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2016 Baltimore Orioles
American League Wild Card Winners
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkOriole Park at Camden Yards
CityBaltimore, Maryland
Record89–73 (.549)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersPeter Angelos
General managersDan Duquette
ManagersBuck Showalter
TelevisionMASN
WJZ-TV (CBS 13)
(Gary Thorne, Jim Palmer, Mike Bordick, Jim Hunter)
RadioWJZ-FM
Baltimore Orioles Radio Network
(Joe Angel, Jim Hunter, Fred Manfra, Ben McDonald, Mike Bordick)
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The 2016 Baltimore Orioles season was the 116th season in franchise history, the 63rd in Baltimore, and the 25th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. They improved on their 2015 record of 81–81, finishing 89–73. and advanced to the playoffs on the last day of the season, October 2, where they lost to the Blue Jays in the American League Wild Card Game 5–2 in 11 innings; this was the Orioles' third postseason appearance in five years.

Right fielder Mark Trumbo won the MLB and American League home run championships with 47; 2016 was the fourth consecutive year in which an Oriole won the home run crown following Chris Davis in 2013, Nelson Cruz in 2014 and Davis again in 2015. Closer Zach Britton recorded a perfect 47 saves in 47 opportunities; Britton set an all-time record of 43 consecutive appearances without allowing an earned run. Britton's 0.54 ERA was the lowest ever recorded by a pitcher with at least 50 innings pitched. This season was their last winning season until 2022, and their last playoff appearance until 2023.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Transactions

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Contracts

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April 7: St. Louis Cardinals traded LHP Jayson Aquino to Baltimore Orioles for cash.
April 15: Claimed RHP Scott McGough off waivers from Miami Marlins.
April 18: Traded LF Alfredo Marte to Philadelphia Phillies for player TBD.
April 25: Claimed RHP David Hale off waivers from Colorado Rockies.

May 7: Contract of SS Paul Janish selected from AAA Norfolk.
May 9: RHP Scott McGough sent outright to AAA Norfolk.
May 16: Toronto Blue Jays claimed DH Jimmy Paredes off waivers from Baltimore Orioles.
May 23:Baltimore Orioles traded LHP Brian Matusz to Atlanta Braves for RHP Brandon Barker and LHP Trevor Belicek.
May 24: Cincinnati Reds traded RHP Franderlin Romero to Baltimore Orioles for Future Considerations; Contract of LHP Ashur Tolliver selected from AA Bowie.
May 25: Baltimore Orioles signed free agent LHP Brian Duensing to a minor league contract.

June 2: Contract of LHP Brian Duensing selected from AAA Norfolk; Baltimore Orioles signed free agents LHP Hector Jimenez and RHP Wally Vrolijk to a minor league contracts.
June 21: SS Paul Janish sent outright to AAA Norfolk.
June 30: Contract of RHP Chaz Roe selected from AAA Norfolk.
June 31: Contract of RHP Sidney Ponson selected from AAA Norfolk.

July 3: Contract of LHP Ariel Miranda selected from AAA Norfolk.
July 12: Contract of LHP Donnie Hart selected from AA Bowie.
July 19: Contract of OF Julio Borbón selected from AA Bowie.
July 28: OF Henry Urruita sent outright to AA Bowie.
July 29: OF Julio Bourbon sent outright to AA Bowie; signed free agent RHP Logan Ondrusek.
July 31: Baltimore Orioles traded LHP Ariel Miranda to Seattle Mariners for LHP Wade Miley.

August 1: Baltimore Orioles traded C Jonah Heim to Tampa Bay Rays for 2B Steve Pearce.
August 2: Baltimore Orioles activated Steve Pearce and LHP Wade Miley.
August 7: Atlanta Braves claim RHP Chaz Roe off waivers from Baltimore Orioles.
August 27: Contract of CF Julio Borbon selected from AA Bowie.
August 28: Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Tommy Hunter.
August 30: CF Julio Borbon and RHP Logan Ondrusek sent outright to AA Bowie.
August 31: Pittsburgh Pirates traded LHP Kyle Lobstein to Baltimore Orioles for LHP Zach Phillips; Claimed CF Drew Stubbs off waivers from Texas Rangers.

September 3: LHP Kyle Lobstein sent outright to AAA Norfolk.
September 15: Miami Marlins claimed Odrisamer Despaigne off waivers from Baltimore Orioles; Contract of SS Paul Janish selected from AAA Norfolk.
September 18: Contract of 1B Trey Mancini selected from AAA Norfolk.

October 7: LHP Jed Bradley claimed off waivers from the Atlanta Braves.
October 13: SS Paul Janish sent outright to AAA Norfolk.

Callups & optional assignments

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April 1: C Francisco Pena optioned to AAA Norfolk.
April 7: LHP Jayson Aquino optioned to AA Bowie.
April 15: RHP Scott McGough optioned to AAA Norfolk.
April 25: RHP David Hale and IF Ryan Flaherty optioned to AAA Norfolk.

May 3: IF Ryan Flaherty recalled from AAA Norfolk.
May 7: RHP Scott McGough designated for assignment; LHP T.J. McFarland optioned to AAA Norfolk; LHP T.J. McFarland recalled from AAA Norfolk.
May 8: LHP T.J. McFarland optioned to AAA Norfolk.
May 31: C Francisco Pena recalled from AAA Norfolk.

