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2012 Baltimore Orioles
Major league affiliations
American League (since 1901) East Division (since 1969)
Location
Oriole Park at Camden Yards (since 1992) Baltimore (since 1954)
2012 information
Owner(s)	Peter Angelos
Manager(s)	Buck Showalter
Local television	MASN WJZ-TV (CBS 13) (Gary Thorne, Jim Palmer, Mike Bordick, Jim Hunter)
Local radio	Baltimore Orioles Radio Network (Joe Angel, Fred Manfra)
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The Baltimore Orioles' 2012 season is the 112th season in franchise history, the 59th in Baltimore, and the 20th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

Contents

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Game log
4 Player stats
- 4.1 Batting
- 4.2 Pitching
5 References
6 External links

Offseason

December

On December 1, 2011, the Orioles traded minor league RHP Randy Henry and a player to be named later to the Texas Rangers for C Taylor Teagarden. On December 8, 2011, the player was identified as minor league 2B Greg Miclat.

On December 20, 2011, the Orioles signed outfielder Endy Chávez to a 1 year contract.

January

On January 3, 2012, the Orioles acquired Jai Miller from the Oakland Athletics for cash considerations.

On January 23 2012, the Orioles signed infielder Wilson Betemit to a 2 year contract, with an option for a third year.

February

On February 6, 2012, Jeremy Guthrie was traded to the Colorado Rockies for pitchers Matt Lindstrom and Jason Hammel.

Regular season

Roster

Baltimore Orioles roster

Active roster

Inactive roster

Coaches/Other

Pitchers

Starting rotation

Bullpen

Closer

43 Jim Johnson

Catchers

28 Ronny Paulino
32 Matt Wieters

Infielders

Outfielders

Designated hitters

36 Nick Johnson

Pitchers

Infielders

Outfielders

13 Xavier Avery
14 Nolan Reimold

Manager

26 Buck Showalter

Coaches

41 Rick Adair (pitching)
62 Rudy Árias (bullpen catcher)
57 Bill Castro (bullpen)
67 Ronnie Deck (bullpen catcher)
45 DeMarlo Hale (third base)
23 Wayne Kirby (first base)
15 Jim Presley (hitting)
77 John Russell (bench)

60-day disabled list

31 Taylor Teagarden
18 Tsuyoshi Wada

25 Active, 14 Inactive

7- or 15-day disabled list
^† Suspended list
^# Personal leave
Roster updated May 28, 2012
Transactions • Depth chart
→ All MLB rosters

Season standings

v t e AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	29	22	.569	—	14–13	15–9
Tampa Bay Rays	29	22	.569	—	17–10	12–12
New York Yankees	27	23	.540	1½	14–11	13–12
Toronto Blue Jays	27	24	.529	2	15–10	12–14
Boston Red Sox	26	25	.510	3	13–14	13–11

Record vs. opponents

Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	–	4–2	3–1	0–0	0–0	3–2	1–2	3–0	3–5	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–3	5–4	2–1
Boston	2–4	–	3–1	3–1	3–4	1–2	0–0	3–0	0–2	1–2	2–0	5–4	0–2	1–2	2–1
Chicago	1–3	1–3	–	8–4	4–4	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	3–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	3–0
Cleveland	0–0	1–3	4–8	–	3–0	5–4	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	4–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–2
Detroit	0–0	4–3	4–4	0–3	–	4–1	0–0	3–2	1–2	2–2	1–5	2–1	1–3	0–0	2–1
Kansas City	2–3	2–1	2–1	4–5	1–4	–	2–1	1–1	3–4	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–4	1–2
Los Angeles	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	–	6–3	3–3	4–5	4–0	0–3	1–2	2–2	1–2
Minnesota	0–3	0–3	1–2	0–2	2–3	1–1	3–6	–	2–2	3–0	1–2	1–2	0–3	2–2	2–1
New York	5–3	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	4–3	3–3	2–2	–	3–0	2–1	2–4	1–2	0–2	1–2
Oakland	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	5–4	0–3	0–3	–	2–5	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–2
Seattle	0–0	0–2	0–3	1–4	5–1	0–0	0–4	2–1	1–2	5–2	–	0–4	5–5	1–2	3–0
Tampa Bay	1–2	4–5	0–3	0–0	1–2	0–0	3–0	2–1	4–2	1–2	4–0	–	2–1	6–2	1–2
Texas	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	5–5	1–2	–	4–2	2–1
Toronto	4–5	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	4–0	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–6	2–4	–	2–1

