2015 Baltimore Orioles season

2015 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901) East Division (since 1969)
Location
Oriole Park at Camden Yards (since 1992) Baltimore, Maryland (since 1954)
Results
Record	81–81 (.500)
Divisional place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	Peter Angelos
General manager(s)	Dan Duquette
Manager(s)	Buck Showalter
Local television	MASN WJZ-TV (CBS 13) (Gary Thorne, Jim Palmer, Mike Bordick, Jim Hunter)
Local radio	WJZ-FM Baltimore Orioles Radio Network (Joe Angel, Fred Manfra)
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The 2015 Baltimore Orioles season was the 115th season in franchise history, the 62nd in Baltimore, and the 24th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. They were attempting to defend their 2014 AL East title, but were eliminated from the division title race on September 23, 11+1⁄2 games back from Toronto. They were eliminated from the postseason on September 28, 6+1⁄2 games back from Houston for the second AL wild card spot. They finished the season .500 (81-81), their 4th straight non-losing season under manager Buck Showalter.

The one bright spot in an otherwise disappointing season was first baseman Chris Davis winning the MLB Home Run Championship with 47, the third consecutive year in which the crown was won by an Oriole after Davis in 2013 and Nelson Cruz in 2014. Third baseman Manny Machado was the only player in the majors to play all 162 games, a reassuring feat after Machado had missed significant portions of the preceding two seasons due to knee injuries.^{[citation needed]}

Offseason[]

October 30: Alexi Casilla, Johan Santana, Andrew Miller, Kelly Johnson, Nelson Cruz, Joe Saunders, Nick Markakis, and Delmon Young entered free agency. Delmon Young would be the only one to re-sign with the team on January 9.

• Casilla signed with the Tampa Bay Rays
• Miller signed with the New York Yankees
• Cruz signed with the Seattle Mariners
• Markakis signed with the Atlanta Braves

October 31: Claimed Pat McCoy off waivers from the Texas Rangers

• The Orioles sent Pat McCoy to the minors on December 8.

November 1: Nick Hundley entered free agency. He signed with the Colorado Rockies.

Week of November 18: Signed 12 players to a minor league contract, and promoted Tyler Wilson and Mike Wright from the minors. They also signed free agent Oliver Drake.

November 26: Signed Rey Navarro and receive Scott Barnes from the Cleveland Indians in exchange for cash.

• The Rangers claimed Barnes off waivers on December 8

December 3: Signed Eddie Gamboa from free agency.

December 11: Drafted Logan Verrett and received Jason Garcia from the Houston Astros in exchange for cash.

December 15: Gave , Chaz Roe, and Matt Tuiasosopo a minor league contract.

December 19: Signed Wesley Wright.

December 23: Released Quintin Berry and claimed Ryan Lavarnway off the Chicago Cubs

• The Orioles sent Lavarnway to the minors on January 16.

December 24: Signed Cesar Cabral to a minor league contract.

January 5 – 21: Signed 7 players (including J. P. Arencibia) to a minor league contract.

January 23: Received Hector Daniel Rodriguez from the Braves for cash.

January 27: Received Travis Snider from the Pittsburgh Pirates and gave them Stephen Tarpley and a player to be named. Also designated Mike Ohlman for assignment and signed 3 players to a minor league contract.

• The St. Louis Cardinals received Ohlman for cash on February 3.

January 29: Signed to a minor league contract.^[1]

February 2: Signed Julio Borbon to a minor league contract.

February 3: Traded Steve Lombardozzi, Jr. to the Pittsburgh Pirates for cash. Also traded Mike Ohlman to the St Louis Cardinals for cash.

February 10: Signed former Oriole free agents Mark Hendrickson and Nolan Reimold to minor league contracts.

February 11–17: Signed four players (including Jayson Nix) to minor league contracts.

February 20: Sent Steven Brault to the Pittsburgh Pirates as the PTBNL in the Travis Snider trade.

February 25: Signed free agent Everth Cabrera and designated Alex Hassan for assignment.

• The Oakland Athletics claimed Hassan off waivers on February 27.

Regular season[]

Transactions[]

Contracts[]

April 6: C Ryan Lavarnway's contract selected from AAA Norfolk Tides; RHP Ryan Webb designated for assignment
April 9: RHP Ryan Webb and C Brian Ward traded to Los Angeles Dodgers for RHP Ben Rowen and C Chris O'Brien

May 11 RHP Jorge Rondon claimed off waivers from Colorado Rockies
May 24 RHP Chaz Roe's contract selected from AAA Norfolk Tides
May 26: C Ryan Lavarnway designated for assignment
May 27: LF Alejandro De Aza designated for assignment
May 29: C Ryan Lavarnway outrighted to AAA

June 3: LF Alejandro De Aza traded to Boston Red Sox for RHP Joe Gunkel
June 5: LHP Cesar Cabral's contract selected from AAA Norfolk Tides; SS Everth Cabrera designated for assignment
June 9: OF Nolan Reimold's contract selected from AAA Norfolk Tides
June 13: SS Everth Cabrera released
June 15: 1B Chris Parmelee's contract selected from AAA Norfolk Tides
June 20: RHP Mychal Givens' contract selected from AA Bowie Baysox

July 1: RF/DH Delmon Young designated for assignment
July 9: RF/DH Delmon Young released
July 14: LHP Wesley Wright designated for assignment
July 22: LHP Wesley Wright released
July 31: OF Gerardo Parra acquired from Milwaukee Brewers for RHP Zach Davies; OF Junior Lake acquired from Chicago Cubs for RHP Tommy Hunter; RHP Bud Norris and 1B Chris Parmelee designated for assignment

