Baltimore Orioles vs Tampa Bay Rays All-Time Record

AL East rivalry
Baltimore Orioles
Tampa Bay Rays
Rays lead Orioles251to240since 1998

Retrosheet history through 2025, plus 13 final games from the current feed.

2026 season series: Orioles lead 8-5

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At a glance

All-time since 1998 · current-feed analysis, 2002 to 2026

Baltimore Orioles vs Tampa Bay Rays insights

Current-feed record
+11wins for Rays
51% Rays · 49% Orioles

Orioles have closed the gap since the 2023 schedule change: 32-20.

Recent form
12-8last 20

Rays won 3-1 on Aug 23, 2026

Where it matters
0Postseason games

No postseason meetings since 2002.

Schedule context
  • Rays built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 203 of 383 decided meetings (53%).
  • Since the schedule balanced out they are 20-32, or 38% to Rays.

Orioles vs Rays complete all-time series record

Baltimore Orioles and Tampa Bay Rays have met 491 times since 1998, never in the postseason. 56 meetings predate the current feed, which adds game-level detail from 2002.

History span
1998 to 2026
First and latest meeting
Before 2002
56
Meetings from the Retrosheet game logs
Since 2002
435
Meetings with game-level detail below
Win Percentage
212W
223W
BAL
TB
49%51%
Baltimore OriolesTampa Bay Rays

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
Aug 23
BAL 1-3 TB
TB
Aug 22
BAL 3-2 TB
BAL
Aug 21
BAL 5-3 TB
BAL
Aug 17
TB 7-6 BAL
TB
Aug 16
TB 2-10 BAL
BAL
Aug 15
TB 3-4 BAL
BAL
Aug 14
TB 5-6 BAL
BAL
May 27
BAL 11-2 TB
BAL
May 26
BAL 6-1 TB
BAL
May 25
BAL 9-7 TB
BAL
Last Meeting
Aug 23, 2026Final
BAL
1
HOME
TB
3
AWAY
Rayswon by2runs
Snapped Orioles' streak·Game 435 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Tampa Bay Rays won the most recent meeting
1
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 3.4 runs on average
3.4runs
Momentum (Last 10 vs Archive since 2002)
BAL↑Trending Up
Last 1080%
Archive since 200248.7%
TB↓Trending Down
Last 1020%
Archive since 200251.3%
Last 10 Results
BAL / TB

Record since 2002

Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season435 games
212
223
No postseason meetings appear since 2002.
Baltimore Orioles Biggest Win
17–1+16 runs
May 13, 2018
Tampa Bay Rays Biggest Win
17–2+15 runs
Sep 5, 2007
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
Season ↓BAL ↕TB ↕Games ↕
20268513
20257613
20249413
20238513
202291019
202111819
20204610
201971219
201881119
201781119
201613619
201510919
201412719
201361319
201210818
20119918
201071118
200981018
200831518
200711718
200613619
200512618
200411819
200381119
200210919

All 25 seasons are shown in the table above.

Home / Away Split
118-101BAL HOME122-94TB HOME
AWAY
94-122
BAL
AWAY
101-118
TB
Retrosheet archiveComplete through 2025

Baltimore Orioles vs Tampa Bay Rays all-time record, 1998 to 2025

Explore how this matchup changed by decade, where each lineup produced its runs, and the games that pushed the rivalry record book. This archive is a separate source window from the current-feed sections above, which start in 2002.

Games
478
Peak inning
4
Record game
30 runs
Two source windows. Current-feed sections: 435 games from 2002 to 2026. History Lab: 478 Retrosheet games from 1998 to 2025. The first refreshes with current finals; Retrosheet's published archive currently ends in 2025.

Decade balance

Select an era to inspect pace, scoring and attendance.

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Open source archive

Betting Context

Betting context since 2002

How this pairing has settled: run margins, totals and break-even prices derived from its historical record. These are final-score frequencies, not results against a closing line. We do not hold historical sportsbook prices for these games.

One-run games
27.1%

Share of the 435 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.

Won by 2 or more
72.9%

A 2+ run margin crosses 1.5, but this is not a historical line result. Average gap: 3.4.

Average total
9.2runs

Final-score average without accounting for park, bullpen or weather.

Home side wins
55.2%

Share of decided meetings won by the listed home team.

Totals ladder

Where the combined score landed against the half-run lines a book normally posts. Half runs cannot push, so every meeting falls on one side.

LineOverUnderOver rate
7.5260175
59.8%
8.5Closest to even225210
51.7%
9.5174261
40%

Fair price from the base rate

The decimal price that corresponds exactly to each club's win share in this archive. It describes the record and does not estimate the next game.

Tampa Bay Rays
223 W · 51.3%1.95
Baltimore Orioles
212 W · 48.7%2.05

A base rate is not a forecast. Starting pitchers, lineups, injuries and venue all matter more to a single game than a multi-season head-to-head record.

Last 20 meetings vs full history

One-run games
30%vs 27.1% full archive
+2.9% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
70%vs 72.9% full archive
-2.9% in the last 20
Average total
9.5 runsvs 9.2 runs full archive
+0.3 runs in the last 20

Seasons 2025 to 2026. The comparison shows whether the last 20 final scores differ from the longer archive, without assigning a cause or predicting what comes next.

View the break-even percentages in another odds format with the odds converter, or compare current prices for Rays and Orioles in the oddsmatcher.

Questions about this record: Baltimore Orioles vs Tampa Bay Rays

How do recent Baltimore Orioles vs Tampa Bay Rays results compare with the complete record?

Baltimore Orioles have won 8 of the latest 10 decided meetings. Tampa Bay Rays lead the decided record 251-240. The recent window is a subset of the complete series from 1998 through 2026, so the page reports the two separately.

When did the Baltimore Orioles and Tampa Bay Rays first play each other?

The Retrosheet archive's first recorded meeting for this pairing is May 8, 1998, when Baltimore Orioles won 8-2 away to Tampa Bay Rays. The archive covers 478 meetings from 1998 through 2025. The current feed starts in 2002 and is reported separately.

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Methodology & Data Sources

Current MLB game logs come from the balldontlie API and cover the 2002 season onward. Scores and schedule anomalies are checked against the official MLB Stats API. Spring training is excluded, while results from earlier franchise identities are merged into the current club.

The all-time record and the History Lab use Retrosheet game logs through 2025, with inning lines, team totals, attendance, duration and ballpark fields when available. Final games after 2025 come from the current feed, and every section built on that feed alone is labeled as starting in 2002.

The betting context summarizes completed final scores only. It contains no sportsbook closing lines and summarizes only completed games. Report a possible error through our contact page with the matchup and game date.

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Last updated Sources: balldontlie, MLB Stats API, Retrosheet

Baltimore Orioles and Tampa Bay Rays have met 435 times in this archive, which covers the 2002 season onward.