Source: MLB Standings Grid

Game log

Legend
Orioles Win	Orioles Loss	Game Postponed

2012 Game Log

April (14–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 6	Twins	4–2	Arrieta (1–0)	Pavano (0–1)	Johnson (1)	46,773	1–0
2	April 7	Twins	8–2	Hunter (1–0)	Liriano (0–1)		31,532	2–0
3	April 8	Twins	3–1	Hammel (1–0)	Swarzak (0–1)	Johnson (2)	14,738	3–0
4	April 9	Yankees	2–6	Nova (1–0)	Matusz (0–1)		25,478	3–1
5	April 10	Yankees	4–5 (12)	Rapada (1–0)	Strop (0–1)	Rivera (1)	24,659	3–2
6	April 11	Yankees	4–6 (10)	Soriano (1–0)	Gregg (0–1)	Rivera (2)	22,919	3–3
7	April 13	@ Blue Jays	7–5	O'Day (1–0)	Oliver (0–1)	Johnson (3)	21,988	4–3
8	April 14	@ Blue Jays	6–4	Ayala (1–0)	Cordero (0–1)	Johnson (4)	28,355	5–3
9	April 15	@ Blue Jays	2–9	Drabek (2–0)	Matusz (0–2)		20,252	5–4
10	April 16	@ White Sox	10–4 (10)	Strop (1–1)	Stewart (0–1)		13,732	6–4
11	April 17	@ White Sox	3–2	Chen (1–0)	Danks (1–2)	Johnson (5)	11,267	7–4
12	April 18	@ White Sox	1–8	Peavy (2–0)	Hunter (1–1)		13,818	7–5
13	April 19	@ White Sox	5–3	Hammel (2–0)	Floyd (1–2)	Johnson (6)	11,836	8–5
14	April 20	@ Angels	3–6	Williams (1–1)	Matusz (0–3)	Walden (1)	32,272	8–6
15	April 21	@ Angels	3–6	Weaver (3–0)	Arrieta (1–1)		38,054	8–7
16	April 22	@ Angels	3–2 (10)	Strop (2–1)	Hawkins (0–1)	Johnson (7)	38,221	9–7
17	April 24	Blue Jays	2–1	Hunter (2–1)	Álvarez (0–2)	Strop (1)	11,058	10–7
18	April 25	Blue Jays	3–0	Hammel (3–0)	Drabek (2–1)	Strop (2)	10,415	11–7
19	April 26	Blue Jays	5–2	O'Day (2–0)	Janssen (1–1)	Ayala (1)	13,725	12–7
20	April 27	Athletics	2–5	McCarthy (1–3)	Arrieta (1–2)	Balfour (6)	18,297	12–8
21	April 28	Athletics	10–1	Chen (2–0)	Ross (1–1)		26,926	13–8
22	April 29	Athletics	5–2	Strop (3–1)	Balfour (0–1)		31,793	14–8
23	April 30	@ Yankees	1–2	Kuroda (2–3)	Hammel (3–1)	Rivera (5)	36,890	14–9

