1993 Baltimore Orioles season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Baltimore Orioles
season = 1993
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = East Division
y2 = 1969| Uniform logo =
ballpark = Oriole Park at Camden Yards
y4 = 1992
city = Baltimore, Maryland
y5 = 1954
owners = Peter Angelos
managers = Johnny Oates
television =WMAR-TV
(Jon Miller, Brooks Robinson, Scott Garceau)
Home Team Sports
(Mel Proctor, John Lowenstein, Jim Palmer)
radio = WBAL (AM)
(Chuck Thompson, Jon Miller, Fred Manfra)|The by|1993 Baltimore Orioles season was the 93rd baseball season in Orioles history. It involved the Orioles finishing 3rd in the American League East with a record of 85 wins and 77 losses.

Offseason

*December 7, 1992: Sherman Obando was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles from the New York Yankees in the 1992 rule 5 draft. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/obandsh01.shtml] '
*December 11, 1992: Billy Ripken was released by the Baltimore Orioles. [ http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ripkebi01.shtml]
*December 14, 1992: Scott Coolbaugh was signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/coolbsc01.shtml]

Regular season

The Orioles hosted the 1993 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. It was the 64th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL) at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 9-3. Orioles pitcher Mike Mussina was voted onto the All-Star team, but did not pitch in the game due to his injury.

There was a controversial incident towards the end of the game when Mussina chose to warm-up in the bullpen, despite the fact AL manager Cito Gaston had told him prior to the game that he would not pitch during the contest because of his injury issues and in case the game went into extra innings. [Altman, Billy. [http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0229,jockbeat,36566,3.html "The All-Star Game: Should Everyone Get to Play?"] "Village Voice", July 17, 2002] Orioles fans believed Mussina was warming-up in preparation to come in and pitch the ninth inning and when Gaston put Duane Ward in to pitch the ninth inning, the fans at Camden Yards spent the rest of the game booing Gaston very loudly and many chanted the popular slogan saying "Cito Sucks" which could be heard years later in Baltimore anytime Baltimore played Toronto. Gaston was never treated well by Baltimore fans for the rest of his managerial career and he was subject to death threats for not pitching Mussina in the game. [Elliott, Bob. [http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Baseball/MLB/2004/09/05/617180.html "Elliott on Baseball"] "Toronto Sun", September 5, 2004] Many believe Mussina threw on his own as a way of publicly showing up Gaston because he was angry at not pitching in the game. [Altman, Billy. [http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0229,jockbeat,36566,3.html "The All-Star Game: Should Everyone Get to Play?"] "Village Voice", July 17, 2002]

eason standings

Transactions

*June 29, 1993: Mike Bielecki was signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bielemi01.shtml]
*August 15, 1993: Mike Bielecki was released by the Baltimore Orioles. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bielemi01.shtml]
*September 30, 1993: Scott Coolbaugh was released by the Baltimore Orioles. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/coolbsc01.shtml]

Roster

Other batters

Relief pitchers

Farm system

* Class AAA: Rochester Red Wings (International League; Bob Miscik, manager)
* Class AA: Bowie Baysox (Eastern League; Don Buford, manager)
* Class A: Frederick Keys (Carolina League; Pete Mackanin, manager)
* Class A: Albany Polecats (South Atlantic League; Mike O'Berry, manager)
* Rookie: Bluefield Orioles (Appalachian League; Andy Etchebarren, manager)
* Rookie: GCL Orioles (Gulf Coast League; Oneri Fleita, manager) [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997]

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/1993.shtml 1993 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1993&t=BAL 1993 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com]