1996 Baltimore Orioles

Major League Baseball

Record: 88-74 .543.... 2nd in AL East
Manager(s): Davey Johnson
Stadium: Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Playoffs: Lost ALCS (Yankees)
Attendance: 3,646,950
Payroll: $48,726,832 Top Draft Pick: Brian Falkenborg (#51) MLB

Affiliates

AAA Rochester Red Wings AA Bowie Baysox A+ High Desert Mavericks A+ Frederick Keys Rk Gulf Coast Orioles Rk Bluefield Orioles

HR: Brady Anderson [50]
RBI: Rafael Palmeiro [142]
2B: Roberto Alomar [43]
SB: Brady Anderson [21]

W: Mike Mussina [19]
SV: Randy Myers [31]
SO: Mike Mussina [204]

Oldest Player: Eddie Murray [40]
Youngest Player: Gene Kingsale [20]
Longest Tenure: Cal Ripken [16]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Brent Bowers (Aug 16) Gene Kingsale (Sep 3)
Pitchers: Rocky Coppinger (Jun 11) Mike Milchin (May 14) Jimmy Myers (Apr 6) Nerio Rodriguez (Aug 18) Brian Sackinsky (Apr 20) Garrett Stephenson (Jul 25) Esteban Yan (May 20)

Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Jay Ahrendt	C-1B	22	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
	C		Bluefield	Rk
Carlos Akins	OF	22	Frederick	A+
	OF		High Desert	A+
	OF		Bluefield	Rk
Manny Alexander	SS-3B	25	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Chip Alley	C	19	Bluefield	Rk
Wady Almonte	OF	21	Frederick	A+
	OF		Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Roberto Alomar	2B	28	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Brady Anderson	CF	32	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Rolo Avila	OF	23	Rochester	AAA
	OF		Bowie	AA
	OF		High Desert	A+
Juan Bautista	SS	21	Bowie	AA
Clay Bellinger	SS-1B	27	Rochester	AAA
Jilberto Bello	C	19	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Armando Benitez	P	23	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Harry Berrios	OF	24	Bowie	AA
	OF		Frederick	A+
Mike Berry		26	Bowie	AA
	3B		Frederick	A+
	3B		High Desert	A+
Greg Blosser	OF	25	Rochester	AAA
Bryan Bogle	OF	23	High Desert	A+
Bobby Bonilla	RF-DH	33	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Brent Bowers	LF	25	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
	OF		Rochester	AAA
	OF		Bowie	AA
Jarvis Brown	OF	29	Rochester	AAA
Chris Bryant	3B	23	Frederick	A+
	3B-SS		High Desert	A+
Ben Butkus	SS-2B	20	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Bartt Carney	OF	22	High Desert	A+
	OF		Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Carlos Casimiro	2B	19	Bluefield	Rk
Hector Castaneda	C	24	Bowie	AA
Curtis Charles	OF	20	Bluefield	Rk
Eric Chavez	3B-1B	26	Frederick	A+
Howie Clark	2B	22	Bowie	AA
Danny Clyburn	OF	22	Bowie	AA
Ivanon Coffie	SS	19	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Scott Conner	P	24	Bowie	AA
Brent Cookson	OF	27	Rochester	AAA
Rocky Coppinger	P	22	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Archie Corbin	P	28	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Kevin Curtis	OF	21	Bowie	AA
Craig Daedelow	2B-SS	20	Frederick	A+
Tom D'aquila	OF	23	High Desert	A+
	OF		Frederick	A+
Tommy Davis	1B	23	Bowie	AA
Ashanti Davison	OF	17	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Tim DeCinces	C-3B	22	Bluefield	Rk
Jim Dedrick	P	28	Bowie	AA
David Dellucci	OF	22	Bowie	AA
	OF		Frederick	A+
Drew Denson		30	Rochester	AAA
Darrell Dent	OF	19	Bluefield	Rk
Cesar Devarez	C	27	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
	C		Rochester	AAA
Mike Devereaux	RF-LF	33	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Keith Eaddy	OF	25	High Desert	A+
Scott Erickson	P	28	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Bien Figueroa	2B-3B	32	Rochester	AAA
Franky Figueroa	1B	19	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Jim Foster	C	25	Bowie	AA
	C		Frederick	A+
Maleke Fowler	OF-2B	21	Frederick	A+
	OF-2B		Bluefield	Rk
Denio Gabriel	2B-SS		Frederick	A+
Jesse Garcia	2B	23	High Desert	A+
Mike Gargiulo	C	21	Frederick	A+
Keith Gordon	OF	27	Rochester	AAA
	OF		Bowie	AA
Kris Gresham	C	26	Bowie	AA
	C		High Desert	A+
Matt Grott	P	28	Rochester	AAA
Joe Hall	OF	30	Rochester	AAA
Jeff Hammonds	LF	25	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
	OF		Rochester	AAA
Frank Harmer	C	21	High Desert	A+
Doug Harris	P	27	Bowie	AA