August 7: OF Travis Snider designated for assignment
August 8: RHP Bud Norris released; 1B Chris Parmelee outrighted to AAA
August 14: LF David Lough designated for assignment
August 15: OF Travis Snider released
August 23: LF David Lough optioned to AAA

Callups and optional assignments[]

April 5: LHP T. J. McFarland optioned to AAA
April 7: C Steve Clevenger optioned to AAA
April 11: RHP Eddie Gamboa recalled from AAA
April 13 RHP Eddie Gamboa optioned to AAA
April 24: IF Rey Navarro recalled from AAA

May 8: LHP T. J. McFarland recalled from AAA; IF Rey Navarro optioned to AAA
May 11: RHP Jorge Rondon optioned to AAA
May 12: IF Rey Navarro recalled from AAA
May 13: RHP Mike Wright recalled from AAA
May 18: RHP Tyler Wilson recalled from AAA
May 22: IF Rey Navarro optioned to AAA
May 23: RHP Oliver Drake recalled from AAA; RHP Tyler Wilson optioned to AAA
May 24: LHP T. J. McFarland optioned to AAA
May 26: C Steve Clevenger recalled from AAA
May 28: RHP Tyler Wilson recalled from AAA
May 29: RHP Tyler Wilson optioned to AAA

June 3: LHP T. J. McFarland recalled from AAA; RHP Oliver Drake optioned to AAA
June 5: IF Rey Navarro recalled from AAA; C Steve Clevenger and RHP Mike Wright optioned to AAA
June 7: IF Rey Navarro optioned to AAA
June 9: LHP Cesar Cabral optioned to AAA
June 11: RHP Mike Wright recalled from AAA
June 14: RHP Tyler Wilson recalled from AAA; LHP T. J. McFarland optioned to AAA
June 15: LHP Wei-Yin Chen optioned to A
June 20: RHP Mike Wright and RHP Tyler Wilson optioned to AAA
June 21: RHP Oliver Drake recalled from AAA; RHP Kevin Gausman optioned to AAA
June 24: LHP T. J. McFarland recalled from AAA; RHP Oliver Drake optioned to AAA
June 25: RHP Mychal Givens optioned to AA
June 26: LHP Wei-Yin Chen recalled from A; LHP T. J. McFarland optioned to AAA
June 28: LHP T. J. McFarland recalled from AAA
June 29: LHP T. J. McFarland optioned to AAA

July 1: RHP Tyler Wilson recalled from AAA
July 2: RHP Kevin Gausman recalled from AAA; RHP Tyler Wilson optioned to AAA
July 5: 2B Ryan Flaherty optioned to AAA
July 6: 2B Ryan Flaherty recalled from AAA
July 8: 1B Christian Walker recalled from AAA; RHP Kevin Gausman optioned to AAA
July 9: 1B Christian Walker optioned to AAA
July 22: RHP Kevin Gausman recalled from AAA
July 31: RHP Mike Wright recalled from AAA; RHP Mychal Givens recalled from AA; OF Junior Lake optioned to AAA

August 1: RHP Jorge Rondon recalled from AAA
August 3: RHP Tyler Wilson recalled from AAA; RHP Jorge Rondon optioned to AAA
August 4: LHP T. J. McFarland recalled from AAA; RHP Tyler Wilson optioned to AAA
August 6: RHP Mychal Givens optioned to AA
August 7: OF Junior Lake recalled from AAA
August 10: RHP Mychal Givens recalled from AA
August 14: C Steve Clevenger recalled from AAA
August 15: OF Henry Urrutia recalled from AAA; OF Junior Lake optioned to AAA

Injuries, etc.[]

April 5: SS J. J. Hardy, C Matt Wieters, LF David Lough and 3B/DH Jimmy Paredes placed on 15-day disabled list
April 7: 1B Chris Davis activated from restricted list
April 11: LHP Wesley Wright placed on 15-day disabled list
April 13: LF David Lough activated from disabled list
April 18: 2B Jonathan Schoop placed on 15-day disabled list; 3B/DH Jimmy Paredes activated from disabled list
April 24: 2B Ryan Flaherty placed on 15-day disabled list

May 7: SS J J Hardy activated from disabled list; SS Everth Cabrera placed on 15-day disabled list
May 8: RHP Kevin Gausman placed on 15-day disabled list; 2B Ryan Flaherty activated from disabled list
May 10: C Matt Wieters transferred to 60-day disabled list
May 12: 2B Ryan Flaherty placed on 15-day disabled list
May 13: RHP Jason Garcia placed on 15-day disabled list
May 18: RHP Bud Norris placed on 15-day disabled list
May 22: SS Everth Cabrera activated from disabled list
May 24: RHP Wesley Wright transferred to 60-day disabled list
May 27: 2B Ryan Flaherty activated from disabled list

June 5: LHP Brian Matusz placed on restricted list (8-game suspension for foreign substance); C Matt Wieters activated from disabled list
June 7: RHP Bud Norris activated from disabled list
June 11: RHP Miguel Gonzales placed on 15-day disabled list
June 14: LHP Brian Matusz activated from restricted list
June 16: 2B Jonathan Schoop transferred to 60-day disabled list
June 20: RHP Kevin Gausman activated from disabled list; RHP Jason Garcia transferred to 60-day disabled list
June 25: RHP Miguel Gonzales activated from disabled list

July 5: 2B Jonathan Schoop activated from disabled list
July 6: OF Nolan Reimold placed on paternity list
July 9: OF Nolan Reimold activated from paternity list
July 14: LHP Wesley Wright activated from disabled list
July 22: OF Steve Pearce placed on 15-day disabled list

