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Record: 98-64   .605.... 1st in American League East
Stadium: Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Playoffs: Lost ALCS (Indians)
Attendance: 3,711,132
Payroll: $54,871,399
Top Draft Pick: Jayson Werth (#22)   MLB
Manager - Davey Johnson

Affiliates - AAA Rochester Red Wings AA Bowie Baysox A+ Frederick Keys A Delmarva Shorebirds Rk Gulf Coast Orioles Rk Bluefield Orioles

Team Leaders

HR: Palmeiro [38]
RBI: Palmeiro [110]
2B: Anderson [39]
SB: Anderson [18]
W: Erickson, Key [16]
SV: Myers [45]
SO: Mussina [218]

Oldest Player: Jesse Orosco [40]
Youngest Player: Mike Johnson [21]
Longest Tenure: Cal Ripken [17]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Danny Clyburn (Sep 15) David Dellucci (Jun 3) Mel Rosario (Sep 11)
Pitchers: Mike Johnson (Apr 6)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Carlos Akins	OF	23	Frederick	A+
Chip Alley	C	20	Delmarva	A
Wady Almonte	OF	22	Bowie	AA
	OF		Frederick	A+
Roberto Alomar	2B	29	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Brady Anderson	CF-LF	33	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Harold Baines	OF	38	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Juan Bautista	SS	22	Bowie	AA
	SS		Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Jilberto Bello	C	20	Frederick	A+
	C		Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Armando Benitez	P	24	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Geronimo Berroa	RF-LF	32	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Mike Berry	3B	27	Rochester	AAA
	3B		Bowie	AA
Larry Bethea	1B	20	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Bryan Bogle	OF	24	Bowie	AA
Mike Bordick	SS	32	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Shawn Boskie	P	30	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Chris Bryant	3B	24	Frederick	A+
Scott Bullett	LF-CF	28	Rochester	AAA
Bartt Carney	OF	23	Rochester	AAA
	OF		Bowie	AA
	OF		Frederick	A+
	OF		Delmarva	A
Shannon Carter	OF	18	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Carlos Casimiro	2B	20	Delmarva	A
Curtis Charles	OF	21	Delmarva	A
	OF		Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Eric Chavez	IF-C	27	Frederick	A+
	IF-C		Delmarva	A
Howie Clark	LF-3B	23	Bowie	AA
Danny Clyburn	LF-RF	23	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
	LF-RF		Rochester	AAA
Ivanon Coffie	3B-SS	20	Delmarva	A
Marc Collier	SS	19	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Rocky Coppinger	P	23	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Kevin Curtis	OF	22	Bowie	AA
Craig Daedelow	OF	21	Bowie	AA
	OF		Delmarva	A
Eric Davis	CF-LF	35	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Tommy Davis	C-1B	24	Rochester	AAA
Ashanti Davison	OF	18	Bluefield	Rk
Tim DeCinces	C	23	Delmarva	A
David Dellucci	LF-RF	23	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
	LF-RF		Bowie	AA
Darrell Dent	OF	20	Delmarva	A
Maikell Diaz	SS	19	Frederick	A+
	SS		Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Scott Erickson	P	29	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Jaime Escalante	C	20	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Franky Figueroa	1B	20	Delmarva	A
	1B		Bluefield	Rk
P.J. Forbes	2B	30	Rochester	AAA
Jim Foster	C	26	Rochester	AAA
	C		Bowie	AA
	C		Frederick	A+
Maleke Fowler	OF	22	Delmarva	A
Eric Fox	CF-RF	34	Rochester	AAA
Lou Frazier	LF-CF	32	Rochester	AAA
	LF-CF		Bowie	AA
Todd Freedberg	P	22	Delmarva	A
Eddy Garabito	2B	18	Delmarva	A
	2B		Bluefield	Rk
Jesse Garcia	2B-SS	24	Bowie	AA
Charlie Greene	C	26	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Kris Gresham	C	27	Rochester	AAA
	C		Frederick	A+
Kelly Gruber	3B	35	Rochester	AAA
Juan Guzman	P	20	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Jerry Hairston	2B	21	Bluefield	Rk
Mack Haman	OF	21	Bluefield	Rk
Jeff Hammonds	RF-CF	26	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Ryan Hendricks	1B	25	Frederick	A+
Maximo Heredia	P	21	Delmarva	A
Chris Hoiles	C	32	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
	C		Bowie	AA
Daren Hooper	OF	20	Delmarva	A
	OF		Bluefield	Rk
	OF		Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Antoine Ide	OF	18	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Pete Incaviglia	LF	33	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Johnny Isom	OF	24	Bowie	AA
Keith Johns	2B	26	Rochester	AAA
Mike Johnson	P	21	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Scott Kamieniecki	P	33	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Jimmy Key	P	36	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Gene Kingsale	CF-RF	21	Bowie	AA