Jimmy Haynes	P	24	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Ryan Hendricks	1B	24	High Desert	A+
	1B		High Desert	A+
Roy Hodge	OF	25	Frederick	A+
	OF		High Desert	A+
Chris Hoiles	C	31	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Daren Hooper	OF	19	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Sean Hugo	OF	24	High Desert	A+
Jeff Huson	2B-3B	32	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
	OF		Rochester	AAA
	OF-3B		Bowie	AA
	OF		Frederick	A+
Pete Incaviglia	LF-DH	32	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Johnny Isom	OF	23	Frederick	A+
Brion King	3B	20	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Gene Kingsale	CF	20	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
	OF		Frederick	A+
Chris Kirgan	1B	23	High Desert	A+
Michael Kirkpatrick	OF	18	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Rick Krivda	P	26	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
David Lamb	SS	21	High Desert	A+
Chip Lawrence	SS	21	Frederick	A+
	3B-SS		Bluefield	Rk
Jason Lecronier	OF	23	Frederick	A+
	OF		High Desert	A+
Lincoln Martin	2B	24	Frederick	A+
Domingo Martinez	1B	29	Rochester	AAA
Eddy Martinez	SS	18	Frederick	A+
	SS		Bluefield	Rk
Terry Mathews	P	31	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Luis Matos	OF	17	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Scott McClain	3B	24	Rochester	AAA
Adam McCollough	C	23	Frederick	A+
	C		Bluefield	Rk
Roger McDowell	P	35	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Kent Mercker	P	28	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Jeff Michael	3B-1B	25	High Desert	A+
Mike Milchin	P	28	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Jose Millares	2B	28	Bowie	AA
Alan Mills	P	29	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Ryan Minor	3B	22	Bluefield	Rk
Domingo Morales	OF	20	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Todd Morgan	OF	18	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Eddie Murray	DH	40	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Mike Mussina	P	27	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Jimmy Myers	P	27	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Randy Myers	P	34	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Doug Newstrom	C	25	High Desert	A+
Jesse Orosco	P	39	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Pedro Ortiz	3B-OF	19	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Willis Otanez	3B	23	Bowie	AA
Bob O'Toole	C	22	Bowie	AA
	C		Frederick	A+
	C		High Desert	A+
	C		Bluefield	Rk
Billy Owens	1B	25	Rochester	AAA
	1B		Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Rafael Palmeiro	1B	32	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Mark Parent	C	35	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Rich Paz	SS	19	High Desert	A+
	SS-3B		Bluefield	Rk
Alex Pedrosa		21	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
	OF		Bluefield	Rk
Jesse Perez	OF-3B	18	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Richard Perez			Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Calvin Pickering	1B	20	Bluefield	Rk
Luis Polonia	LF-DH	31	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
	OF		Rochester	AAA
Matt Raleigh	OF-1B	26	Bowie	AA
	1B		Frederick	A+
	1B-3B		High Desert	A+
Luis Ramirez	OF	18	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Noel Ramos	1B	19	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Steve Reich	P	25	High Desert	A+
Arthur Rhodes	P	26	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Michael Ribaudo	3B	21	Bluefield	Rk
Lance Rice	C	29	Bowie	AA
Billy Ripken	2B-3B	31	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Cal Ripken	SS	36	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Roberto Rivera	OF		Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
	OF		Bluefield	Rk
Dean Robertson	2B	20	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Nerio Rodriguez	P	23	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Mel Rosario	C	23	Rochester	AAA
	C		Bowie	AA
	C		High Desert	A+
Tom Russin	1B	23	High Desert	A+
	1B		Frederick	A+
	1B-3B		Bluefield	Rk
Brian Sackinsky	P	25	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Keith Shepherd	P	28	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Rick Short	3B-2B	23	Frederick	A+