May (15–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
24	May 1	@ Yankees	7–1	Matusz (1–3)	Hughes (1–4)		37,790	15–9
25	May 2	@ Yankees	5–0	Arrieta (2–2)	Nova (3–1)		39,360	16–9
26	May 4	@ Red Sox	6–4 (13)	Patton (1–0)	Morales (0–1)	Johnson (8)	37,223	17–9
27	May 5	@ Red Sox	8–2	Hammel (4–1)	Cook (0–1)		37,581	18–9
28	May 6	@ Red Sox	9–6 (17)	Davis (1–0)	McDonald (0–1)		37,394	19–9
29	May 7	Rangers	3–14	Harrison (4–2)	Matusz (1–4)		11,938	19–10
30	May 8	Rangers	3–10	Feliz (2–1)	Arrieta (2–3)		11,263	19–11
	May 9	Rangers	Postponed (rain); Makeup: May 10 as part of a doubleheader
31	May 10	Rangers	6–5	Chen (3–0)	Lewis (3–2)	Johnson (9)		20–11
32	May 10	Rangers	3–7	Holland (3–2)	Hunter (2–2)		19,250	20–12
33	May 11	Rays	4–3	O'Day (3–0)	Peralta (0–2)	Johnson (10)	26,669	21–12
34	May 12	Rays	5–3	Matusz (2–4)	Moore (1–3)	Johnson (11)	32,862	22–12
35	May 13	Rays	8–9	Shields (6–1)	Arrieta (2–4)	Rodney (10)	29,552	22–13
36	May 14	Yankees	5–8	Phelps (1–1)	Ayala (1–1)	Soriano (2)	16,492	22–14
37	May 15	Yankees	5–2	Chen (4–0)	Sabathia (5–1)	Johnson (12)	24,055	23–14
38	May 16	@ Royals	4–3 (15)	Gregg (1–1)	Adcock (0–1)	Johnson (13)	17,949	24–14
39	May 17	@ Royals	5–3	Matusz (3–4)	Hochevar (3–4)	Johnson (14)	31,076	25–14
40	May 18	@ Nationals	2–1 (11)	Gregg (2–1)	Mattheus (2–1)	Strop (3)	36,680	26–14
41	May 19	@ Nationals	6–5	Hammel (5–1)	Detwiler (3–3)	Johnson (15)	42,331	27–14
42	May 20	@ Nationals	3–9	Strasburg (4–1)	Chen (4–1)		41,918	27–15
43	May 21	Red Sox	6–8	Miller (1–0)	Gregg (2–2)	Aceves (10)	16,392	27–16
44	May 22	Red Sox	4–1	Matusz (4–4)	Doubront (4–2)	Johnson (16)	25,171	28–16
45	May 23	Red Sox	5–6	Bard (4–5)	Arrieta (2–5)	Aceves (11)	27,806	28–17
46	May 25	Royals	8–2	Hammel (6–1)	Chen (3–5)		28,954	29–17
47	May 26	Royals	3–4	Holland (1–2)	Strop (3–2)	Broxton (9)	26,714	29–18
48	May 27	Royals	2–4	Collins (2–0)	Matusz (4–5)	Broxton (10)	33,919	29–19
49	May 28	@ Blue Jays	2–6	Hutchison (4–2)	Hunter (2–3)	Janssen (4)	16,575	29–20
50	May 29	@ Blue Jays	6–8	Romero (6–1)	Arrieta (2–6)		17,352	29–21
51	May 30	@ Blue Jays	1–4	Morrow (6–3)	Hammel (6–2)	Janssen (5)	17,754	29–22

June (0–0)

#	Date	Opponent
52	June 1	@ Rays
53	June 2	@ Rays
54	June 3	@ Rays
55	June 5	@ Red Sox
56	June 6	@ Red Sox
57	June 7	@ Red Sox
58	June 8	Phillies
59	June 9	Phillies
60	June 10	Phillies
61	June 12	Pirates
62	June 13	Pirates
63	June 14	Pirates
64	June 15	@ Braves
65	June 16	@ Braves
66	June 17	@ Braves
67	June 18	@ Mets
68	June 19	@ Mets
69	June 20	@ Mets
70	June 22	Nationals
71	June 23	Nationals
72	June 24	Nationals
73	June 26	Angels
74	June 27	Angels
75	June 28	Indians
76	June 29	Indians
77	June 30	Indians