June 1: LHP T.J. McFarland recalled from AAA Norfolk; LHP Ashur Tolliver optioned to AAA Norfolk.
June 2: RHP Mike Wright optioned to AAA Norfolk.
June 3: RHP Mike Wright recalled from AAA Norfolk.
June 14: RHP Odrisamer Despaigne recalled from AAA Norfolk.
June 18: LHP T.J. McFarland and RHP Mike Wright optioned to AAA Norfolk.
June 21: RHP Oliver Drake recalled from AAA Norfolk.
June 22: LHP Ashur Tolliver recalled from AAA Norfolk.
June 25: LHP T.J. McFarland recalled from AAA Norfolk.
June 26: LHP T.J. McFarland optioned to AAA Norfolk.
June 27: LHP Ashur Tolliver optioned to AAA Norfolk.
June 28: LHP T.J. McFarland recalled from AAA Norfolk.
June 30: RHP Oliver Drake and C Francisco Pena optioned to AAA Norfolk.

July 3: RHP Tyler Wilson optioned to AAA Norfolk.
July 4: LHP Ariel Miranda optioned to AAA Norfolk; RF Dariel ALvarez recalled from AAA Norfolk; LHP Jayson Aquino recalled from AA Bowie.
July 7: RF Dariel Alvarez optioned to AAA Norfolk; LHP Jayson Aquino optioned to AA Bowie.
July 8: RHP Mike Wright recalled from AAA Norfolk.
July 9: RHP Mike Wright optioned to AAA Norfolk; RHP Jason Garcia recalled from AA Bowie.
July 11: RHP Jason Garcia optioned to AA Bowie.
July 19: OF Henry Urrutia designated for assignment.
July 22: RF Dariel Alvarez recalled from AAA Norfolk.
July 23: RHP Tyler Wilson recalled from AAA Norfolk.
July 24: LHP Donnie Hart optioned to AA Bowie.
July 26: RF Dariel Alvarez optioned to AAA Norfolk; CF Julio Bourbon designated for assignment.
July 29: RHP Chaz Roe designated for assignment.

August 2: RHP Odrisamer Despaigne and RHP Tyler Wilson optioned to AAA Norfolk.
August 12: RHP Logan Ondrusek optioned to AA Bowie; LHP Donnie Hart recalled from AA Bowie.
August 13: RHP Tyler Wilson recalled from AAA Norfolk.
August 20: RHP Tyler Wilson optioned to AAA Norfolk; C Francisco Pena & RHP Odrisamer Despaigne recalled from AAA Norfolk.
August 21: RHP Parker Bridwell recalled from AAA Norfolk; RHP Odrisamer Despaigne optioned to AAA Norfolk.
August 22: C Caleb Joseph optioned to AAA Norfolk.
August 24: RHP Mike Wright recalled from AAA Norfolk.
August 25: RHP Parker Bridwell optioned to AAA Norfolk; RHP Logan Ondrusek recalled from AA Bowie.
August 26: RHP Logan Ondrusek designated for assignment.
August 27: RHP Mike Wright optioned to AAA Norfolk.
August 28: LHP T.J. McFarland and CF Julio Borbon designated for assignment; RHP Oliver Drake recalled from AAA Norfolk.
August 29: LHP T.J. McFarland optioned to AAA Norfolk.
August 31: LHP Ashur Tolliver designated for assignment.

September 2: CF Michael Bourn and CF Drew Stubbs activated; C Caleb Joseph, LHP Jayson Aquino, and RHP Tyler Wilson recalled from AAA Norfolk.
September 5: RHP Odrisamer Despaigne designated for assignment.
September 15: RHP Mike Wright recalled from AAA Norfolk; LHP Chris Lee recalled from AA Bowie.

October 3: RF Dariel Alvarez, RHP Parker Bridwell, LF Christian Walker, and LHP T.J. McFarland recalled from AAA Norfolk; RHP Jason Garcia recalled from AA Bowie.
October 4: SS Paul Janish, C Francisco Pena, RF Dariel Alvarez, LF Christian Walker, LHP Wade Miley, RHP Vance Worley, RHP Tyler Wilson, RHP Mike Wright, RHP Kevin Gausman, LHP T.J. McFarland, RHP Parker Bridwell, RHP Jason Garcia, RHP Yovani Gallardo, LHP Jayson Aquino, and RHP Oliver Drake reassigned to the minor leagues.
October 5: SS Paul Janish, C Francisco Pena, RF Dariel Alvarez, LF Christian Walker, LHP Wade Miley, RHP Vance Worley, RHP Tyler Wilson, RHP Mike Wright, RHP Kevin Gausman, LHP T.J. McFarland, RHP Parker Bridwell, RHP Jason Garcia, RHP Yovani Gallardo, LHP Jayson Aquino, and RHP Oliver Drake activated.
October 7: SS Paul Janish designated for assignment.

Injuries etc.

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April 3: LHP Brian Matusz (left intercostal strain), RHP Kevin Gausman (right shoulder strain), and DH Jimmy Paredes (left wrist sprain) placed on 15-day disabled list, retroactive to March 25.
April 23: RHP Yovani Gallardo (tendinitis) placed on 15-day disabled list; LHP Brian Matusz activated from 15-day disabled list.
April 25: RHP Kevin Gausman activated from 15-day disabled list.

May 3: IF JJ Hardy (left foot fracture) placed on 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 2.
May 31: C Caleb Joseph (testicular injury) placed on 15-day disabled list.

June 3: RHP Darren O'Day (right hamstring strain) placed on 15-day disabled list.
June 14: RHP Vance Worley (right groin strain) placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to June 13.
June 18: SS J.J. Hardy and RHP Yovani Gallardo activated from 15-day disabled list.
June 19: Roster status of 3B Manny Machado changed (suspension).
June 22: LHP Brian Duensing (left elbow inflammation) placed in 15-day disabled list, retroactive to June 20.
June 24: 3B Manny Machado activated (suspension).
June 30: RHP Vance Worley and C Caleb Joseph activated from 15-day disabled list; LHP T.J. McFarland (left knee inflammation) placed on the 15-day disabled list.

