2015 Baltimore Orioles season

2015 Baltimore Orioles
2015 Baltimore Orioles
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
City	Baltimore, Maryland
Record	81–81 (.500)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Peter Angelos
General managers	Dan Duquette
Managers	Buck Showalter
Television	MASN; WJZ-TV (CBS 13); (Gary Thorne, Jim Palmer, Mike Bordick, Jim Hunter)
Radio	WJZ-FM; Baltimore Orioles Radio Network; (Joe Angel, Fred Manfra)

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 fourth 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 Jesse Beal, 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 Brad Duffy 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

Season highlights

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

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AL East
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Toronto Blue Jays	93	69	.574	—	53‍–‍28	40‍–‍41
New York Yankees	87	75	.537	6	45‍–‍36	42‍–‍39
Baltimore Orioles	81	81	.500	12	47‍–‍31	34‍–‍50
Tampa Bay Rays	80	82	.494	13	42‍–‍42	38‍–‍40
Boston Red Sox	78	84	.481	15	43‍–‍38	35‍–‍46

American League Wild Card

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Division Leaders
Team	W	L	Pct.
Kansas City Royals	95	67	.586
Toronto Blue Jays	93	69	.574
Texas Rangers	88	74	.543

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Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	87	75	.537	+1
Houston Astros	86	76	.531	—
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	85	77	.525	1
Minnesota Twins	83	79	.512	3
Cleveland Indians	81	80	.503	4½
Baltimore Orioles	81	81	.500	5
Tampa Bay Rays	80	82	.494	6
Boston Red Sox	78	84	.481	8
Chicago White Sox	76	86	.469	10
Seattle Mariners	76	86	.469	10
Detroit Tigers	74	87	.460	11½
Oakland Athletics	68	94	.420	18

Record vs. Opponents

2015 American League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2015
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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

^ ^a ^b ^c Games moved to Tropicana Field for safety concerns due to the 2015 Baltimore riots.
^ ^a ^b Single-Admission Doubleheader
^ ^a ^b Single-Admission Doubleheader

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
Team Totals	162	5485	713	1370	246	20	217	686	418	1331	.250	44

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
Team Totals	81	81	4.05	162	162	43	1434.2	1406	693	646	174	483	1233

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

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

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

^ "MLB Transactions". MLB.com. MLB.com. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
^ White Sox-Orioles game postponed – ESPN.com. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
^ Encina, Eduardo. "Orioles postpone tonight's game against White Sox". baltimoresun.com. The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
^ Allen, Scott. "15 questions about the Orioles-White Sox game that no fans can attend". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
^ Encina, Eduardo. "O's make unprecedented scheduling changes following riots". baltimoresun.com. The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
^ Leventhal, Josh, ed. (2015). Baseball America 2016 Almanac. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-60-2.

External links

2015 Baltimore Orioles season at Official site Archived June 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
2015 Baltimore Orioles season at Baseball Reference

[fn1-6] Games moved to Tropicana Field for safety concerns due to the 2015 Baltimore riots.

[fn2-7] Single-Admission Doubleheader

[fn3-8] Single-Admission Doubleheader

[1] "MLB Transactions". MLB.com. MLB.com. Retrieved February 4, 2015.

[2] White Sox-Orioles game postponed – ESPN.com. Retrieved April 27, 2015.

[3] Encina, Eduardo. "Orioles postpone tonight's game against White Sox". baltimoresun.com. The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved April 28, 2015.

[4] Allen, Scott. "15 questions about the Orioles-White Sox game that no fans can attend". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved April 29, 2015.

[Sun2015-5] Encina, Eduardo. "O's make unprecedented scheduling changes following riots". baltimoresun.com. The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved April 28, 2015.

[9] Leventhal, Josh, ed. (2015). Baseball America 2016 Almanac. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-60-2.

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