2016 O’s Stats Roundup

What a wild and weird season. To depict the oddities of the 2016 Orioles, I’ve compiled some numbers. Let’s take a look.

The Orioles finished 2016 with:

– 253 home runs – 5^th most in a single season, in MLB history.

– 71 multi-HR games – tied for 10^th most in a single season, in MLB history.

– 16 games with 4+ HRs – tied for most in a single season, in MLB history.

– 6 triples – fewest in a single season, in MLB history.

– 19 stolen bases – tied for 8^th fewest in a single season, in MLB history

A few other interesting stats from this year:

Zach Britton’s season ERA of 0.54 will go down as the lowest of any relief pitcher with 50+ games in MLB history.

For the fourth year in a row the home run leader is a Baltimore Oriole. This is the first time the same team has the HR king four (or more) years in a row since Ralph Kiner, of the Pirates, led the Majors in home runs from 1947 to 1952.

Caleb Joseph finished the season with zero RBIs in 141 plate appearances – the second most PAs without an RBI in a single season, in MLB history.

The leaderboards:

Hit leaders:

1. Manny Machado – 188
2. Adam Jones – 164
3. Jonathan Schoop – 164

Home run leaders:

1. Mark Trumbo – 47
2. Chris Davis – 38
3. Manny Machado – 37

RBI leaders:

1. Mark Trumbo – 108
2. Manny Machado – 96
3. Chris Davis – 84

Starter ERA leaders (70+ IP):

1. Kevin Gausman – 3.61
2. Chris Tillman – 3.77
3. Dyan Bundy – 4.52

Relief ERA leaders (60+ IP):

1. Zach Britton – 0.54
2. Brad Brach – 2.05
3. Mychal Givens – 3.13

Strikeout leaders:

1. Kevin Gausman – 174
2. Chris Tillman – 140
3. Ubaldo Jimenez – 125

Here’s to more Orioles’ baseball in 2016! To find stats like these, follow @BirdlandStats on Twitter!