July 3: LHP Brian Duensing (left elbow inflammation) transferred from 15-day disabled list to 60-day disabled list.
July 4: DH Pedro Alvarez placed on the bereavement list.
July 7: DH Pedro Alvarez activated from the bereavement list.
July 19: OF Hyun Soo Kim (right hamstring strain) placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to July 11.
July 22: LF Joey Rickard (right thumb ligament injury) placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to July 21, 2016.
July 23: RHP Ubaldo Jiménez placed on the paternity list.
July 24: RHP Darren O'Day activated from 15-day disabled list.
July 26: OF Hyun Soo Kim activated from 15-day disabled list; RHP Ubaldo Jiménez activated from the paternity list .

August 13: RHP Darren O'Day (right shoulder rotator cuff strain) placed on 15-day disabled list, retroactive to August 12.
August 20: C Matt Weiters placed on the paternity list.
August 22: C Matt Weiters activated from the paternity list.
August 24: RHP Chris Tillman (right shoulder bursitis) placed on 15-day disabled list, retroactive to August 21.
August 26: LHP T.J. McFarland activated from 15-day disabled list.
August 31: LF Joey Rickard (right thumb ligament injury) transferred from 15-day disabled list to 60-day disabled list.

September 5: LHP Brian Duensing activated from the 60-day disabled list.
September 11: RHP Chris Tillman activated from the 15-day disabled list.
September 15: LHP Chris Lee (left shoulder strain) placed on 60-day disabled list.
September 18: RHP Darren O'Day activated from the 15-day disabled list; 1B Steve Pearce (right flexor mass strain) placed on 60-day disabled list.
September 27: LHP Wade Miley placed on the paternity list.
September 30: LHP Wade Miley activated from the paternity list.

Season highlights

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  • The Orioles started the season 7–0, the best start in team history.[1]
  • The Orioles set the Major League record for most home runs hit by a team for the month of June with 56, breaking the previous record of 55 set by the 1996 Oakland Athletics.[2]
  • The Orioles tied the Major League record for most home runs hit by a team for the month of August with 55.
  • The Orioles became the only team in Major League history to hit 55+ home runs in two separate months.
  • Hit 250+ home runs for the 2nd time in franchise history (1996), becoming the first franchise to hit at least 250 home runs in a season twice.
  • First team since 1947-1950 Pittsburgh Pirates to have the Major League home run leader for four consecutive seasons.
  • First AL team to have three different consecutive Major League home run leaders.
  • Mark Trumbo led the Majors with 47 home runs.
  • Zach Britton led the AL with 47 saves.

Season standings

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American League East

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AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 93 69 .574 — 47‍–‍34 46‍–‍35
Toronto Blue Jays 89 73 .549 4 51‍–‍30 38‍–‍43
Baltimore Orioles 89 73 .549 4 50‍–‍31 39‍–‍42
New York Yankees 84 78 .519 9 48‍–‍33 36‍–‍45
Tampa Bay Rays 68 94 .420 25 36‍–‍45 32‍–‍49


American League Wild Card

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Division Leaders
Team W L Pct.
Texas Rangers 95 67 .586
Cleveland Indians 94 67 .584
Boston Red Sox 93 69 .574
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Toronto Blue Jays 89 73 .549 —
Baltimore Orioles 89 73 .549 —
Detroit Tigers 86 75 .534 2½
Seattle Mariners 86 76 .531 3
New York Yankees 84 78 .519 5
Houston Astros 84 78 .519 5
Kansas City Royals 81 81 .500 8
Chicago White Sox 78 84 .481 11
Los Angeles Angels 74 88 .457 15
Oakland Athletics 69 93 .426 20
Tampa Bay Rays 68 94 .420 21
Minnesota Twins 59 103 .364 30


Record vs. Opponents

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2016 American League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid - 2016
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore — 8–11 4–3 5–1 5–2 1–6 4–2 4–2 5–1 10–9 3–4 1–6 13–6 3–4 9–10 14–6
Boston 11–8 — 3–4 4–2 2–5 5–2 2–4 4–3 4–3 11–8 5–1 4–3 12–7 3–3 9–10 14–6
Chicago 3–4 4–3 — 8–11 7–12 3–3 5–14 2–5 12–7 3–3 5–2 4–3 4–3 4–2 5–1 9–11
Cleveland 1–5 2–4 11–8 — 14–4 3–4 14–5 6–1 10–9 2–5 4–2 3–4 5–1 2–5 4–3 13–7
Detroit 2–5 5–2 12–7 4–14 — 4–2 7–12 2–4 15–4 3–3 4–3 4–3 6–1 2–4 3–4 13–7
Houston 6–1 2–5 3–3 4–3 2–4 — 3–4 13–6 5–2 2–4 13–6 11–8 3–3 4–15 2–5 11–9
Kansas City 2–4 4–2 14–5 5–14 12–7 4–3 — 1–5 15–4 2–5 1–6 3–4 5–2 1–6 2–4 10–10
Los Angeles 2–4 3–4 5–2 1–6 4–2 6–13 5–1 — 2–4 1–6 12–7 8–11 3–4 9–10 4–3 9–11
Minnesota 1–5 3–4 7–12 9–10 4–15 2–5 4–15 4–2 — 2–5 2–4 4–2 3–4 5–2 1–6 8–12
New York 9–10 8–11 3–3 5–2 3–3 4–2 5–2 6–1 5–2 — 4–3 3–3 11–8 3–4 7–12 8–12
Oakland 4–3 1–5 2–5 2–4 3–4 6–13 6–1 7–12 4–2 3–4 — 7–12 5–2 9–10 3–3 7–13
Seattle 6–1 3–4 3–4 4–3 3–4 8–11 4–3 11–8 2–4 3–3 12–7 — 4–2 7–12 3–3 13–7
Tampa Bay 6–13 7–12 3–4 1–5 1–6 3–3 2–5 4–3 4–3 8–11 2–5 2–4 — 4–2 11–8 10–10
Texas 4–3 3–3 2–4 5–2 4–2 15–4 6–1 10–9 2–5 4–3 10–9 12–7 2–4 — 3–4 13–7
Toronto 10–9 10–9 1–5 3–4 4–3 5–2 4–2 3–4 6–1 12–7 3–3 3–3 8–11 4–3 — 13–7