	CF-RF		Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Chris Kirgan	1B	24	Bowie	AA
Michael Kirkpatrick	OF	19	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Rick Krivda	P	27	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Tony Kurtz	P		Frederick	A+
	P		Delmarva	A
Tim Laker	C	27	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
	C		Rochester	AAA
David Lamb	SS-2B	22	Bowie	AA
	SS-2B		Frederick	A+
Mike Lanza			Frederick	A+
Chris Lasater			Bowie	AA
			Delmarva	A
			Bluefield	Rk
Chip Lawrence	SS	22	Rochester	AAA
	SS		Bowie	AA
	SS		Frederick	A+
Jason Lecronier	OF	24	Bowie	AA
	OF		Frederick	A+
Aaron Ledesma	SS-3B	26	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
	SS-3B		Rochester	AAA
Ryan Luzinski	C	24	Rochester	AAA
	C		Bowie	AA
	C		Frederick	A+
Lincoln Martin	2B	25	Bowie	AA
	2B		Frederick	A+
Tommy Martin	SS	22	Bluefield	Rk
Eddy Martinez	SS	19	Rochester	AAA
	SS		Bowie	AA
	SS		Frederick	A+
Terry Mathews	P	32	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Francisco Matos	2B	28	Rochester	AAA
Luis Matos	CF	18	Delmarva	A
	CF		Bluefield	Rk
Tom McGee	C	22	Bluefield	Rk
Leroy McKinnis	C		Frederick	A+
Alan Mills	P	30	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Ryan Minor	3B	23	Delmarva	A
Gabe Molina	P	22	Delmarva	A
Steve Montgomery	P	23	Bowie	AA
Domingo Morales	OF	21	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
	OF		Bluefield	Rk
Todd Morgan	OF	19	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Robert Morseman	P	23	Frederick	A+
Mike Mussina	P	28	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Randy Myers	P	35	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Ntema Ndungidi	OF	18	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Regino Nolasco	SS	18	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Augie Ojeda	SS-2B	22	Rochester	AAA
	SS-2B		Bowie	AA
	SS-2B		Frederick	A+
Jesse Orosco	P	40	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Willis Otanez	3B-1B	24	Rochester	AAA
	3B-1B		Bowie	AA
	3B-1B		Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Bob O'Toole	OF	23	Frederick	A+
	OF		Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Juan Pacheco	SS	20	Bluefield	Rk
Rafael Palmeiro	1B	33	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Chris Paxton	C	20	Bowie	AA
	C		Frederick	A+
	C		Bluefield	Rk
Rich Paz	SS	20	Delmarva	A
Jesse Perez	SS	19	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Richard Perez			Delmarva	A
			Bluefield	Rk
Calvin Pickering	1B	21	Delmarva	A
Luis Ramirez	1B	19	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Jeff Reboulet	2B-SS	33	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Arthur Rhodes	P	27	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Cal Ripken	SS-3B	37	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Roberto Rivera	OF	20	Frederick	A+
	OF		Delmarva	A
	OF		Bluefield	Rk
Nerio Rodriguez	P	24	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Mel Rosario	C	24	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
	C		Bowie	AA
Rick Short	3B	24	Frederick	A+
Joel Stephens	OF	21	Delmarva	A
	OF		Bluefield	Rk
B.J. Surhoff	LF-C	33	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Tony Tarasco	RF-LF	26	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
	RF-LF		Rochester	AAA
Jose Tolentino	1B	36	Rochester	AAA
Andy Utting	C	20	Bluefield	Rk
Ricky Van Asselberg	DH	23	Bluefield	Rk
Jerome Walton	CF-LF	32	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
	CF-LF		Frederick	A+
B.J. Waszgis	C	27	Rochester	AAA
Jim Wawruck	OF	27	Rochester	AAA
Lenny Webster	C	32	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Jayson Werth	LF-RF	18	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Brian Williams	P	28	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Cliff Wilson	3B	20	Bluefield	Rk
Mike Wolff	1B	24	Frederick	A+
Esteban Yan	P	23	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
DeShawn Ziths	OF		Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Matt Achilles	19	Delmarva	A
	19	Bluefield	Rk
Jancy Andrade	19	Bluefield	Rk
Rick Bauer	20	Delmarva	A
	20	Bluefield	Rk
Armando Benitez	24	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Chris Bennett	32	Rochester	AAA
	32	Bowie	AA
Joel Bennett	27	Bowie	AA
Shawn Boskie	30	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Chris Bray	22	Bluefield	Rk
Derek Brown	21	Delmarva	A
	21	Bluefield	Rk
Jason Bullard	28	Bowie	AA
Rocco Cafaro	24	Bowie	AA
Giovanni Carrara	29	Rochester	AAA
Ricky Casteel	19	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Eric Chavez	27	Frederick	A+
Howie Clark	23	Bowie	AA
Rocky Coppinger	23	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
