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A Look Back at the Tides 2022 Season

Henderson, Westburg Promoted to Triple-A Norfolk

October 5, 2022 – International League (IL)Norfolk Tides News Release

Season In Review: The Tides finished the season with a 74-76 record, placing them seventh in the International League East Division. It was Norfolk’s best record since 2015 when they went 78-66. They went 37-38 both at Harbor Park and on the road. Norfolk’s series record was 7-11-8. Norfolk started hot going 11-5, finishing April at 12-11, and then finished hot with a 16-10 record in September. Between April 23 and August 27, the Tides had the second-worst record in the International League (44-61).


Record-Breaking Transactions: The Tides came up one player short of the roster size franchise record in 2022, having 83 different players appear on the roster. Only two of those players did not play for the Tides (INF Mason McCoy and 1B Jesús Aguilar). Prior to the Tides breaking the roster size record last season (84), the previous high was 75 players on the roster in 2012 which set the International League record for a roster size at the time. The Tides recorded a franchise record 314 roster moves during the 2022 season, surpassing the previous mark of 262 set in 2021. That record has been broken in four of the last five seasons.

Offensive Team Records Set: With the season extending to a franchise-long 150 games this season, the Tides broke numerous team records. The offense boasted it’s most offense production it has ever had, scoring 800 runs (1987, 725) to average 5.33 runs per game (1987, 5.18). The production came in large part to the Tides getting on base frequently, ranking fourth in the International League in on-base percentage (.344). It set the highest on-base percentage as an Orioles affiliate (2019, .337) and was the highest since 1999 (.349). The Tides also crushed the franchise record in walks (663), beating 1973 (587), and hit-by-pitches (106), beating 2021 (63). The Tides also broke the single-season home run record with 175, topping 1971’s 151. The final offensive record broken was the 138 stolen bags, breaking the Oriole’s affiliate franchise record (2009, 132) and were the most since the 178 in 2003.

Keep It 100: Throughout the season, the Tides had six different players ranked in the Top 100 prospect rankings by MLB.com. Highlighting the Top 100 were Adley Rutschman and Grayson Rodriguez, who pitched and caught each other three times (May 7, 12, 17). Adley was ranked the #1 prospect for a short time prior to graduating from the list, while Grayson was the…

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