The Orioles have had some good offenses in the past twenty-some years. Looking all the way back to the wire-to-wire 1997 season, it’s the pitching that has really been the team’s Achilles heel since the success of the late ‘90s teams.
Going back further to 1971 provides the shining example of a stellar Orioles pitching staff. That was the year that four starters — Jim Palmer, Dave McNally, Mike Cuellar and Pat Dobson — all won at least 20 games.
The Orioles’ greatest homegrown pitcher since then and up to now is Mike Mussina. He pitched the first 10 years of his career in Baltimore — with a record of 147-81, a 3.