	23	Rochester	AAA
	23	Bowie	AA
	23	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Archie Corbin	29	Rochester	AAA
Charlie Cruz	23	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Chris Curtis	26	Bowie	AA
Shawn Curtis	19	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Craig Daedelow	21	Delmarva	A
Sean Douglass	18	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Todd Dyess	24	Frederick	A+
Radhames Dykhoff	23	Bowie	AA
	23	Frederick	A+
	23	Delmarva	A
Scott Eibey	23	Delmarva	A
Scott Erickson	29	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Jaime Escalante	20	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Eric Estes	25	Frederick	A+
Brian Falkenborg	19	Bowie	AA
	19	Delmarva	A
Tom Fontaine	22	Bluefield	Rk
Cameron Forbes	20	Delmarva	A
Todd Freedberg	22	Frederick	A+
	22	Delmarva	A
	22	Bluefield	Rk
Chris Fussell	21	Bowie	AA
	21	Frederick	A+
Kevin Gallaher	29	Bowie	AA
Kenny Greer	30	Rochester	AAA
	30	Bowie	AA
Kris Gresham	27	Frederick	A+
Abraham Hacen	21	Delmarva	A
Jeremy Halpin	22	Bluefield	Rk
Jimmy Haynes	25	Rochester	AAA
Maximo Heredia	21	Delmarva	A
Francis Hernandez	20	Bowie	AA
	20	Frederick	A+
Brandon Huntsman	21	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Ricardo Jimenez		Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Doug Johns	29	Rochester	AAA
Jeremy Johnson	19	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Mike Johnson	21	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Sean Jones	19	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Scott Kamieniecki	33	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Jimmy Key	36	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Chris Kirgan	24	Bowie	AA
Ryan Kohlmeier	20	Bowie	AA
	20	Delmarva	A
Rick Krivda	27	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
	27	Rochester	AAA
Aaron Lane	26	Bowie	AA
Jason Lecronier	24	Bowie	AA
Chris Lee	22	Bluefield	Rk
Dalton Maine	25	Bowie	AA
	25	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Luis Marache	18	Frederick	A+
	18	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Andy Markham	24	Frederick	A+
Dave Mastrolonardo	23	Bluefield	Rk
Terry Mathews	32	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Patrick McClinton	26	Frederick	A+
Tom McGee	22	Bluefield	Rk
Josh McNatt	20	Delmarva	A
Alan Mills	30	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Gabe Molina	22	Delmarva	A
Steve Montgomery	23	Rochester	AAA
	23	Bowie	AA
Johnny Morales	20	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Julio Moreno	21	Bowie	AA
Robert Morseman	23	Frederick	A+
	23	Delmarva	A
Darren Murphy	21	Bluefield	Rk
Mike Mussina	28	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Randy Myers	35	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Tim Olszewski	23	Frederick	A+
	23	Delmarva	A
Jesse Orosco	40	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Gavin Osteen	27	Bowie	AA
Chad Paronto	22	Delmarva	A
John Parrish	19	Bowie	AA
	19	Frederick	A+
	19	Delmarva	A
Chris Paxton	20	Bowie	AA
Americo Peguero	20	Delmarva	A
Billy Percibal	23	Bowie	AA
	23	Frederick	A+
	23	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Norberto Perez	19	Bluefield	Rk
Jeff Phipps	22	Bluefield	Rk
Sidney Ponson	20	Bowie	AA
	20	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Matt Ramagli	22	Delmarva	A
Hector Ramirez	25	Rochester	AAA
Craig Ratliff	19	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Dan Reed	22	Frederick	A+
Arthur Rhodes	27	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
Joseph Rhodes	22	Frederick	A+
Nerio Rodriguez	24	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
	24	Rochester	AAA
Jason Rogers	24	Frederick	A+
Jordan Romero	20	Bluefield	Rk
Jason Ryba	18	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Brian Sackinsky	26	Rochester	AAA
Francisco Saneaux	23	Bowie	AA
	23	Frederick	A+
Juan Santos	21	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Steve Schrenk	28	Rochester	AAA
Mark Seaver	22	Frederick	A+
Alvie Shepherd	23	Bowie	AA
Brian Shouse	29	Rochester	AAA
Ken Sims	22	Bluefield	Rk
Hut Smith	24	Bowie	AA
	24	Frederick	A+
Matt Snyder	23	Bowie	AA
Jay Spurgeon	21	Bluefield	Rk
Rod Steph	28	Rochester	AAA
	28	Bowie	AA
Joel Stephens	21	Bluefield	Rk
John Stephens	17	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Bill Swift	35	Rochester	AAA
Simieon Theodile	20	Bluefield	Rk
	20	Gulf Coast Orioles	Rk
Josh Towers	20	Frederick	A+
	20	Delmarva	A
Brian Williams	28	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
	28	Rochester	AAA
Cliff Wilson	20	Bluefield	Rk
Mike Wolff	24	Frederick	A+
Esteban Yan	23	Baltimore Orioles	MLB
	23	Rochester	AAA