August 1: RHP Mike Wright placed on 15-day disabled list
August 6: RHP Jason Garcia activated from disabled list
August 10: RHP Chaz Roe placed on 15-day disabled list

Play[]

• The team's April 29 home game against the White Sox became the first in MLB history to be played without a paying crowd, as safety concerns over the ongoing civil unrest in the city led the team to play with the stadium closed to the public following two postponed games. The next series, scheduled to be a home series against the Tampa Bay Rays, was moved to Tampa Bay with Baltimore being the designated home team for the same reason.
• On June 16, the team broke a franchise record by hitting 8 home runs against the Phillies.
• On June 28, the team swept a doubleheader against the Indians, 4-0 and 8–0. It was the first time an O's team had won both ends of a doubleheader by shutout since 1974.
• On August 12, Seattle Mariners pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma threw a no-hitter against the Orioles.
• On August 16, the Orioles tied a franchise record with twenty-six hits in a single game in an 18–2 victory over the Oakland Athletics. This was also the first time in Browns/Orioles history the team had scored 18 runs or more three times in a season (18-7 over Boston on 4/26 and 19–3 over Philadelphia on 6/16).
• On October 3, the team swept a doubleheader against the Yankees, 9-2 and 4–3. It was the second time the O's won both ends of a doubleheader this season.

Season standings[]

American League East[]

v t AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Toronto Blue Jays	93	69	0.574	—	53–28	40–41
New York Yankees	87	75	0.537	6	45–36	42–39
Baltimore Orioles	81	81	0.500	12	47–31	34–50
Tampa Bay Rays	80	82	0.494	13	42–42	38–40
Boston Red Sox	78	84	0.481	15	43–38	35–46

American League Wild Card[]

v t Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Kansas City Royals	95	67	0.586
Toronto Blue Jays	93	69	0.574
Texas Rangers	88	74	0.543

v t Wild Card teams (Top two qualify for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	87	75	0.537	+1
Houston Astros	86	76	0.531	—
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	85	77	0.525	1
Minnesota Twins	83	79	0.512	3
Cleveland Indians	81	80	0.503	4½
Baltimore Orioles	81	81	0.500	5
Tampa Bay Rays	80	82	0.494	6
Boston Red Sox	78	84	0.481	8
Chicago White Sox	76	86	0.469	10
Seattle Mariners	76	86	0.469	10
Detroit Tigers	74	87	0.460	11½
Oakland Athletics	68	94	0.420	18

Record vs. Opponents[]

2015 AL Records v t Source: AL Standings Head-to-Head
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	11–8	3–3	5–1	4–3	3–4	3–4	2–4	0–7	10–9	6–1	3–3	10–9	1–6	8–11	12–8
Boston	8–11	—	3–4	2–4	4–2	2–4	4–3	2–5	2–5	8–11	5–1	4–3	9–10	2–5	10–9	13–7
Chicago	3–3	4–3	—	10–9	9–10	5–1	7–12	4–3	6–13	2–5	5–2	4–3	1–5	3–3	4–3	9–11
Cleveland	1–5	4–2	9–10	—	7–11	5–2	9–10	4–2	7–12	5–2	3–4	4–3	5–2	3–3	3–4	12–8
Detroit	3–4	2–4	10–9	11–7	—	3–4	9–10	1–6	11–8	2–5	2–4	4–3	3–3	2–5	2–4	9–11
Houston	4–3	4–2	1–5	2–5	4–3	—	4–2	10–9	3–3	4–3	10–9	12–7	2–5	6–13	4–3	16–4
Kansas City	4–3	3–4	12–7	10–9	10–9	2–4	—	6–1	12–7	2–4	5–1	4–2	6–1	3–4	3–4	13–7
Los Angeles	4–2	5–2	3–4	2–4	6–1	9–10	1–6	—	5–2	2–4	11–8	12–7	3–3	12–7	2–5	8–12
Minnesota	7–0	5–2	13–6	12–7	8–11	3–3	7–12	2–5	—	1–5	4–3	4–3	4–2	3–3	2–5	8–12
New York	9–10	11–8	5–2	2–5	5–2	3–4	4–2	4–2	5–1	—	3–4	5–1	12–7	2–5	6–13	11–9
Oakland	1–6	1–5	2–5	4–3	4–2	9–10	1–5	8–11	3–4	4–3	—	6–13	3–4	10–9	1–5	11–9
Seattle	3–3	3–4	3–4	3–4	3–4	7–12	2–4	7–12	3–4	1–5	13–6	—	4–3	12–7	4–2	8–12
Tampa Bay	9–10	10–9	5–1	2–5	3–3	5–2	1–6	3–3	2–4	7–12	4–3	3–4	—	2–5	10–9	14–6
Texas	6–1	5–2	3–3	3–3	5–2	13–6	4–3	7–12	3–3	5–2	9–10	7–12	5–2	—	2–4	11–9
Toronto	11–8	9–10	3–4	4–3	4–2	3–4	4–3	5–2	5–2	13–6	5–1	2–4	9–10	4–2	—	12–8

Game log[]

Past Games Legend
Orioles Win (#bfb)	Orioles Loss (#fbb)	Game Postponed (#bbb)	Eliminated from Playoff Contention (#933)
Bold denotes an Orioles pitcher