July (0–0)

#	Date	Opponent
78	July 1	Indians
79	July 2	@ Mariners
80	July 3	@ Mariners
81	July 4	@ Mariners
82	July 5	@ Angels
83	July 6	@ Angels
84	July 7	@ Angels
85	July 8	@ Angels
86	July 13	Tigers
87	July 14	Tigers
88	July 15	Tigers
89	July 16	@ Twins
90	July 17	@ Twins
91	July 18	@ Twins
92	July 19	@ Twins
93	July 20	@ Indians
94	July 21	@ Indians
95	July 22	@ Indians
96	July 23	@ Indians
97	July 24	Rays
98	July 25	Rays
99	July 26	Rays
100	July 27	Athletics
101	July 28	Athletics
102	July 29	Athletics
103	July 30	@ Yankees
104	July 31	@ Yankees

August (0–0)

#	Date	Opponent
105	August 1	@ Yankees
106	August 3	@ Rays
107	August 4	@ Rays
108	August 5	@ Rays
109	August 6	Mariners
110	August 7	Mariners
111	August 8	Mariners
112	August 9	Royals
113	August 10	Royals
114	August 11	Royals
115	August 12	Royals
116	August 14	Red Sox
117	August 15	Red Sox
118	August 16	Red Sox
119	August 17	@ Tigers
120	August 18	@ Tigers
121	August 19	@ Tigers
122	August 20	@ Rangers
123	August 21	@ Rangers
124	August 22	@ Rangers
125	August 24	Blue Jays
126	August 25	Blue Jays
127	August 26	Blue Jays
128	August 27	White Sox
129	August 28	White Sox
130	August 29	White Sox
131	August 30	White Sox
132	August 21	@ Yankees

September (0–0)

#	Date	Opponent
133	September 1	@ Yankees
134	September 2	@ Yankees
135	September 3	@ Blue Jays
136	September 4	@ Blue Jays
137	September 5	@ Blue Jays
138	September 6	Yankees
139	September 7	Yankees
140	September 8	Yankees
141	September 9	Yankees
142	September 11	Rays
143	September 12	Rays
144	September 13	Rays
145	September 14	@ Athletics
146	September 15	@ Athletics
147	September 16	@ Athletics
148	September 17	@ Mariners
149	September 18	@ Mariners
150	September 19	@ Mariners
151	September 21	@ Red Sox
152	September 22	@ Red Sox
153	September 23	@ Red Sox
154	September 24	Blue Jays
155	September 25	Blue Jays
156	September 26	Blue Jays
157	September 28	Red Sox
158	September 29	Red Sox
159	September 30	Red Sox

October (0–0)

