Steve Pearce had a great season last year. By any measure, he jumped out of the journeyman, replacement-level player group and turned in one of the best performances of the season and, if not for someone named Nelson Cruz, may have been the Most Valuable Oriole. Just take a look at these numbers (stats taken from Baseball Reference):
| G | PA | HR | BA | OPS | bWAR |
| ‘07-’13 | 290 | 847 | 17 | . |