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Baltimore Orioles 01-01-2008
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| Breaking News | | Wednesday, December 12th, 2007: Philadelphia Swaps Hopper to Baltimore for Ray
The rumor has been going on for a while now, but today it was made official. The Philadelphia Phillies sent 28-year old center fielder Norris Hopper to the Baltimore Orioles for 25-year old reliever Chris Ray.
Officials from both teams seem to be pleased with the deal.
To date Hopper has a .287 career batting average and has totaled 2 home runs.
In Ray's career he has 6 saves with a 14-4 record and a 3.01 ERA. |
| Tuesday, December 11th, 2007: Seattle-Baltimore Deal: Bloomquist for Smith
Officials for the Seattle Mariners confirmed that they have traded 30-year old second baseman Willie Bloomquist and 23-year old minor league reliever Cesar Jimenez to the Baltimore Orioles. In return, the Mariners will receive 28-year old starting pitcher Bud Smith.
In his career Bloomquist has gotten 156 hits with a .309 batting average, scored 76 runs, hit 1 home run and driven in 56.
During his career Smith's won-lost record is 83 wins and 60 losses with a 3.94 ERA. He has limited other teams to a .266 average. |
 | Sunday, September 23rd, 2007: Ryan Rumored to be Unhappy in Baltimore
"Don't believe everything you hear." was the word from the team's ownership group after rumors of B.J. Ryan wanting out of Baltimore surfaced late yesterday. No one knows exactly how this news broke and Ryan laughed it off when told of the story. |
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | SS Jack Wilson | torn ankle ligaments | 2-3 months | On DL, eligible for return (60-day DL) |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 72-90, .444 PCT | | Position in Division | 5th, 31.0 GB | | Record at home | 38-43, .469 PCT | | Record on the road | 34-47, .420 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 6-10, .375 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 20-25, .444 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 24-25, .490 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 48-65, .425 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 6-4, .600 PCT | | Record in April | 7-15, .318 PCT | | Record in May | 10-18, .357 PCT | | Record in June | 10-15, .400 PCT | | Record in July | 14-15, .483 PCT | | Record in August | 17-12, .586 PCT | | Record in September | 13-14, .481 PCT | | Record in October | 1-1, .500 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .278 - 6th in AL | | On-Base Percentage | .336 - 9th in AL | | Slugging Percentage | .421 - 8th in AL | | On-Base + Slugging | .757 - 9th in AL | | Runs Scored | 759 - 11th in AL | | Hits | 1609 - 5th in AL | | Extra-Base Hits | 493 - 11th in AL | | Home Runs | 154 - 9th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 490 - 11th in AL | | Strikeouts | 860 - 1st in AL | | Stolen Bases | 57 - 14th in AL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.67 - 9th in AL | | Starters' ERA | 5.14 - 11th in AL | | Bullpen ERA | 3.96 - 7th in AL | | Runs allowed | 849 - 11th in AL | | Hits allowed | 1562 - 7th in AL | | Opponents AVG | .274 - 7th in AL | | BABIP | .321 - 12th in AL | | Home Runs allowed | 127 - 1st in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 632 - 14th in AL | | Strikeouts | 1101 - 5th in AL |
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