2010 Baltimore Orioles season

The Baltimore Orioles 2010 season was the 110th season in franchise history, 57th in Baltimore, and 19th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

2010 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record66–96 (.407)
Divisional place5th
Other information
Owner(s)Peter Angelos
General manager(s)Andy MacPhail
Manager(s)Dave Trembley, Juan Samuel, Buck Showalter
Local televisionMASN
WJZ-TV (CBS 13)
(Gary Thorne, Jim Palmer, Mike Flanagan)
Local radioBaltimore Orioles Radio Network
(Joe Angel, Fred Manfra)
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Offseason

The Orioles made many significant roster moves prior to the 2010 season. The team parted ways with several contributors from the 2009 season including Aubrey Huff, and Melvin Mora who was the team's longest tenured player. Miguel Tejada returned to the team to replace Mora at third base and brought in Garrett Atkins to play first. The Orioles also looked to improve the pitching staff by trading for veteran Kevin Millwood from the Texas Rangers and signing free agent closer Michael Gonzalez.

Regular season

Despite some predictions that the Orioles would have one of their best seasons in years (possibly even finishing with a .500 winning average), the Orioles continued to struggle throughout the first half of the season. The Orioles 2010 season got off to a horrendous start the team going 2–16 to start the season, last in the league by some margin[1] and the second-worst in franchise history.[2] On April 12, the team set a club record for the lowest paid attendance in Camden Yards history as only 9,129 attended the game versus the Tampa Bay Rays.[3] They would end the month of April 5–18. May would be only slightly better as the team posted a 10–18 record for the month. On June 4, 2010. the Orioles fired manager Dave Trembley after compiling a record of 187 wins and 283 losses since being promoted during the 2007 season. At the time they were on an 8-game losing streak and had the worst record in the league at 15–39. Trembley was replaced by third base coach Juan Samuel on an interim basis.[4]

The managerial change accomplished little as the team's struggles continued under Samuel. Despite sweeping a four-game series from the Texas Rangers in Texas to head into the All-Star break, the Orioles went 25–59 in the first half. The team went 7–19 in the month of July.

On July 29, the Orioles hired Buck Showalter to be the team's full-time manager.[5] He was introduced on August 2 and made his debut on August 3, by which time Samuel's record as manager was 17–34.[6] Showalter chose to wear the number 26 in honor of his friend and former Orioles manager Johnny Oates.[7] It was announced that Juan Samuel would not resume his role as third base coach and would instead take on a new role as a Dominican scout for the team.

With Showalter in the dugout the Orioles went 17–11 in August, their first winning month all season and first winning August since 2004. However, on August 29, the Orioles became the first team to be mathematically eliminated from playoff contention for the MLB 2010 season.[8]

The Orioles finished out the season by going 17–13 in the months of September and October, making the team 34–23 under Showalter. This was the best record of any AL team over the same stretch of time, one commentator stating that "The Orioles had two different seasons. Before Buck and After Buck." [9]

2010 also marked the first time since 2004 that the Orioles improved on their previous season's win total. Their final record for the 2010 season was 66–96.

Roster
2010 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

 Manager

Coaches

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Tampa Bay Rays 9666 0.593 — 49–32 47–34
New York Yankees 9567 0.586 1 52–29 43–38
Boston Red Sox 8973 0.549 7 46–35 43–38
Toronto Blue Jays 8577 0.525 11 45–33 40–44
Baltimore Orioles 6696 0.407 30 37–44 29–52

Record vs. opponents
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore–9–94–33–35–52–46–03–55–133–73–67–116–43–157–11
Boston9–9–1–64–43–34–39–13–29–94–57–37–114–612–613–5
Chicago3–46–1–9–98–1010–87–25–132–44–59–13–44–53–515–3
Cleveland3–34–49–9–9–910–85–46–122–63–63–42–72–46–45–13
Detroit5–53–310–89–9–10–86–49–94–43–33–51–63–64–411–7
Kansas City4–23-49–108–108–10–3-75–133–53–65–44–42–73–38–10
Los Angeles0–61–92–74–54–67–3–2–54–411–815–44–59–106–311–7
Minnesota5–32–313–512–69–913–55–2–2–46–36-43–57–33–68–10
New York13–59–94–26-24–45–34–44–2–9–16–48–104–48–1011–7
Oakland7–35–45–46–33–36–38–113–61–9–13–64–59–103–48–10
Seattle6–33–71–94–35–34–54–154–64–66–13–2–77–122–39–9
Tampa Bay11–711–74–37–26–14–45–45–310–85–47–2–4–210–87–11
Texas4–66–45–44–26–37–210-93-74-410-912–72–4–3–714–4
Toronto15–36–125–34–64–43–33–66–310–84–33–28–107–3–7–11

