The Oriole Killer Hall of Fame

[Number5]

I was thinking of Harmon Killebrew.  He seemed to kill us.  I don't know about labeling him as an Oriole killer, though, because he pretty much killed everybody.  

[ChrisP]

19 minutes ago, JR Oriole said:

There is a little section called "Splits" on Baseball Reference on each player's page.  I go there, choose Career, and then scroll down towards the section where they have numbers against teams. 

And yes, Frank Thomas destroyed Mussina.  Literally from his first game in the majors I think (Mussina's). 

 

6 minutes ago, Aglets said:

Pretty impressive assuming you didn't look this up. 

Mussina's first career start was on August 4, 1991 against the White Sox.

We lost 1-0..........Mussina went 7.2 IP, allowing only 4 hits...........but 3 of them were to the Big Hurt.  1 being a solo HR.

Thanks for the "Splits" and for backing up my memories.

[JR Oriole]

I didn't look up the Mussina thing.  But I am 43 and I was 16 when he came into the league.  I remember Thomas homering off of him in that game and I was pretty sure it was his debut.  I didn't remember him having 3 hits.  I remember thinking that we lost because of Thomas.  But I also remember Wilson Alvarez no-hitting us that summer....because another Oriole killer, Lance Johnson, laid out for a catch.

The Thomas-Mussina thing may have been the first time I really started thinking about players who regardless of how good or bad they were against the rest of the league just seemed to own us.  It was really annoying to me because I couldn't understand why we kept pitching to these hitters when it was clear that they just owned our entire team.  Then with guys like Moyer and Pettitte, it really got to me.  They were good, but they were just that much better against us. 

[Gofannon]

John Wockenfuss.  14 HR against the Orioles, no more than 8 against any other team.  He also used to do this thing at the plate where he would kind of wave at the pitcher as the pitch was about to come in.  In the O's case, he was waving the ball goodbye.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.fcgi?id=wockejo01&year=Career&t=b

 

[Hank Scorpio]

Josh Reddick

[foxfield]

In no particular order....and because I don't believe any of these are named.

Derek Jeter

Jeffrey Maier

Peter Angelos

 

[JR Oriole]

Yes on Reddick (52 game sample size against us):

162-game avg. against non-Os opponents: BA .258, HR 19, RBI 74

162-game avg. against Os: BA .343, HR 31, RBI 97

That one made me laugh.  How ridiculous that a guy hits 85 bps higher against us versus the rest of the majors.

[Hank Scorpio]

 

4 minutes ago, JR Oriole said:

Yes on Reddick (52 game sample size against us):

162-game avg. against non-Os opponents: BA .258, HR 19, RBI 74

162-game avg. against Os: BA .343, HR 31, RBI 97

That one made me laugh.  How ridiculous that a guy hits 85 bps higher against us versus the rest of the majors.

Now THAT is ridiculous.

 

[Orioles1954]

Coco Crisp?

[Moose Milligan]

44 minutes ago, JR Oriole said:

Yes on Reddick (52 game sample size against us):

162-game avg. against non-Os opponents: BA .258, HR 19, RBI 74

162-game avg. against Os: BA .343, HR 31, RBI 97

That one made me laugh.  How ridiculous that a guy hits 85 bps higher against us versus the rest of the majors.

Well, thats what our terrible pitching does.  Makes slightly above average players look like all-stars when they play us.

[weams]

3 hours ago, LocoChris said:

This would have to be comprised of players that weren’t that good against anyone else. Like Michael Saunders. 

Didn't he hit four in two days once? In Baltimore. 

[weams]

Josh Hamilton. Pre Matusz. 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

Albert Belle as an opponent.... and as an Oriole.  

[gmelson26]

George Steinbrenner.. I kid, but sort of.

In all seriousness, I want to nominate future Manny Machado.

[Can_of_corn]

13 minutes ago, gmelson26 said:

George Steinbrenner.. I kid, but sort of.

In all seriousness, I want to nominate future Manny Machado.

I think Cashman had a lot more to do with it.