Baltimore Orioles 2015 Season Game Log — Season Record: 81–81 (.500)
show April: 10–10 (Home: 6–4 ; Away: 4–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/ Streak 1 April 6 @ Rays 6–2 Tillman (1–0) Archer (0–1) — 31,042 1–0 W1 2 April 7 @ Rays 6–5 Gausman (1–0) Karns (0–1) Britton (1) 13,906 2–0 W2 3 April 8 @ Rays 0–2 Odorizzi (1–0) González (0–1) Boxberger (1) 13,569 2–1 L1 4 April 10 Blue Jays 5–12 Buehrle (1–0) Norris (0–1) — 45,936 2–2 L2 5 April 11 Blue Jays 7–1 Jiménez (1–0) Sanchez (0–1) — 38,897 3–2 W1 6 April 12 Blue Jays 7–10 Loup (1–1) Tillman (1–1) Castro (2) 32,522 3–3 L1 7 April 13 Yankees 5–6 Pineda (1–0) Hunter (0–1) Miller (2) 21,633 3–4 L2 8 April 14 Yankees 4–3 González (1–1) Cabathia (0–2) Britton (2) 19,283 4–4 W1 9 April 15 Yankees 7–5 Brach (1–0) Carpenter (0–1) Britton (3) 23,409 5–4 W2 10 April 17 @ Red Sox 2–3 Uehara (1–0) Matusz (0–1) — 34,341 5–5 L1 11 April 18 @ Red Sox 4–1 Tillman (2–1) Buchholz (2–1) Britton (4) 37,655 6–5 W1 12 April 19 @ Red Sox 8–3 González (2–1) Porcello (1–2) — 37,761 7–5 W2 13 April 20 @ Red Sox 1–7 (7) Masterson (2–0) Chen (0–1) — 36,829 7–6 L1 14 April 21 @ Blue Jays 6–13 Buehrle (3–0) Norris (0–2) — 14,184 7–7 L2 15 April 22 @ Blue Jays 2–4 Sanchez (1–2) Jiménez (1–1) Castro (3) 15,606 7–8 L3 16 April 23 @ Blue Jays 6–7 Hutchison (2–0) Tillman (2–2) Castro (4) 18,581 7–9 L4 17 April 24 Red Sox 5–7 Ogando (1–0) Matusz (0–2) Uehara (3) 37,359 7–10 L5 18 April 25 Red Sox 5–4 (10) Matusz (1–2) Uehara (1–1) — 36,757 8–10 W1 19 April 26 Red Sox 18–7 Norris (1–2) Miley (1–2) — 43,802 9–10 W2 — April 27 White Sox Postponed (safety concerns due to the 2015 Baltimore riots). Makeup date May 28 as part of doubleheader.[2] — April 28 White Sox Postponed (safety concerns due to the 2015 Baltimore riots). Makeup date May 28 as part of doubleheader.[3] 20 April 29 White Sox 8–2 Jiménez (2–1) Samardzija (1–2) — N/A[4][5] 10–10 W3
show May: 13–16 (Home: 11–9 ; Away: 2–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/ Streak 21 May 1 Rays[a] 0–2 Colomé (1–0) Tillman (2–3) Boxberger (4) 9,945 10–11 L1 22 May 2 Rays[a] 4–0 González (3–1) Archer (3–3) Brach (1) 12,789 11–11 W1 23 May 3 Rays[a] 4–2 Hunter (1–1) Geltz (1–1) Britton (5) 16,652 12–11 W2 24 May 5 @ Mets 2–3 Colón (5–1) Norris (1–3) Familia (11) 20,534 12–12 L1 25 May 6 @ Mets 1–5 deGrom (3–3) Jiménez (2–2) — 21,667 12–13 L2 26 May 7 @ Yankees 3–4 Eovaldi (3–0) Tillman (2–4) Miller (12) 39,816 12–14 L3 27 May 8 @ Yankees 4–5 Betances (4–0) González (3–2) Miller (13) 38,731 12–15 L4 28 May 9 @ Yankees 6–2 Chen (1–1) Whitley (1–1) Britton (6) 41,280 13–15 W1 29 May 10 @ Yankees 2–6 Pineda (5–0) Norris (1–4) — 39,059 13–16 L1 30 May 11 Blue Jays 5–2 Jiménez (3–2) Estrada (1–2) Britton (7) 20,468 14–16 W1 31 May 12 Blue Jays 2–10 Buehrle (5–2) Tillman (2–5) — 17,319 14–17 L1 32 May 13 Blue Jays 6–1 González (4–2) Sanchez (3–3) O'Day (1) 24,654 15–17 W1 33 May 15 Angels 1–3 Weaver (2–4) Chen (1–2) Street (12) 35,470 15–18 L1 34 May 16 Angels 1–6 Shoemaker (3–3) Jiménez (3–3) — 29,102 15–19 L2 35 May 17 Angels 3–0 Wright (1–0) Richards (4–2) Britton (8) 41,733 16–19 W1 36 May 19 Mariners 9–4 González (5–2) Farquhar (0–2) — 19,494 17–19 W2 37 May 20 Mariners 2–4 Elías (1–1) Chen (1–3) Rodney (10) 21,710 17–20 L1 38 May 21 Mariners 5–4 Hunter (2–1) Farquhar (0–3) Britton (9) 33,085 18–20 W1 39 May 22 @ Marlins 8–5 Wilson (1–0) Álvarez (0-4) — 19,977 19–20 W2 40 May 23 @ Marlins 0–1 (13) Capps (1–0) McFarland (0–1) — 21,356 19–21 L1 41 May 24 @ Marlins 2–5 Koehler (3–3) González (5–3) Ramos (2) 23,834 19–22 L2 42 May 25 Astros 4–3 Brach (2–0) Keuchel (6–1) Britton (11) 28,909 20–22 W1 43 May 26 Astros 1–4 Feldman (4–4) Tillman (2–6) Gregerson (13) 21,541 20–23 L1 44 May 27 Astros 5–4 Brach (3–0) Sipp (2–2) Britton (12) 16,401 21–23 W1 45 May 28 White Sox 2–3 Sale (4–2) Wilson (1–1) Petricka (1) 18,441[b] 21–24 L1 46 May 28 White Sox 6–3 Wright (2–0) Beck (0–1) Britton (13) 18,441[b] 22–24 W1 47 May 29 Rays 2–1 O'Day (1–0) Gomes (1–2) — 45,505 23–24 W2 48 May 30 Rays 0–3 Ramírez (3–2) Chen (1–4) Boxberger (14) 38,177 23–25 L1 49 May 31 Rays 5–9 Odorizzi (4–5) Tillman (2–7) Boxberger (15) 36,945 23–26 L2
