1989 Baltimore Orioles season

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1989 Baltimore Orioles
Major league affiliations
Location
1989 Information
Owner(s) Eli Jacobs
Manager(s) Frank Robinson
Local television WMAR-TV
(Jim Palmer, Brooks Robinson)
Home Team Sports
(Rex Barney, Mel Proctor, John Lowenstein)
Local radio WBAL (AM)
(Jon Miller, Joe Angel)

The 1989 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing 2nd in the American League East with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses.

Contents

[edit] Offseason

  • November 9, 1988: Randy Milligan was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Baltimore Orioles for Pete Blohm (minors). [1]

[edit] Regular Season

[edit] Opening Day Starters

  • Brady Anderson
  • Phil Bradley
  • Steve Finley
  • Rene Gonzales
  • Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • Dave Schmidt
  • Larry Sheets
  • Mickey Tettleton
  • Jim Traber
  • Craig Worthington

[edit] Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB
Toronto Blue Jays 89 73 .549 --
Baltimore Orioles 87 75 .537 2
Boston Red Sox 83 79 .512 6
Milwaukee Brewers 81 81 .500 8
New York Yankees 74 87 .460 14½
Cleveland Indians 73 89 .451 16
Detroit Tigers 59 103 .364 30

[edit] Transactions

  • July 20, 1989: Stan Jefferson was traded by the New York Yankees to the Baltimore Orioles for John Habyan.

[edit] Roster

1989 Baltimore Orioles roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Designated Hitters

Manager

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Joe Orsulak 123 390 111 .285 7 55
Phil Bradley 144 545 151 .277 11 55
Randy Milligan 124 365 98 .268 12 45
Mike Devereaux 122 391 104 .266 8 46
Cal Ripken, Jr. 162 646 166 .257 21 93
Craig Worthington 145 497 123 .247 15 70
Larry Sheets 102 304 74 .243 7 33
Bob Melvin 85 278 67 .241 1 32
Billy Ripken 115 318 76 .239 2 26

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ben McDonald 6 7 1 0 8.59 3

[edit] Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

[edit] Awards and Honors

  • Frank Robinson, Associated Press Manager of the Year
  • Frank Robinson, American League Manager of the Year
  • Gregg Olson, American League Rookie of the Year

MLB All-Star Game

  • Cal Ripken, Jr.

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