Mark Smith	LF-RF	26	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
	OF		Rochester	AAA
			Bowie	AA
			Frederick	A+
Joel Stephens	OF	20	Bluefield	Rk
Garrett Stephenson	P	24	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Don Strange	P	29	Bowie	AA
Ray Suplee	OF	25	High Desert	A+
B.J. Surhoff	3B-LF	32	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Tony Tarasco	RF-DH	25	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
	OF		Rochester	AAA
			Frederick	A+
			Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Avery Taylor	2B	20	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Fletcher Thompson	SS-3B	28	Bowie	AA
	3B-SS		High Desert	A+
Brad Tyler	2B	27	Rochester	AAA
Andy Utting		19	Frederick	A+
	C-1B		Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
B.J. Waszgis	C	26	Rochester	AAA
Jim Wawruck	OF	26	Rochester	AAA
David Wells	P	33	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Mike Wolff	1B	23	Frederick	A+
Esteban Yan	P	22	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Gregg Zaun	C	25	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
	C		Rochester	AAA
Todd Zeile	3B	31	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Eddie Zosky	SS	28	Rochester	AAA
	SS		Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Matt Achilles	18	Bluefield	Rk
	18	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Manny Alexander	25	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Jancy Andrade	18	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Armando Benitez	23	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
	23	Rochester	AAA
	23	Bowie	AA
	23	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Joel Bennett	26	Bowie	AA
David Bigham	26	Frederick	A+
Chris Bray	21	Bluefield	Rk
Brian Brewer	24	Bowie	AA
	24	High Desert	A+
Derek Brown	20	Frederick	A+
	20	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
	20	Bluefield	Rk
Rocco Cafaro	23	Bowie	AA
	23	Frederick	A+
Carlos Chavez	24	Bowie	AA
Howie Clark	22	Bowie	AA
Royal Clayton	30	Bowie	AA
Scott Conner	24	Bowie	AA
	24	Frederick	A+
Rocky Coppinger	22	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
	22	Rochester	AAA
Archie Corbin	28	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
	28	Rochester	AAA
John Courtright	26	Bowie	AA
Brad Crills	24	High Desert	A+
Charlie Cruz	22	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Tim Daigle	-	High Desert	A+
Ned Darley	25	High Desert	A+
Greg Dean	22	Bowie	AA
	22	High Desert	A+
Jim Dedrick	28	Rochester	AAA
	28	Bowie	AA
Steve Dixon	27	Rochester	AAA
Todd Dyess	23	Frederick	A+
Radhames Dykhoff	22	Frederick	A+
Tom Edens	35	Rochester	AAA
Scott Eibey	22	High Desert	A+
	22	Bluefield	Rk
Scott Erickson	28	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Brian Falkenborg	18	High Desert	A+
	18	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Louis Fisher	19	Bluefield	Rk
Don Florence	29	Rochester	AAA
Will Flynt	28	Rochester	AAA
Cameron Forbes	19	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Todd Frohwirth	34	Rochester	AAA
Chris Fussell	20	Frederick	A+
Matt Grott	28	Rochester	AAA
	28	Bowie	AA
Abraham Hacen	20	High Desert	A+
	20	Bluefield	Rk
Jason Hackett	21	High Desert	A+
	21	Bluefield	Rk
Shane Hale	27	Bowie	AA
Frank Harmer	21	High Desert	A+
Doug Harris	27	Rochester	AAA
	27	Bowie	AA
Jimmy Haynes	24	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
	24	Rochester	AAA
Maximo Heredia	20	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Francis Hernandez	-	Frederick	A+
Milt Hill	31	Bowie	AA
Marcus Hostetler	27	Bowie	AA
Brandon Huntsman	20	High Desert	A+
	20	Bluefield	Rk
Matt Jarvis	24	Bowie	AA
Ricardo Jimenez	-	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Jeremy Johnson	18	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Chris Kirgan	23	High Desert	A+
Rick Krivda	26	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
	26	Rochester	AAA
Aaron Lane	25	Rochester	AAA
	25	Bowie	AA
Todd LaRocca	24	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Toby Lehman	25	High Desert	A+
Chris Lemp	25	Bowie	AA
Calvin Maduro	22	Rochester	AAA
	22	Bowie	AA
Dalton Maine	24	Bowie	AA
	24	High Desert	A+
Matt Marenghi	23	High Desert	A+