show June: 18–10 (Home: 10–3 ; Away: 8–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/ Streak 50 June 1 @ Astros 2–5 Harris (2–0) Brach (3–1) Gregerson (14) 17,259 23–27 L3 51 June 2 @ Astros 4–6 McHugh (6–2) Wright (2–1) Gregerson (15) 18,730 23–28 L4 52 June 3 @ Astros 1–3 McCullers (2–0) González (5–4) — 20,305 23–29 L5 53 June 4 @ Astros 3–2 O'Day (2–0) Qualls (1–3) Britton (14) 20,219 24–29 W1 54 June 5 @ Indians 5–2 Tillman (3–7) Marcum (2–1) Britton (15) 26,070 25–29 W2 55 June 6 @ Indians 1–2 Salazar (6–1) Brach (3–2) Allen (13) 24,939 25–30 L1 56 June 7 @ Indians 6–2 Norris (2–4) Carrasco (7–5) — 18,151 26–30 W1 57 June 9 Red Sox 1–0 Roe (1–0) Barnes (2–1) Britton (16) 28,460 27–30 W2 58 June 10 Red Sox 5–2 Chen (2–4) Porcello (4–6) O'Day (2) 22,201 28–30 W3 59 June 11 Red Sox 6–5 Tillman (4–7) Miley (5–6) Britton (17) 22,840 29–30 W4 60 June 12 Yankees 11–3 Jiménez (4–3) Pineda (7–3) — 33,203 30–30 W5 61 June 13 Yankees 9–4 Roe (2–0) Martin (0–2) — 38,909 31–30 W6 62 June 14 Yankees 3–5 Shreve (3–1) Wright (2–2) Betances (3) 36,343 31–31 L1 63 June 15 Phillies 4–0 Chen (3–4) Harang (4–8) — 23,730 32–31 W1 64 June 16 Phillies 19–3 Tillman (5–7) Williams (3–7) — 26,964 33–31 W2 65 June 17 @ Phillies 6–4 Jiménez (5–3) Correia (0–1) Britton (18) 26,162 34–31 W3 66 June 18 @ Phillies 1–2 Diekman (1–1) Norris (2–5) Papelbon (13) 26,220 34–32 L1 67 June 19 @ Blue Jays 4–5 Estrada (5-3) Wright (2-3) Cecil (5) 32,322 34-33 L2 68 June 20 @ Blue Jays 5–3 O'Day (3–0) Loup (2–4) Britton (19) 46,018 35–33 W1 69 June 21 @ Blue Jays 13–9 O'Day (4–0) Cecil (1–4) — 46,092 36–33 W2 70 June 23 @ Red Sox 6–4 Jiménez (6–3) Kelly (2–5) Britton (20) 36,508 37–33 W3 71 June 24 @ Red Sox 1–5 Buchholz (5–6) Norris (2–6) — 37,762 37–34 L1 72 June 25 @ Red Sox 8–6 González (6–4) Rodríguez (3–2) Britton (21) 37,706 38–34 W1 73 June 26 Indians 4–3 O'Day (5-0) Rzepczynski (1-3) Britton (22) 31,112 39–34 W2 — June 27 Indians Postponed (rain). Makeup date June 28 as part of doubleheader. 74 June 28 Indians 4–0 Jiménez (7–3) Bauer (6–5) — 45,675 40–34 W3 75 June 28 Indians 8–0 Tillman (6–7) Murata (0-1) — 40,006 41–34 W4 76 June 29 Rangers 1–8 Rodríguez (5–3) Norris (2–7) — 21,565 41–35 L1 77 June 30 Rangers 5–8 Lewis (8–3) González (6–5) Tolleson (11) 27,370 41–36 L2
show July: 11–14 (Home: 6–4 ; Away: 5–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/ Streak 78 July 1 Rangers 4–2 Chen (4–4) Martinez (5–5) Britton (23) 23,019 42–36 W1 79 July 2 Rangers 0–2 Kela (5–5) Roe (2–0) Tolleson (12) 31,915 42–37 L1 80 July 3 @ White Sox 0–1 Danks (4–8) Jiménez (7–4) Robertson (17) 27,384 42–38 L2 81 July 4 @ White Sox 2–3 Putnam (2–3) Norris (2–8) Robertson (18) 22,559 42–39 L3 82 July 5 @ White Sox 9–1 González (7–5) Rodon (3–2) — 22,519 43–39 W1 83 July 6 @ Twins 2–4 (10) May (5–7) Hunter (0–1) — 23,213 43–40 L1 84 July 7 @ Twins 3–8 Gibson (7–6) Gausman (1–1) — 25,091 43–41 L2 85 July 8 @ Twins 3–5 Milone (5–1) Norris (2–9) Perkins (28) 29,289 43–42 L3 86 July 10 Nationals 3–2 Britton (1–0) Roark (4–4) — 46,289 44–42 W1 87 July 11 Nationals 4–7 Zimmermann (8–5) González (7–6) Storen (26) 44,495 44–43 L1 88 July 12 Nationals 2–3 Scherzer (10–7) Chen (4–5) Storen (27) 46,247 44–44 L2 ASG July 14 @ Great American Ball Park AL 6–3 NL Price (1–0) Kershaw (0–1) — 43,656 — Box 89 July 17 @ Tigers 3–7 Sánchez (9–7) Jiménez (7–5) — 36,378 44–45 L3 90 July 18 @ Tigers 3–0 Tillman (7–7) Price (9–3) Britton (24) 40,033 45–45 W1 91 July 19 @ Tigers 9–3 González (8–6) Verlander (0–3) — 39,978 46–45 W2 92 July 21 @ Yankees 2–3 Wilson (3–0) Chen (4–6) Miller (21) 37,993 46–46 L1 93 July 22 @ Yankees 3–4 Nova (2–3) Gausman (1–2) Miller (22) 43,887 46–47 L2 94 July 23 @ Yankees 3–9 Tanaka (7–3) Jiménez (7–6) — 46,875 46–48 L3 95 July 24 @ Rays 1–3 Colomé (4–4) O'Day (5–1) McGee (5) 17,838 46–49 L4 96 July 25 @ Rays 5–1 González (9–6) Ramírez (8–4) — 24,327 47–49 W1 97 July 26 @ Rays 5–2 Chen (5–6) Moore (1–2) Britton (25) 18,613 48–49 W2 98 July 27 Braves 2–1 (11) Brach (4–2) Avilán (2–4) — 26,256 49–49 W3 99 July 28 Braves 7–3 Jiménez (8–6) Teherán (6–6) — 28,592 50–49 W4 100 July 29 Braves 2–0 Tillman (8–7) Foltynewicz (3–3) Britton (26) 29,328 51–49 W5 101 July 30 Tigers 8–9 Simón (10–6) González (9–7) Wilson (1) 30,136 51–50 L1 102 July 31 Tigers 8–7 Givens (1–0) Valdez (0–1) Britton (27) 36,985 52–50 W1