#	Date	Opponent
160	October 1	@ Rays
161	October 2	@ Rays
162	October 3	@ Rays

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
Robert Andino	49	181	19	46	6	1	3	14	.254	2
Jake Arrieta	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Xavier Avery	15	60	9	13	4	1	0	4	.217	4
Wilson Betemit	42	143	18	32	5	0	7	23	.224	0
Endy Chavez	22	65	6	8	2	0	0	1	.123	0
Wei-Yin Chen	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Chris Davis	45	165	23	51	8	0	9	23	.309	0
Luis Exposito	8	17	2	1	0	0	0	0	.059	0
Ryan Flaherty	25	52	3	8	0	0	1	3	.154	0
Bill Hall	6	7	2	2	0	0	1	1	.286	0
Jason Hammel	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
J.J. Hardy	49	208	29	54	11	1	10	24	.260	0
Nick Johnson	26	71	6	13	4	0	4	11	.183	2
Adam Jones	51	204	38	64	10	2	16	34	.314	8
Nick Markakis	50	199	25	51	13	1	8	26	.256	1
Ronny Paulino	10	33	4	11	3	0	0	3	.333	0
Nolan Reimold	16	67	10	21	6	0	5	10	.313	1
Mark Reynolds	30	99	10	20	8	0	2	11	.202	0
Steve Tolleson	8	24	2	7	2	0	1	3	.292	0
Matt Wieters	46	164	24	37	7	1	8	22	.226	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
Jake Arrieta	2	6	5.37	11	11	0	65.1	42	39	19	58
Luis Ayala	1	1	1.82	21	0	1	24.2	6	5	5	14
Jason Berken	0	0	18.00	1	0	0	1.0	7	2	1	0
Wei-Yin Chen	4	1	3.31	9	9	0	54.1	24	20	18	42
Chris Davis	1	0	0.00	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	2
Dana Eveland	1	0	3.06	6	1	0	17.2	7	6	10	7
Miguel Gonzalez	0	0	2.70	1	0	0	3.1	1	1	0	5
Kevin Gregg	2	2	4.20	12	0	0	15.0	7	7	7	13
Jason Hammel	6	2	3.06	10	10	0	61.2	22	21	19	58
Tommy Hunter	2	3	5.59	10	10	0	58.0	40	36	14	31
Jim Johnson	0	0	0.84	21	0	16	21.1	2	2	4	14
Matt Lindstrom	0	0	1.29	13	0	0	14.0	5	2	4	14
Brian Matusz	4	5	4.82	10	10	0	56.0	36	30	22	43
Darren O'Day	3	0	1.75	24	0	0	25.2	5	5	4	28
Troy Patton	1	0	3.97	20	0	0	22.2	10	10	4	20
Zach Phillips	0	0	27.00	1	0	0	0.2	2	2	2	0
Stu Pomeranz	0	0	3.00	3	0	0	6.0	2	2	1	3
Pedro Strop	3	2	1.35	22	0	3	26.2	4	4	14	24

References

External links

2012 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Los Angeles Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Miami New York Philadelphia Washington

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Baltimore Orioles

Formerly the Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Browns · Based in Baltimore, Maryland

Franchise

History (St. Louis Browns) · Seasons · No-hitters · Players · Managers · Owners and executives · Broadcasters · Opening Day Lineups · Opening Day starting pitchers · First-round draft picks

Ballparks

Borchert Field · Lloyd Street Grounds · Sportsman's Park · Memorial Stadium · Oriole Park at Camden Yards ·
Spring Training: Coffee Pot Park · Wright Field · Perris Hill Park · City Island Ball Park · Miami Stadium · Ed Smith Stadium · Al Lang Stadium · Fort Lauderdale Stadium · Ed Smith Stadium

Culture

The Bird · "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" · Baltimore Chop

Lore

Jeffrey Maier · Miracle Mets · 1910 Chalmers Award · Wild Bill Hagy

Rivalries

Washington Nationals

Retired numbers

4 · 5 · 8 · 20 · 22 · 33 · 42

Key personnel

Owner: Peter Angelos · Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations: Dan Duquette · Manager: Buck Showalter

World Series
Championships (3)

1966 · 1970 · 1983

American League
Championships (7)

1944 · 1966 · 1969 · 1970 · 1971 · 1979 · 1983

American League East
Championships (8)

1969 · 1970 · 1971 · 1973 · 1974 · 1979 · 1983 · 1997

American League Wild Card
(1)

1996

Minor league
affiliates

Norfolk Tides (AAA) · Bowie Baysox (AA) · Frederick Keys (A) · Delmarva Shorebirds (A) · Aberdeen IronBirds (A) · GCL Orioles (Rookie) · DSL Orioles (Rookie)

Broadcasting

Mid-Atlantic Sports Network · Baltimore Orioles Radio Network · Announcers: Gary Thorne, Jim Hunter, Amber Theoharis, Jim Palmer, Rick Dempsey

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