Terry Mathews	31	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Roger McDowell	35	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Josh McNatt	19	Bluefield	Rk
	19	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Carlos Mercedes	20	Bluefield	Rk
	20	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Kent Mercker	28	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Mike Milchin	28	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Alan Mills	29	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Gabe Molina	21	Bluefield	Rk
Steve Montgomery	22	High Desert	A+
Julio Moreno	20	Frederick	A+
Robert Morseman	22	Frederick	A+
Oscar Munoz	27	Rochester	AAA
	27	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Mike Mussina	27	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Jimmy Myers	27	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
	27	Rochester	AAA
Randy Myers	34	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
John O'Donoghue	27	Bowie	AA
Tim Olszewski	22	High Desert	A+
Jesse Orosco	39	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Chad Paronto	21	Frederick	A+
	21	Bluefield	Rk
John Parrish	18	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
	18	Bluefield	Rk
Americo Peguero	19	Bluefield	Rk
Alex Pena	24	Frederick	A+
Jeff Phipps	21	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Allen Plaster	26	Bowie	AA
Sidney Ponson	19	Frederick	A+
Dennis Powell	33	Rochester	AAA
Matt Raleigh	26	High Desert	A+
Dan Reed	21	High Desert	A+
Steve Reich	25	High Desert	A+
Todd Revenig	27	Rochester	AAA
	27	Bowie	AA
Arthur Rhodes	26	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Joseph Rhodes	21	Bowie	AA
	21	High Desert	A+
Michael Ribaudo	21	Bluefield	Rk
Nerio Rodriguez	23	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
	23	Rochester	AAA
	23	Frederick	A+
Jason Rogers	23	Frederick	A+
Kevin Ryan	26	Bowie	AA
	26	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Brian Sackinsky	25	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
	25	Rochester	AAA
	25	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Francisco Saneaux	22	High Desert	A+
	22	Frederick	A+
Orlando Santana	17	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Juan Santos	18	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
	18	Bluefield	Rk
Chris Sauritch	24	High Desert	A+
Lance Schuermann	26	Bowie	AA
Mark Seaver	21	High Desert	A+
	21	Bluefield	Rk
Aaron Sellner	23	High Desert	A+
Alvie Shepherd	22	Frederick	A+
Keith Shepherd	28	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
	28	Rochester	AAA
Brian Shouse	28	Rochester	AAA
Ken Sims	21	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Hut Smith	23	High Desert	A+
Matt Snyder	22	High Desert	A+
Garrett Stephenson	24	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
	24	Rochester	AAA
Don Strange	29	Bowie	AA
Fletcher Thompson	28	High Desert	A+
Josh Towers	19	Bluefield	Rk
Mark Tranbarger	27	Bowie	AA
Michael Trimarco	24	Frederick	A+
John Weglarz	25	Frederick	A+
Tom Wegmann	28	Frederick	A+
	28	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
David Wells	33	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Gary White	24	High Desert	A+
Jeff Williams	27	Rochester	AAA
Esteban Yan	22	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
	22	Rochester	AAA
	22	Bowie	AA

TBC Ad Zone	Advertise Here
• Baseball Equipment - Baseball Bats, Softball Bats, Baseball Gloves, Catchers Gear, Wood Baseball Bats, Baseball Hats and Batting Gloves. • MLB Trade Rumors - Today's hottest baseball trade rumors. If it's whispered, they hear it. • Pricing Baseball Cards - Baseball Card Grading at Wholesale prices. Grade for as low as $2.00 a card.

TBC Newsletter

Places to Go

How would you make The Baseball Cube better? Scroll down to the bottom of the page and enter your suggestion into the text box. Help shape the future of this site.

Soldoutentertainments, Football Tickets, Cricket Tickets, Golf Tickets, Ryder Cup Tickets, Horse Racing Tickets, Six Nations Tickets, 2007 Rugby World Cup Tickets, Tennis Tickets, Wimbledon Tickets, Champions League Final Tickets, Concert Tickets

Premiership football tickets, fa cup tickets, champions league tickets, euro 2008 tickets and olympics tickets

MLB Update
MLB Today