1993 Baltimore Orioles season

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

Record vs. opponents

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

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

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

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

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

• Cal Ripken Jr., SS, Starter
• Mike Mussina, Pitcher, Reserve
• Johnny Oates, First Base Coach

[[Farm system]]

Notes

References

• 1993 Baltimore Orioles team at Baseball-Reference
• 1993 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com

References

1. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/obandsh01.shtml Sherman Obando] at ''Baseball-Reference''
2. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ripkebi01.shtml Billy Ripken] at ''Baseball-Reference''
3. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/coolbsc01.shtml Scott Coolbaugh] at ''Baseball-Reference''
4. Altman, Billy. [http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0229,jockbeat,36566,3.html "The All-Star Game: Should Everyone Get to Play?"] {{webarchive. link. (November 2, 2007 ''Village Voice'', July 17, 2002)
5. Elliott, Bob. {{usurped
6. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bielemi01.shtml Mike Bielecki] at ''Baseball-Reference''
7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition''. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007