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Baltimore Orioles History: Top 5 Orioles All-Time Leaders in Wins

By Christopher Church

5 Oct 1997: Pitcher Mike Mussina of the Baltimore Orioles throws the ball during a game against the Seattle Mariners at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland. The Orioles won the game, 3-1.
5 Oct 1997: Pitcher Mike Mussina of the Baltimore Orioles throws the ball during a game against the Seattle Mariners at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland. The Orioles won the game, 3-1. /
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11 Apr 1998: Pitcher Mike Mussina of the Baltimore Orioles in action during the Orioles 2-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers at Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Laforet /Allsport
11 Apr 1998: Pitcher Mike Mussina of the Baltimore Orioles in action during the Orioles 2-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers at Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Laforet /Allsport /

3. Mike Mussina, 147 Wins

Former Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Mike “Moose” Mussina comes in at No. 3 on the Orioles all-time list for wins. The right-handed pitcher spent 18 memorable MLB seasons, 10 with the O’s and eight with the New York Yankees. Mussina was a member of the 1997 Baltimore Orioles team, one of the last memorable seasons before the decades of losing seasons unraveled.

The Orioles drafted Mussina not once, but twice, first in the 1987 MLB draft and a few years later in the 1990 MLB draft out of Standford University. Shortly after making his MLB debut in 1991, Mussina quickly grew into an All-Star the following season. However, this was just the beginning of three consecutive All-Star appearances.

The 1997 season featured a powerful rotation of Mussina, Scott Erickson and Jimmy Key to help the Orioles advance to the American League Championship Series against the Cleveland Indians. Mussina recorded 15 strikeouts to set a League Championship Series record in a captivating performance.

Above all, Mussina awaits his call to the National Baseball Hall of Fame as he enters his fifth year on the ballot. As part of the 2018 Hall of Fame Ballot, Mussina’s next chance comes later this month as Cooperstown announces the voting results on Jan. 24.

According to Ryan Thibodaux’s crucial  Baseball Hall of Fame Tracker, which collects all the public ballots, Mussina 72.8 percent of the votes, just shy of the 75 percent qualification a player needs in order to be elected into the HOF.

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One notable Hall of Fame Mussina belongs to is the Baltimore Orioles. Mussina, along with Rich Dauer and Walter Youse, were inducted into the 2012 Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame.

Although Mussina currently sits No. 3 on the Orioles all-time wins list, he collected 270 wins in his captivating MLB career, two more career wins than the great Jim Palmer (268 wins). Furthermore, Mussina is fifth all-time for AL strikeouts with 2,813, also more than Palmer’s 2,212 strikeouts. Now tell me that isn’t Hall of Fame worthy?

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