Game log

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Legend
Orioles Win Orioles Loss Game Postponed Clinched Playoff Spot
Bold denotes an Orioles pitcher
Baltimore Orioles 2016 Season Game Log — Season Record: 89–73 (.549)
April: 14–9 (Home: 9–2 ; Away: 5–7)
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1 April 4 Twins 3–2 Britton (1–0) Jepsen (0–1) — 45,785 1–0 W1
2 April 6 Twins 4–2 Gallardo (1–0) Gibson (0–1) Britton (1) 12,622 2–0 W2
3 April 7 Twins 4–2 Jiménez (1–0) Hughes (0–1) O'Day (1) 11,142 3–0 W3
4 April 8 Rays 6–1 Tillman (1–0) Archer (0–2) — 17,304 4–0 W4
— April 9 Rays Postponed (rain). Makeup date June 25 as part of doubleheader.
5 April 10 Rays 5–3 Brach (1–0) Odorizzi (0–1) Britton (2) 23,101 5–0 W5
6 April 11 @ Red Sox 9–7 Brach (2–0) Kimbrel (0–1) Britton (3) 37,160 6–0 W6
7 April 12 @ Red Sox 9–5 Wright (1–0) Buchholz (0–1) — 31,114 7–0 W7
8 April 13 @ Red Sox 2–4 Kelly (1–0) Jiménez (1–1) Kimbrel (2) 31,011 7–1 L1
9 April 14 @ Rangers 3–6 Wilhelmsen (1–0) Tillman (1–1) Tolleson (3) 22,820 7–2 L2
10 April 15 @ Rangers 11–5 Worley (1–0) Wilhelmsen (1–1) — 32,628 8–2 W1
11 April 16 @ Rangers 4–8 Kela (1–0) McFarland (0–1) — 39,493 8–3 L1
— April 17 @ Rangers Postponed (rain). Makeup date June 20
12 April 19 Blue Jays 3–4 Stroman (3–0) Wright (1–1) Osuna (5) 16,783 8–4 L2
13 April 20 Blue Jays 4–3 (10) Givens (1–0) Biagini (0–1) — 15,404 9–4 W1
14 April 21 Blue Jays 3–2 O'Day (1–0) Cecil (0–3) Britton (4) 17,644 10–4 W2
15 April 22 @ Royals 2–4 Young (1–3) Gallardo (1–1) Davis (7) 29,546 10–5 L1
16 April 23 @ Royals 8–3 Wilson (1–0) Medlen (1–1) — 39,900 11–5 W1
17 April 24 @ Royals 1–6 Ventura (2–0) Wright (1–2) — 34,748 11–6 L1
18 April 25 @ Rays 0–2 Archer (1–4) Gausman (0–1) Colomé (4) 12,996 11–7 L2
19 April 26 @ Rays 1–3 Romero (1–0) Jiménez (1–2) Colomé (5) 10,988 11–8 L3
20 April 27 @ Rays 3–1 Tillman (2–1) Moore (1–2) Britton (5) 11,850 12–8 W1
21 April 28 White Sox 10–2 Givens (2–0) Danks (0–4) — 14,568 13–8 W2
22 April 29 White Sox 6–3 Brach (3–0) Rodon (1–3) Britton (6) 19,912 14–8 W3
23 April 30 White Sox 7–8 Jones (2–0) Britton (1–1) — 29,152 14–9 L1
May: 14–13 (Home: 8–8 ; Away: 6–5)
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24 May 1 White Sox 1–7 Sale (6–0) Jiménez (1–3) — 28,803 14–10 L2
25 May 3 Yankees 4–1 Tillman (3–1) Severino (0–4) O'Day (2) 16,083 15–10 W1
26 May 4 Yankees 0–7 Sabathia (2–2) Wilson (1–1) — 15,998 15–11 L1
27 May 5 Yankees 1–0 (10) Britton (2–1) Barbato (1–2) — 19,598 16–11 W1
— May 6 Athletics Postponed (rain). Makeup date May 7 as part of doubleheader.
28 May 7 Athletics 4–8 Hill (4–3) Wright (1–3) — 15,110 16–12 L1
29 May 7 Athletics 5–2 Jiménez (2–3) Hahn (1–1) Britton (7) 29,862 17–12 W1
30 May 8 Athletics 11–3 Tillman (4–1) Graveman (1–4) — 43,690 18–12 W2
— May 9 @ Twins Postponed (rain). Makeup date July 28.
31 May 10 @ Twins 5–3 O'Day (2–0) Jepsen (2–4) Britton (8) 21,586 19–12 W3
32 May 11 @ Twins 9–2 Wilson (2–1) Hughes (1–6) — 25,094 20–12 W4
33 May 12 Tigers 7–5 Worley (2–0) Wilson (0–1) Britton (9) 14,918 21–12 W5
34 May 13 Tigers 1-0 Tillman (5-1) Verlander (2-4) Britton (10) 30,488 22–12 W6
35 May 14 Tigers 9–3 Wright (2–3) Sánchez (3–4) Brach (1) 32,174 23–12 W7
36 May 15 Tigers 5–6 Saupold (1–0) O'Day (2–1) Rodríguez (9) 37,890 23–13 L1
37 May 17 Mariners 0–10 Miley (4–2) Jiménez (2–4) — 14,477 23–14 L2