show August: 11–18 (Home: 6–7 ; Away: 5–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/ Streak 103 August 1 Tigers 6–2 Gausman (2–2) Sánchez (10–9) — 45,968 53–50 W2 104 August 2 Tigers 1–6 Norris (2–1) Jiménez (8–7) — 33,381 53–51 L1 105 August 3 @ Athletics 9–2 Wilson (1–1) Chavez (5–11) — 11,476 54–51 W1 106 August 4 @ Athletics 0–5 Bassitt (1–4) González (9–8) — 16,328 54–52 L1 107 August 5 @ Athletics 7–3 (10) Britton (2–0) León (0–1) — 20,176 55–52 W1 108 August 7 @ Angels 4–8 Salas (2–1) Gausman (2–3) — 42,578 55–53 L1 109 August 8 @ Angels 5–0 Jiménez (9–7) Richards (11–9) — 43,041 56–53 W1 110 August 9 @ Angels 4–5 (11) Gott (2–0) Roe (2–2) — 37,154 56–54 L1 111 August 10 @ Mariners 3–2 Chen (6–6) Nuño (0–2) Britton (28) 20,839 57–54 W1 112 August 11 @ Mariners 4–5 (10) Rodney (5–4) McFarland (0–2) — 24,863 57–55 L1 113 August 12 @ Mariners 0–3 Iwakuma (4–2) Gausman (2–4) — 25,661 57–56 L2 114 August 14 Athletics 8–6 (13) Garcia (1–0) Pomeranz (4–5) — 36,784 58–56 W1 115 August 15 Athletics 4–3 Britton (3–0) Venditte (0–1) — 44,028 59–56 W2 116 August 16 Athletics 18–2 Chen (7–6) Graveman (6–9) — 28,228 60–56 W3 117 August 17 Athletics 4–2 Tillman (9–7) Gray (12–5) Britton (29) 22,766 61–56 W4 118 August 18 Mets 3–5 deGrom (12–6) Gausman (2–5) Familia (33) 34,068 61–57 L1 119 August 19 Mets 5–4 Britton (4–0) Torres (4–5) — 36,165 62–57 W1 120 August 20 Twins 2–15 Duffey (2–1) González (9–9) — 20,109 62–58 L1[permanent dead link] 121 August 21 Twins 3–4 Fien (3–5) O'Day (5–2) Jepsen (6) 32,025 62–59 L2 122 August 22 Twins 2–3 Fien (4–5) Tillman (9–8) Jepsen (7) 35,301 62–60 L3 123 August 23 Twins 3–4 (12) Perkins (2–4) Matusz (1–3) Milone (1) 35,144 62–61 L4 124 August 24 @ Royals 3–8 Melden (2–0) Jiménez (9–8) — 27,797 62–62 L5 125 August 25 @ Royals 2–3 Duffy (7–6) González (9–10) Davis (12) 29,734 62–63 L6 126 August 26 @ Royals 8–5 Chen (8–6) Cueto (9–9) Britton (30) 33,003 63–63 W1 127 August 27 @ Royals 3–5 Ventura (9–7) Tillman (9–9) — 31,155 63–64 L1 128 August 28 @ Rangers 1–4 Hamels (8–8) Gausman (2–6) Tolleson (27) 28,337 63–65 L2 129 August 29 @ Rangers 3–4 Pérez (2–3) Jiménez (9–9) Tolleson (28) 29,768 63–66 L3 130 August 30 @ Rangers 0–6 Holland (2–1) González (9–11) — 22,256 63–67 L4 131 August 31 Rays 3–6 Archer (12–10) Chen (8–7) Boxberger (33) 19,841 63–68 L5
show September/October: 18–13 (Home: 10–5 ; Away: 8–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/ Streak 132 September 1 Rays 2–11 Smyly (2–2) Tillman (9–10) — 22,987 63–69 L6 133 September 2 Rays 7–6 Brach (5–2) Andriese (3–5) — 15,963 64–69 W1 134 September 4 @ Blue Jays 10–2 Jiménez (10–9) Hutchison (13–3) — 46,201 65–69 W2 135 September 5 @ Blue Jays 1–5 Price (14–5) Wright (2–4) — 46,373 65–70 L1 136 September 6 @ Blue Jays 4–10 Estrada (12–8) Tillman (9–11) — 46,136 65–71 L2 137 September 7 @ Yankees 6–8 Wilson (5–0) Rondón (0–1) Miller (32) 31,039 65–72 L3 138 September 8 @ Yankees 2–1 O'Day (6–2) Shreve (6–2) Britton (31) 30,785 66–72 W1 139 September 9 @ Yankees 5–3 Jiménez (11–9) Warren (6–6) Britton (32) 30,038 67–72 W2 140 September 11 Royals 14–8 Givens (2–0) Herrera (4–3) — 45,420 68–72 W3 141 September 12 Royals 6–14 Ventura (11–8) Matusz (1–4) — 35,439 68–73 L1 142 September 13 Royals 8–2 Chen (9–7) Cueto (9–12) — 22,496 69–73 W1 143 September 14 Red Sox 2–0 Gausman (3–6) Rodríguez (9–6) Britton (33) 19,666 70–73 W2 144 September 15 Red Sox 6–5 Roe (3–2) Aro (0–1) — 21,260 71–73 W3 145 September 16 Red Sox 1–10 Owens (3–2) Wright (2–5) — 22,642 71–74 L1 146 September 17 @ Rays 4–3 Roe (4–2) Colomé (6–5) O'Day (3) 9,617 72–74 W1 147 September 18 @ Rays 6–8 Smyly (3–2) Wilson (2–2) Boxberger (35) 10,697 72–75 L1 148 September 19 @ Rays 2–1 Chen (10–7) Ramírez (10–6) Britton (34) 17,053 73–75 W1 149 September 20 @ Rays 6–7 Yates (1–0) Britton (4–1) — 17,801 73–76 L1 — September 21 @ Nationals Postponed (rain). Makeup date September 24. 150 September 22 @ Nationals 4–1 Jiménez (12–9) Gonzalez (11–8) O'Day (4) 27,338 74–76 W1 151 September 23 @ Nationals 4–3 Tillman (10–11) Scherzer (12–12) O'Day (5) 27,991 75–76 W2 152 September 24 @ Nationals 5–4 Wright (3–5) Treinen (2–4) O'Day (6) 28,456 76–76 W3 153 September 25 @ Red Sox 0–7 Hill (2–0) Gausman (3–7) — 32,411 76–77 L1 154 September 26 @ Red Sox 0–8 Hembree (2–0) Chen (10–8) — 36,316 76–78 L2 155 September 27 @ Red Sox 0–2 Owens (4–3) Jiménez (12–10) Ross (6) 33,306 76–79 L3 156 September 28 Blue Jays 3–4 Cecil (5–5) Brach (5–3) Osuna (20) 19,093 76–80 L4 — September 29 Blue Jays Postponed (rain). Makeup date September 30 as part of doubleheader. 157 September 30 Blue Jays 2–15 Stroman (4–0) González (9–12) — 26,330[c] 76–81 L5 158 September 30 Blue Jays 8–1 Gausman (4–7) Tepera (0–2) — 26,330[c] 77–81 W1 159 October 1 Blue Jays 6–4 McFarland (1–2) Hutchison (13–5) Britton (35) 18,257 78–81 W2 — October 2 Yankees Postponed (rain). Makeup date October 3 as part of doubleheader. 160 October 3 Yankees 9–2 Chen (11–8) Nova (6–11) — 29,227 79–81 W3 161 October 3 Yankees 4–3 McFarland (2–2) Betances (6–4) Britton (36) 35,198 80–81 W4 162 October 4 Yankees 9–4 Tillman (11–11) Pineda (12–10) — 33,224 81–81 W5

