Light Up the Warehouse

Reading the windows

Each window is one Orioles game. The four panes tell you what kind of game it was. Bright gold means the team excelled, dim amber means average, and dark means a struggle. When all four panes light up at once, the whole window glows.

Each pane combines several stats into one composite score, calibrated so that a league-average performance sits right in the middle. Hover or tap any window for the full box score breakdown.

What the windows tell you

Look at any season and the first thing you'll notice is how much the balance shifts from year to year. The 2023 windows are anchored by fielding and bullpen, with the bottom row glowing consistently. By 2026, that foundation has cracked so far (mainly because of fielding). Toggle between seasons and you can watch the team's identity and consistency change in real time, one pane at a time.

The top-left pane, batting, is the hardest to light up. That's true of every team, not just the Orioles. Putting together a complete offensive game (runs, hits, extra-base power, and clutch hitting with runners on) is genuinely difficult. Even the 101-win 2023 squad only managed it about once every four games.

Toggle between seasons and you can see the roster evolve through the glass. The 2023 team had the brightest fielding row in the dataset. As players moved on and the defense turned over, those panes dimmed. The rotation tells a similar story. A deep staff fills the top-right corner more consistently; a thin one leaves it dark in stretches.

The most revealing pattern might be the simplest one: wins and losses look completely different. In a win, most of the panes are pulling their weight. In a loss, at least one or two have gone dark. You don't need a perfect window to win a baseball game, but you do need most of the light. The games where all four panes glow at once are uncommon, roughly once or twice a month for a good team, and they tend to be the kind of dominant performances you remember.

How the grades work

Each pane is graded on a 0–100 composite score that blends several box score stats into a single number. The weights are calibrated against 2025 MLB league averages so that a typical big-league game lands right in the middle. A score of 55 or above lights the pane up, 30–54 is average, and below 30 means a struggle.

All grades are calculated automatically from MLB box score data. A perfect window means all four panes scored 55+ in the same game, a dominant performance across the board.