38 May 18 Mariners 5–2 Tillman (6-1) Walker (2–3) Britton (11) 21,267 24–14 W1
39 May 19 Mariners 2–7 Karns (4–1) Wilson (2–2) — 35,012 24–15 L1
40 May 20 @ Angels 9–4 Givens (3–0) Álvarez (1–2) — 40,987 25–15 W1
41 May 21 @ Angels 3–1 Brach (4–0) Smith (1–3) Britton (12) 40,137 26–15 W2
42 May 22 @ Angels 2–10 Weaver (4–3) Jiménez (2–5) — 41,280 26–16 L1
43 May 24 @ Astros 2–3 (13) Feliz (2–1) Bundy (0–1) — 24,783 26–17 L2
44 May 25 @ Astros 3–4 Neshek (2–0) Wilson (2–3) Gregerson (10) 25,618 26–18 L3
45 May 26 @ Astros 2–4 McCullers (1–1) Gausman (0–2) Giles (1) 23,826 26–19 L4
46 May 27 @ Indians 6–4 Bundy (1–1) McAllister (2–2) Britton (13) 21,054 27–19 W1
47 May 28 @ Indians 4–11 Salazar (5–3) Jiménez (2–6) — 21,110 27–20 L1
48 May 29 @ Indians 6–4 Tillman (7–1) Manship (0–1) Britton (14) 18,565 28–20 W1
49 May 30 Red Sox 2–7 Wright (5–4) Willson (1–4) — 43,926 28–21 L1
50 May 31 Red Sox 2–6 Rodríguez (1–0) Gausman (0–3) — 17,664 28–22 L2
June: 19–9 (Home: 14–3 ; Away: 5–6)
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51 June 1 Red Sox 13–9 Brach (5–0) Buchholz (3–6) Britton (15) 20,750 29–22 W1
52 June 2 Red Sox 12–7 Givens (4–0) Ross (0–1) — 21,534 30–22 W2
53 June 3 Yankees 6–5 Givens (5–0) Betances (2–3) Britton (16) 25,220 31–22 W3
54 June 4 Yankees 6–8 Nova (4–3) Wilson (2–5) Chapman (9) 33,170 31–23 L1
55 June 5 Yankees 3–1 McFarland (1–1) Betances (2–4) Britton (17) 28,807 32–23 W1
56 June 6 Royals 4–1 Wright (3–3) Duffy (1–1) Britton (18) 14,878 33–23 W2
57 June 7 Royals 9–1 Jiménez (3–6) Ventura (4–4) — 28,110 34–23 W3
58 June 8 Royals 4–0 Tillman (8–1) Vólquez (5–6) Brach (2) 19,178 35–23 W4
59 June 9 @ Blue Jays 6–5 Bundy (2-1) Osuna (2-1) Britton (19) 41,448 36–23 W5
60 June 10 @ Blue Jays 3–4 (10) Storen (1-2) Brach (5-1) — 44,439 36–24 L1
61 June 11 @ Blue Jays 6–11 Happ (7-3) McFarland (1-2) — 47,651 36–25 L2
62 June 12 @ Blue Jays 9–10 Sanchez (6–1) Jiménez (3–7) Grilli (3) 47,249 36–26 L3
63 June 14 @ Red Sox 3–2 Tillman (9–1) Price (7–4) Britton (20) 38,009 37–26 W1
64 June 15 @ Red Sox 4–6 Wright (8–4) Gausman (0–4) Kimbrel (15) 36,233 37–27 L1
65 June 16 @ Red Sox 5–1 Wilson (3–5) Rodríguez (1–2) — 36,757 38–27 W1
66 June 17 Blue Jays 3–13 Happ (8–3) Wright (3–4) — 38,306 38–28 L1
67 June 18 Blue Jays 4–2 Gallardo (2–1) Dickey (4–8) Britton (21) 41,901 39–28 W1
68 June 19 Blue Jays 11–6 Tillman (10–1) Stroman (6–3) — 39,024 40–28 W2
69 June 20 @ Rangers 3–4 Tolleson (2–2) Gausman (0–5) Dyson (14) 35,366 40–29 –L1
70 June 21 Padres 7–10 Quackenbush (5–3) Givens (5–1) Rodney (15) 23,876 40–30 L2
71 June 22 Padres 7–2 Jiménez (4–7) Johnson (0–5) — 23,785 41–30 W1
72 June 24 Rays 6–3 Tolliver (1–0) Moore (3–5) Britton (22) 44,956 42–30 W2
73 June 25 Rays 5–0 Gausman (1–5) Andriese (6–1) — 18,229 43–40 W3
74 June 25 Rays 8–6 McFarland (2-2) Ramírez (7–6) Britton (23) 33,040 44–30 W4
75 June 26 Rays 12–5 Wilson (4–5) Smyly (2–8) 38,611 45–30 W5
76 June 28 @ Padres 11–7 Jiménez (5–7) Johnson (0–6) — 31,515 46–30 W6
77 June 29 @ Padres 12–6 Gallardo (3–1) Friedrich (4–3) — 25,221 47–30 W7
78 June 30 @ Mariners 3–5 Walker (4–6) Tillman (10–2) Cishek (19) 23,715 47–31 L1
July: 12–14 (Home: 6–3 ; Away: 6–11)
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79 July 1 @ Mariners 2–5 LeBlanc (1–0) Gausman (1–6) Cishek (20) 33,006 47–32 L2
80 July 2 @ Mariners 6–12 Paxton (2–3) Wilson (4–6) Karns (1) 29,362 47–33 L3