Statistics[]

Batting[]

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Dariel Álvarez, RF	12	29	3	7	1	0	1	1	2	8	.241	0
Everth Cabrera, SS	29	96	7	20	2	0	0	4	5	22	.208	2
Steve Clevenger, C,DH	30	101	11	29	4	2	2	15	4	13	.287	0
Chris Davis, 1B,DH	160	573	100	150	31	0	47	117	84	208	.262	2
Alejandro De Aza, OF	30	103	16	22	4	1	3	7	7	34	.214	2
Ryan Flaherty, 2B	91	267	34	54	8	3	9	31	26	81	.202	0
Jason Garcia, P	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0
Miguel González, P	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
J. J. Hardy, SS	114	411	45	90	14	0	8	37	20	88	.219	0
Paul Janish, SS	14	35	4	10	3	0	0	3	0	3	.286	0
Ubaldo Jiménez, P	32	8	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	.250	0
Adam Jones, CF	137	546	74	147	25	3	27	82	24	102	.269	3
Caleb Joseph, C	100	320	38	75	16	1	11	49	27	72	.234	0
Junior Lake, OF	8	22	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	9	.136	0
Ryan Lavarnway, C	10	28	1	3	1	0	0	0	4	7	.107	0
David Lough, LF	84	134	14	27	1	1	4	12	5	36	.201	2
Manny Machado, 3B	162	633	102	181	30	1	35	86	70	111	.286	20
Rey Navarro, 2B	10	29	5	8	2	0	1	3	0	3	.276	0
Bud Norris, P	18	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Jimmy Paredes, DH	104	363	46	100	17	2	10	42	19	111	.275	4
Chris Parmelee, 1B	32	97	11	21	7	1	4	9	4	26	.216	0
Gerardo Parra, RF	55	224	30	53	12	0	5	20	8	35	.237	5
Steve Pearce, OF,1B,2B	92	294	42	64	13	1	15	40	23	69	.218	1
Nolan Reimold, LF	61	170	24	42	5	1	6	20	23	47	.247	0
Jonathan Schoop, 2B	86	305	34	85	17	0	15	39	9	79	.279	2
Chris Tillman, P	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0
Henry Urrutia, LF	10	34	3	9	1	0	1	6	2	3	.265	0
Christian Walker, DH,1B	7	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	4	.111	0
Matt Wieters, C	75	258	24	69	14	1	8	25	21	67	.267	0
Tyler Wilson, P	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Mike Wright, P	12	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	0
Delmon Young, RF	52	174	20	47	6	0	2	16	4	29	.270	0