Game log
2010 game log

Player stats

Batting

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

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
Jake Arrieta
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
Garrett Atkins
44
140
5
30
7
0
1
9
.214
0
Josh Bell
53
159
15
34
5
0
3
12
.214
0
Brad Bergesen
1
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
.333
0
Jake Fox
38
100
10
22
5
1
5
10
.220
0
Jeremy Guthrie
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
David Hernandez
4
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
Rhyne Hughes
14
47
3
10
2
0
0
4
.213
0
César Izturis
150
473
42
109
13
1
1
28
.230
11
Adam Jones
149
581
76
165
25
5
19
69
.284
7
Julio Lugo
93
241
26
60
4
2
0
20
.249
5
Nick Markakis
160
629
79
187
45
3
12
60
.297
7
Brian Matusz
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
Kevin Millwood
2
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
Lou Montanez
26
57
2
8
0
0
0
3
.140
1
Scott Moore
41
86
7
17
5
0
2
10
.209
3
Corey Patterson
90
308
43
83
16
1
8
32
.269
21
Félix Pie
82
288
39
79
15
5
5
31
.274
5
Nolan Reimold
39
116
9
24
5
0
3
14
.207
0
Brian Roberts
59
230
28
64
14
0
4
15
.278
1
Luke Scott
131
447
70
127
29
1
27
72
.284
2
Brandon Snyder
10
20
1
6
2
0
0
3
.300
0
Craig Tatum
43
114
11
32
4
0
0
9
.281
1
Miguel Tejada
97
401
40
108
16
0
7
39
.269
0
Chris Tillman
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
Justin Turner
5
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
Matt Wieters
130
446
37
111
22
1
11
55
.249
0
Ty Wigginton
154
581
63
144
29
1
22
76
.248
0

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP R ER BB K
Matt Albers
5
3
4.52
62
0
0
75.2
41
38
34
49
Jake Arrieta
6
6
4.66
18
18
0
100.1
57
52
48
52
Brad Bergesen
8
12
4.98
30
28
0
170.0
104
94
51
81
Jason Berken
3
3
3.03
41
0
0
62.1
24
21
19
45
Alberto Pastillo
1
0
10.13
14
0
0
10.2
12
12
6
11
Armando Gabino
0
0
13.50
5
0
0
4.2
7
7
3
2
Michael Gonzalez
1
3
4.01
29
0
1
24.2
11
11
14
31
Jeremy Guthrie
11
14
3.83
32
32
0
209.1
93
89
50
119
Mark Hendrickson
1
6
5.26
52
1
0
75.1
47
44
20
55
David Hernandez
8
8
4.31
41
8
2
79.1
40
38
42
72
Jim Johnson
1
1
3.42
26
0
1
26.1
11
10
5
22
Frank Mata
0
0
7.79
15
0
0
17.1
16
15
8
9
Brian Matusz
10
12
4.68
32
32
0
175.2
88
84
63
143
Cla Meredith
0
2
5.40
21
0
1
15.0
9
9
4
7
Kam Mickolio
0
0
7.36
3
0
0
3.2
3
3
3
4
Kevin Millwood
4
16
5.10
31
31
0
190.2
116
108
65
132
Will Ohman
0
0
3.30
51
0
0
30.0
12
11
18
29
Troy Patton
0
0
0.00
1
0
0
0.2
0
0
1
1
Chris Tillman
2
5
5.87
11
11
0
53.2
37
35
31
31
Alfredo Simón
4
2
4.93
49
0
17
49.1
30
27
22
37
Koji Uehara
1
2
2.86
43
0
13
44.0
15
14
5
55
Henricus VandenHurk
0
1
4.96
7
0
0
16.1
10
9
7
17
Pedro Viola
0
0
13.50
2
0
0
1.1
2
2
1
3

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Norfolk Tides International League Gary Allenson and Bobby Dickerson
AA Bowie Baysox Eastern League Brad Komminsk
A Frederick Keys Carolina League Orlando Gómez
A Delmarva Shorebirds South Atlantic League Ryan Minor
A-Short Season Aberdeen IronBirds New York–Penn League Gary Kendall
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Einar Díaz
Rookie GCL Orioles Gulf Coast League Ramón Sambo

References
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  2. "Trembley fired; Samuel takes over". ESPN. June 5, 2010. Archived from the original on September 27, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  3. "Record-Low Crowd Watches Orioles Sink Even Lower". wnst.net. Archived from the original on September 27, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  4. "Trembley fired; Samuel takes over". ESPN. June 5, 2010. Archived from the original on September 27, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  5. "Orioles hire Buck Showalter as manager". Archived from the original on July 30, 2010. Retrieved August 5, 2010.
  6. "Orioles will be no easy task for Showalter". Retrieved October 18, 2017.
  7. "Showalter pays tribute to friend and mentor". Archived from the original on August 4, 2010. Retrieved August 5, 2010.
  8. "MLB Standings on August 29, 2010". Archived from the original on September 8, 2010. Retrieved August 31, 2010.
  9. Paul Lebowitz (March 8, 2011). Paul Lebowitz's 2011 Baseball Guide: A Complete Guide to the 2011 Baseball Season. iUniverse. pp. 66–67. ISBN 978-1-4620-0232-0.
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