81 July 3 @ Mariners 4–9 Iwakuma (8–6) Jiménez (5–8) — 31,405 47–34 L4
82 July 4 @ Dodgers 5–7 Blanton (4–2) Despaigne (0–1) Jansen (25) 47,378 47–35 L5
83 July 5 @ Dodgers 4–1 Tilman (11–2) Maeda (7–6) Britton (24) 45,373 48–35 W1
84 July 6 @ Dodgers 6–4 (14) Givens (6–1) Hatcher (5–4) Britton (25) 40,899 49–35 W2
85 July 8 Angels 5–9 Shoemaker (4–9) Jiménez (5–9) — 44,317 49–36 L1
86 July 9 Angels 3–2 Brach (6–1) Smith (1–4) Britton (26) 43,288 50–36 W1
87 July 10 Angels 4–2 Tilman (12–2) Lincecum (1–3) Britton (27) 32,963 51–36 W2
ASG July 12 @ Petco Park AL 4–2 NL Kluber Cueto Britton 42.386 — Box
88 July 15 @ Rays 4–3 Givens (7–1) Archer (4–13) Britton (28) 17,672 52–36 W3
89 July 16 @ Rays 2–1 Tillman (13–2) Moore (5–7) Britton (29) 18,638 53–36 W4
90 July 17 @ Rays 2–5 Odorizzi (4–5) Bundy (2–2) Colomé (20) 16,161 53–37 L1
91 July 18 @ Yankees 1–2 Nova (7–5) Gausman (1–7) Chapman (19) 31,102 53–38 L2
92 July 19 @ Yankees 1–7 Eovaldi (8–6) Worley (2–1) — 31,192 53–39 L3
93 July 20 @ Yankees 0–5 Pineda (4–9) Gallardo (3–2) — 35,681 53–40 L4
94 July 21 @ Yankees 4–1 Tillman (14–2) Sabathia (5–8) Britton (30) 42,476 54–40 W1
95 July 22 Indians 5–1 Bundy (3–2) Bauer (7–4) Britton (31) 39,358 55–40 W2
96 July 23 Indians 5–2 Gausman (2–7) Tomlin (10–3) Britton (32) 31,946 56–40 W3
97 July 24 Indians 5–3 O'Day (3–1) Allen (2–4) — 37,821 57–40 W4
98 July 25 Rockies 3–2 (10) Roe (1–0) Lyles (2–3) — 19,361 58–40 W5
99 July 26 Rockies 3–6 Bettis (9–6) Tillman (14–3) Estévez (9) 23,677 58–41 L1
100 July 27 Rockies 1–3 Gray (7–4) Bundy (3–3) Estévez (10) 20,324 58–42 L2
101 July 28 @ Twins 2-6 Pressly (5–5) Despaigne (0–2) — 22,569 58–43 L3
102 July 29 @ Blue Jays 5-6 Estrada (6–4) Gausman (2–8) Osuna (21) 46,112 58–44 L4
103 July 30 @ Blue Jays 1–9 Happ (14-3) Gallardo (3–3) — 47,305 58–45 L5
104 July 31 @ Blue Jays 6–2 (12) Givens (8–1) Morales (0–1) — 46,792 59–45 W1
August: 13–16 (Home: 6–8 ; Away: 7–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/
Streak
105 August 2 Rangers 5–1 Bundy (4–3) Darvish (2–3) O'Day (3) 22,230 60–45 W2
106 August 3 Rangers 3–2 Gausman (3–8) Hamels (12–3) Britton (33) 24,552 61–45 W3
107 August 4 Rangers 3–5 Griffin (5–1) Miley (7–9) Dyson (23) 28,762 61–46 L1
108 August 5 @ White Sox 7–5 Gallardo (4–3) González (2–6) Britton (34) 26,553 62–46 W1
109 August 6 @ White Sox 2–4 Jones (5–2) Tillman (14–4) Robertson (27) 28,491 62–47 L1
110 August 7 @ White Sox 10–2 Bundy (5–3) Shields (5–14) — 31,040 63–47 W1
111 August 8 @ Athletics 2–3 Graveman (8–7) Gausman (3–9) Madson (23) 10,407 63–48 L1
112 August 9 @ Athletics 1–2 Neal (2–1) Miley (7–10) Madson (24) 13,573 63–49 L2
113 August 10 @ Athletics 0–1 Detwiler (1–0) Gallardo (4–4) Axford (2) 13,481 63–50 L3
114 August 11 @ Athletics 9–6 Tillman (15–4) Triggs (1–0) Britton (35) 16,610 64–50 W1
115 August 12 @ Giants 5–2 Bundy (6–3) Cain (4–7) Britton (36) 41,479 65–50 W2
116 August 13 @ Giants 2–6 Bumgarner (11–7) Gausman (3–10) Casilla (27) 41,456 65–51 L1
117 August 14 @ Giants 8–7 Brach (7–1) Casilla (2–4) Britton (37) 41,268 66–51 W1
118 August 16 Red Sox 3–5 Ziegler (3–6) Brach (7–2) Kimbrel (21) 26,014 66–52 L1
119 August 17 Red Sox 1–8 (7) Price (11–8) Bundy (6–4) — 26,160 66–53 L2
120 August 18 Astros 13–5 Gausman (4–10) Musgrove (1–1) — 20,288 67–53 W1
121 August 19 Astros 8–15 Devenski (2–4) Jiménez (5–10) — 34,422 67–54 L1
