2012 Baltimore Orioles season


The Baltimore Orioles' 2012 season was the 112th season in franchise history, the 59th in Baltimore, and the 21st at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. They completed the regular season with a 93-69 record, good for second place in the AL East and qualified for one of two American League wild card spots. It was the first time since 1997 that they finished with a winning record and made the playoffs. They subsequently defeated the Texas Rangers in the inaugural one-game Wild Card Playoff. They advanced to play the New York Yankees in the Division Series, but lost the series to the Yankees in five games.

Offseason

December

On May 6, the Orioles won a marathon 17-inning game over the Boston Red Sox with the pitching win credited to designated hitter Chris Davis. After the Orioles bullpen was exhausted Davis came on to pitch two scoreless innings with two strikeouts, becoming the first American League position player to record a pitching win since 1968. Boston DH Darnell McDonald took the loss, making it the first game since 1902 in which both pitchers of record were position players.
The Orioles clinched their first non-losing season since 1997 on September 13, 2012, winning their 81st game on a walk-off single by Manny Machado in the bottom of the 14th inning against the Tampa Bay Rays.
On September 26, 2012 the Orioles hit 7 home runs versus the Toronto Blue Jays. Nate McLouth solo in the 1st inning, Jim Thome lead off in the 5th, Manny Machado solo homer in the 5th and a two-run shot in the 8th, Chris Davis three-run homer in the 5th and a two-run homer in the 7th, Mark Reynolds two-run homer in the 6th.

Accolades

The following players represented the Orioles in the 2012 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The following players received Gold Glove Awards for the 2012 MLB season

Wild Card Game

The Orioles took on the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas in the inaugural Wild Card "winner-take-all" format game for the right to play the New York Yankees in the 2012 American League Division Series, who are the top seed finishing with the best record in the AL at 95-67. The Orioles defeated Texas, 5-1, to win their first postseason game since 1997 and to advance to play the Yankees with the first two games in Baltimore.
In the end, Jim Johnson finished the Rangers off in the 9th despite them giving Baltimore a scare on having the bases loaded and two down. However, Johnson got David Murphy to fly out to Nate McLouth. Unlikely hero Joe Saunders picked up his first ever win at Rangers Stadium, where he was 0-6 with a 9.38 ERA in six career starts.

Division Series

The Orioles next played the New York Yankees in the Division Series, which they lost in five games.

Game 1, October 7

6:07 p.m. at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland

Game 2, October 8

8:07 p.m. at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland

Game 3, October 10

7:37 p.m. at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York

Game 4, October 11

7:37 p.m. at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York

Game 5, October 12

5:07 p.m. at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York

Roster

Season standings

American League East

American League Wild Card

Record vs. opponents

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
PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGSB
Robert Andino
127
384
41
81
13
1
7
28
.211
5
Jake Arrieta
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
Xavier Avery
32
94
14
21
6
1
1
6
.223
6
Wilson Betemit
102
341
41
89
19
0
12
40
.261
0
Endy Chávez
64
158
15
32
6
0
2
12
.203
3
Wei-Yin Chen
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
Chris Davis
139
515
75
139
20
0
33
85
.270
2
Luis Exposito
9
18
2
1
0
0
0
0
.056
0
Ryan Flaherty
77
153
15
33
2
1
6
19
.216
1
Lew Ford
25
71
7
13
3
0
3
4
.183
1
Bill Hall
7
9
2
2
0
0
1
1
.222
0
Jason Hammel
2
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
J. J. Hardy
158
663
85
158
30
2
22
68
.238
0
L. J. Hoes
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
Tommy Hunter
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
Nick Johnson
38
87
9
18
4
0
4
11
.207
2
Adam Jones
162
648
103
186
39
3
32
82
.287
16
Manny Machado
51
191
24
50
8
3
7
26
.262
2
Joe Mahoney
2
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
0
Nick Markakis
104
420
59
125
28
3
13
54
.298
1
Brian Matusz
2
4
0
1
0
0
0
0
.250
0
Nate McLouth
55
209
35
56
12
1
7
18
.268
12
Ronny Paulino
20
63
5
16
3
0
0
5
.254
0
Steve Pearce
28
71
8
18
4
0
3
14
.254
0
Omar Quintanilla
36
99
12
23
3
0
3
12
.232
0
Nolan Reimold
16
67
10
21
6
0
5
10
.313
1
Mark Reynolds
135
457
65
101
26
0
23
69
.221
1
Brian Roberts
17
66
2
12
0
0
0
5
.182
1
Jim Thome
28
101
8
26
5
0
3
10
.257
0
Taylor Teagarden
22
57
4
9
3
0
2
9
.158
0
Steve Tolleson
29
71
7
13
3
0
2
6
.183
1
Matt Wieters
144
526
67
131
27
1
23
83
.249
3

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBK
Jake Arrieta
3
9
6.20
24
18
0
114.2
122
82
79
35
109
Luis Ayala
5
5
2.64
66
0
1
75.0
81
27
22
14
51
Jason Berken
0
0
18.00
1
0
0
1.0
6
7
2
1
0
Zach Britton
5
3
5.07
12
11
0
60.1
61
37
34
32
53
Dylan Bundy
0
0
0.00
2
0
0
1.2
1
0
0
1
0
Wei-Yin Chen
12
11
4.02
32
32
0
192.2
186
97
86
57
154
Chris Davis
1
0
0.00
1
0
0
2.0
2
0
0
1
2
Dana Eveland
0
1
4.73
14
2
0
32.1
32
18
17
13
18
Miguel González
9
4
3.25
18
15
0
105.1
92
38
38
35
77
Kevin Gregg
3
2
4.95
40
0
0
43.2
50
24
22
24
37
Jason Hammel
8
6
3.43
20
20
0
118.0
104
48
45
42
113
Tommy Hunter
7
8
5.45
33
20
0
133.2
161
85
81
27
77
Jim Johnson
2
1
2.44
71
0
51
68.2
55
21
19
14
41
Steve Johnson
4
0
2.11
12
4
0
38.1
23
9
9
18
46
Matt Lindstrom
1
0
2.72
34
0
0
36.1
35
14
11
12
30
Brian Matusz
6
10
4.87
34
16
0
98.0
112
61
53
41
81
Darren O'Day
7
1
2.28
69
0
0
67.0
49
17
17
14
69
Troy Patton
1
0
2.43
54
0
0
55.2
45
15
15
12
49
Zach Phillips
0
0
6.00
6
0
0
6.0
7
4
4
3
5
Stu Pomeranz
0
0
3.00
3
0
0
6.0
7
2
2
1
3
J. C. Romero
0
0
6.75
5
0
0
4.0
7
4
3
1
1
Joe Saunders
3
3
3.63
7
7
0
44.2
49
20
18
8
23
Miguel Socolovich
0
0
6.97
6
0
0
10.1
11
8
8
6
6
Pedro Strop
5
2
2.44
70
0
3
66.1
52
18
18
37
58
Chris Tillman
9
3
2.93
15
15
0
86.0
66
38
28
24
66
Randy Wolf
2
0
5.28
5
2
0
15.1
17
9
9
2
7

Farm system