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; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Brad Brach	5	3	2.72	62	0	1	79.1	57	25	24	7	38	89
Zach Britton	4	1	1.92	64	0	36	65.2	51	16	14	3	14	79
César Cabral	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wei-Yin Chen	11	8	3.34	31	31	0	191.1	192	78	71	28	41	153
Oliver Drake	0	0	2.87	13	0	0	15.2	16	7	5	1	9	17
Jason Garcia	1	0	4.25	21	0	0	29.2	25	19	14	3	17	22
Kevin Gausman	4	7	4.25	25	17	0	112.1	109	56	53	17	29	103
Mychal Givens	2	0	1.80	22	0	0	30.0	20	7	6	1	6	38
Miguel González	9	12	4.91	26	26	0	144.2	151	81	79	24	51	109
Tommy Hunter	2	2	3.63	39	0	0	42.2	41	19	18	3	11	32
Ubaldo Jiménez	12	10	4.11	32	32	0	184.0	182	89	84	20	68	168
Steve Johnson	0	0	10.13	6	0	0	5.1	8	6	6	2	5	3
Brian Matusz	1	4	2.94	58	0	0	49.0	38	18	16	5	20	56
T. J. McFarland	2	2	4.91	30	0	0	40.1	52	26	22	4	18	26
Bud Norris	2	9	7.06	18	11	0	66.1	84	57	42	14	25	50
Darren O'Day	6	2	1.52	68	0	6	65.1	47	13	11	5	14	82
Chaz Roe	4	2	4.14	36	0	0	41.1	44	19	19	4	17	38
Jorge Rondón	0	1	7.43	8	0	0	13.1	20	15	11	3	6	8
Chris Tillman	11	11	4.99	31	31	0	173.0	176	97	96	20	64	120
Tyler Wilson	2	2	3.50	9	5	0	36.0	39	14	14	1	11	13
Mike Wright	3	5	6.04	12	9	0	44.2	52	30	30	9	18	26
Wesley Wright	0	0	5.40	2	0	0	1.2	2	1	1	0	0	0

Accolades[]

The following players represented the Orioles in the 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Zach Britton
• Adam Jones
• Manny Machado
• Darren O'Day

Manny Machado won the AL Rawlings Gold Glove Award

Roster[]

2015 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers 35 Brad Brach 53 Zach Britton 58 César Cabral 16 Wei-Yin Chen 71 Oliver Drake 61 Jason Garcia 39 Kevin Gausman 60 Mychal Givens 50 Miguel González 29 Tommy Hunter 31 Ubaldo Jiménez 52 Steve Johnson 17 Brian Matusz 66 T. J. McFarland 25 Bud Norris 56 Darren O'Day 65 Chaz Roe 57 Jorge Rondón 30 Chris Tillman 63 Tyler Wilson 59 Mike Wright 40 Wesley Wright		Catchers 45 Steve Clevenger 36 Caleb Joseph 60,34 Ryan Lavarnway 32 Matt Wieters Infielders  1 Everth Cabrera 19 Chris Davis  3 Ryan Flaherty  2 J. J. Hardy 15 Paul Janish 13 Manny Machado 43 Rey Navarro 38 Jimmy Paredes 41 Chris Parmelee  6 Jonathan Schoop 34 Christian Walker		Outfielders 12 Dariel Álvarez 12 Alejandro De Aza 10 Adam Jones 48 Junior Lake  9 David Lough 18 Gerardo Parra 28 Steve Pearce 14 Nolan Reimold 23 Travis Snider 51 Henry Urrutia 27 Delmon Young		Manager 26 Buck Showalter Coaches 72 Rudy Árias (bullpen catcher) 54 Dom Chiti (bullpen) 47 Scott Coolbaugh (hitting) 55 Einar Díaz (assistant hitting) 11 Bobby Dickerson (third base) 24 Wayne Kirby (first base) 77 John Russell (bench) 37 Dave Wallace (pitching)

Farm system[]

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Norfolk Tides	International League	Ron Johnson
AA	Bowie Baysox	Eastern League	Gary Kendall
A-Advanced	Frederick Keys	Carolina League	Orlando Gómez
A	Delmarva Shorebirds	South Atlantic League	Ryan Minor
A-Short Season	Aberdeen IronBirds	New York–Penn League	Luis Pujols
Rookie	GCL Orioles	Gulf Coast League	Orlando Gómez
Rookie	DSL Orioles 1 & 2	Dominican Summer League	Elvis Morel & Nelson Norman

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Bowie^[6]

References[]

External links[]

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