122 August 20 Astros 2–12 Fiers (9–6) Tillman (15–5) — 39,373 67–55 L2
123 August 21 Astros 3–5 Keuchel (8-12) Gallardo (4-5) Giles (3) 29,734 67-56 L3
124 August 22 Nationals 4–3 Bundy (7–4) Cole (0–1) Britton (38) 31,660 68–56 W1
125 August 23 Nationals 8–1 Gausman (5–10) López (2–2) Worley (1) 26,697 69–56 W2
126 August 24 @ Nationals 10–8 Miley (8–10) Roark (13–7) — 39,100 70–56 W3
127 August 25 @ Nationals 0–4 Scherzer (14–7) Jiménez (5–11) — 39,722 70–57 L1
128 August 26 @ Yankees 4–14 Cessa (4–0) Gallardo (4–6) — 38,423 70–58 L2
129 August 27 @ Yankees 5–13 Layne (1–1) Bundy (7–5) — 38,843 70–59 L3
130 August 28 @ Yankees 5–0 Gausman (6–10) Sabathia (8–11) — 38,002 71–59 W1
131 August 29 Blue Jays 1–5 Estrada (8–6) Miley (8–11) — 15,532 71–60 L1
132 August 30 Blue Jays 5–3 Brach (8–2) Grilli (5–4) Britton (39) 16,083 72–60 W1
133 August 31 Blue Jays 3–5 Sanchez (13–2) Gallardo (4–7) — 16,161 72–61 L1
September/October: 17–12 (Home: 7–7 ; Away: 10–5)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/
Streak
134 September 2 Yankees 8–0 Bundy (8–5) Green (2–4) — 24,226 73–61 W1
135 September 3 Yankees 2–0 Gausman (7–10) Sabathia (8–12) Britton (40) 30,855 74–61 W2
136 September 4 Yankees 2–5 Severino (2–8) Miley (8–12) Betances (8) 31,161 74–62 L1
137 September 5 @ Rays 7–3 Jimenez (6–11) Andriese (6–7) — 12,256 75–62 W1
138 September 6 @ Rays 11–2 Gallardo (5–7) Odorizzi (9–6) — 12,207 76–62 W2
139 September 7 @ Rays 7–6 Boxberger (3–0) Givens (8–2) Colomé (31) 10,537 76–63 L1
140 September 9 @ Tigers 3–4 Wilson (3–0) Brach (8–3) Rodríguez (40) 32,140 76–64 L2
141 September 10 @ Tigers 11–3 Jiménez (7–11) Zimmermann (9–6) — 77–64 W1
142 September 11 @ Tigers 3–1 Tillman (16–5) Verlander (14–8) Britton (41) 33,069 78–64 W2
143 September 12 @ Red Sox 2–12 Price (16–8) Miley (8–13) — 37,551 78–65 L1
144 September 13 @ Red Sox 6–3 Bundy (9–5) Pomeranz (10–12) Britton (42) 38,041 79–65 W1
145 September 14 @ Red Sox 1–0 Gausman (8–10) Porcello (20–4) Britton (43) 37,973 80–65 W2
146 September 15 Rays 6–7 Snell (6–8) Gallardo (5–8) Colomé (33) 19,233 80–66 L1
147 September 16 Rays 5–4 Brach (9–3) Boxberger (4–2) Britton (44) 30,094 81–66 W1
148 September 17 Rays 2–5 Andriese (8–7) Tillman (16–6) Colomé (34) 27,823 81–67 L1
149 September 18 Rays 2–1 Brach (10–3) Garton (1–1) Britton (45) 28,427 82–67 W1
150 September 19 Red Sox 2–5 Porcello (21–4) Bundy (9–6) — 18,456 82–68 L1
151 September 20 Red Sox 2–5 Rodríguez (3–7) Gausman (8–11) Kimbrel (28) 20,387 82–69 L2
152 September 21 Red Sox 1–5 Buchholz (8–10) Jiménez (7–12) — 20,865 82–70 L3
153 September 22 Red Sox 3–5 Price (17–8) Worley (2–2) Kimbrel (29) 26,788 82–71 L4
154 September 23 Diamondbacks 3–2 (12) Drake (1–0) Koch (1–1) — 37,815 83–71 W1
155 September 24 Diamondbacks 6–1 Miley (9–13) Ray (8–14) — 40,610 84–71 W2
156 September 25 Diamondbacks 2–1 Bundy (10–6) Shipley (4–5) Britton (46) 31,229 85–71 W3
157 September 27 @ Blue Jays 1–5 Sanchez (14–2) Gausman (8–12) — 44,762 85–72 L1
158 September 28 @ Blue Jays 3–2 Duensing (1–0) Osuna (3–3) Britton (47) 44,668 86–72 W1
159 September 29 @ Blue Jays 4–0 Jiménez (8–12) Stroman (9–10) — 47,791 87–72 W2
160 September 30 @ Yankees 8–1 Gallardo (6–8) Pineda (6–12) — 33,955 88–72 W3
161 October 1 @ Yankees 3–7 Clippard (4–6) Brach (10–4) — 33,222 88–73 L1
162 October 2 @ Yankees 5–2 Gausman (9–12) Cessa (4–4) — 33,277 89–73 W1

