquette out after Orioles' 115-loss season". Washington Post. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
- Browne, Ian. "Patriots' Day O's-Red Sox game postponed". orioles.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
- MLB.com. "Rays-O's rained out; makeup on May 12 as DH". orioles.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
- Ghrioli, Brittany. "Phillies-Orioles series opener postponed, Wednesday's game moved up to 12:05 p.m. ET". orioles.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
- Ghiroli, Brittany. "Rain postpones opener of Yanks-Orioles series To be made up July 9 as part of single-admission doubleheader". orioles.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
- "Sunday's Yankees-Orioles game rained out". orioles.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved June 3, 2018.