Post-season

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Wild Card Game

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Main article: 2016 American League Wild Card Game

The Orioles faced the Toronto Blue Jays in the Wild Card Game, losing 5–2 in 11 innings.

Post-season Game Log

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Baltimore Orioles 2016 Post-season Game Log
American League Wild Card Game vs. Toronto Blue Jays
Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Series Box
October 4 @ Blue Jays 2–5 (11) Liriano (1–0) Jiménez (0–1) — 49,934 0–1 [1]

Postseason rosters

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Playoff rosters
American League Wild Card Game

Accolades

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AL Sporting News Comeback Player of the Year Award
AL Silver Slugger Award – DH

All-Star Game

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The following Orioles were selected to participate in the 2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game:

Roster

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2016 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Team leaders

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Source

Player stats

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Batting

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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
Manny Machado 157 640 105 188 40 1 37 96 0 48 .294 .533
Adam Jones 152 619 86 164 19 0 29 83 2 39 .265 .436
Jonathan Schoop 162 615 82 164 38 1 25 82 1 21 .267 .454
Mark Trumbo 159 613 94 157 27 1 47 108 2 51 .256 .533
Chris Davis 157 566 99 125 21 0 38 84 1 88 .221 .459
Matt Wieters 124 423 48 103 17 1 17 66 1 32 .243 .409
J.J. Hardy 115 405 43 109 29 0 9 48 0 26 .269 .407
Pedro Álvarez 109 337 43 84 20 0 22 49 1 37 .249 .504
Hyun Soo Kim 95 305 36 92 16 1 6 22 1 36 .302 .420
Joey Rickard 85 257 32 69 13 0 5 19 4 18 .268 .377
Nolan Reimold 104 203 25 45 9 1 6 15 1 22 .222 .365
Ryan Flaherty 74 157 16 34 7 0 3 15 2 17 .217 .318
Caleb Joseph 49 132 7 23 3 0 0 0 0 7 .174 .197
Steve Pearce 25 60 9 13 2 0 3 6 0 8 .217 .400
Michael Bourn 24 46 5 13 1 0 2 8 2 6 .283 .435
Francisco Peña 14 40 5 8 0 0 1 3 0 2 .200 .275
Paul Janish 14 31 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 3 .194 .226
Drew Stubbs 20 22 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 .136 .136
Trey Mancini 5 14 3 5 1 0 3 5 0 0 .357 1.071
Julio Borbon 6 13 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 .308
Dariel Álvarez 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .667
Pitcher Totals 162 23 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .130 .130
Team Totals 162 5524 744 1413 265 6 253 710 19 468 .256 .443

Source:[2]

Pitching

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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
Kevin Gausman 9 12 3.61 30 30 0 179.2 183 76 72 47 174
Chris Tillman 16 6 3.77 30 30 0 172.0 155 73 72 66 140
Ubaldo Jiménez 8 12 5.44 29 25 1 142.1 150 93 86 72 125
Yovani Gallardo 6 8 5.42 23 23 0 118.0 126 74 71 61 85
Dylan Bundy 10 6 4.02 36 14 0 109.2 109 52 49 42 104
Tyler Wilson 4 6 5.27 24 13 0 94.0 110 57 55 24 55
Vance Worley 2 2 3.53 35 4 1 86.2 84 37 34 35 56
Brad Brach 10 4 2.05 71 0 2 79.0 57 23 18 25 92
Mike Wright 3 4 5.79 18 12 0 74.2 81 53 48 26 50
Mychal Givens 8 2 3.13 66 0 0 74.2 59 28 26 36 96
Zach Britton 2 1 0.54 69 0 47 67.0 38 7 4 18 74
Wade Miley 2 5 6.17 11 11 0 54.0 70 38 37 15 55
Darren O'Day 3 1 3.77 34 0 3 31.0 25 13 13 13 38
Odrisamer Despaigne 0 2 5.60 16 0 0 27.1 32 18 17 15 17
TJ McFarland 2 2 6.93 16 0 0 24.2 33 19 19 10 7
Donnie Hart 0 0 0.49 22 0 0 18.1 12 1 1 6 12
Oliver Drake 1 0 4.00 14 0 0 18.0 11 11 8 7 21
Brian Duensing 1 0 4.05 14 0 0 13.1 13 6 6 3 10
Tommy Hunter 0 0 2.19 12 0 0 12.1 14 3 3 3 6
Chaz Roe 1 0 3.72 9 0 0 9.2 8 4 4 7 11
Logan Ondrusek 0 0 9.95 7 0 0 6.1 9 7 7 3 4
Brian Matusz 0 0 12.00 7 0 0 6.0 11 8 8 7 1
Ashur Tolliver 1 0 5.79 5 0 0 4.2 5 4 3 3 5
Parker Bridwell 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 3.1 5 5 5 1 3
Jayson Aquino 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 3
Ariel Miranda 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 2.0 4 3 3 0 4
Ryan Flaherty 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 1.0 3 2 2 0 0
Team Totals 89 73 4.22 162 162 54 1432.0 1408 715 671 545 1248

Source:[3]

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
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
A-Short Season Aberdeen IronBirds New York–Penn League Luis Pujols
Rookie GCL Orioles Gulf Coast League Orlando Gómez
Rookie DSL Orioles 1 & 2 Dominican Summer League Elvis Morel & Nelson Norman

References

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  1. ^ Snyder, Matt. "For the first time in Orioles history, they are 6-0". cbssports.com. CBS Sports. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
  2. ^ Ghiroli, Brittany (July 1, 2016). "O's what a month: Orioles set June HR mark". MLB.com. Seattle: Major League Baseball Advanced Media. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
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