After sweeping the Twins once again in the ALCS, the Orioles won the 1970 World Series by defeating the Cincinnati Reds ' Big Red Machine in five games.

These 1969 Twins won the very first American League Western Division Championship, but they lost to the Baltimore Orioles in the first American League Championship Series.

This same situation was also repeated during their 1970 season, with the Twins winning the Western Division behind the star pitching of Jim Perry ( 24-12 ) and the Orioles winning the Eastern Division Championship behind the star pitching of Jim Palmer.

On July 16, the Twins defeated the Baltimore Orioles 19-7, the most runs scored in the short history of Target Field.

* Sidney Ponson, former starting pitcher for the Orioles, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins Texas Rangers, and Kansas City Royals ; knighted by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands

During a game against the Orioles, Twins third baseman Rich Rollins made a poor throw to first and while trying to save the play, Killebrew collided with the runner and dislocated his elbow, putting him out of action until mid-September.

The Twins again faced Powell and the Orioles in the 1970 American League Championship Series, a rematch of the previous season.

In his honor, the Twins held a Harmon Killebrew Day in August, where it was announced that they would retire his number ; Killebrew responded by leading the Twins to a 5 – 4 victory over the Orioles.

The Red Wings were an affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals for 32 years ( 1929 – 1960 ), then spent 42 years ( 1961 – 2002 ) as a farm club of the Baltimore Orioles before changing to the Twins in 2003.

The Red Wings ' affiliation with the Orioles came to an end when it signed a working agreement with the Minnesota Twins on September 17, 2002.

This was Cuellar's only appearance in this series while the Orioles were sweeping the Twins three games to none.

Once again, the Orioles swept the American League Championship Series in 1970 over the Minnesota Twins, three games to none.

* Mark Brown 1977 – Major League Baseball pitcher, Baltimore Orioles ( 1984 ) and Minnesota Twins ( 1985 )

Greggory Olson ( born October 11, 1966 in Scribner, Nebraska ) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played with the Baltimore Orioles ( 1988 – 93 ), Atlanta Braves ( 1994 ), Cleveland Indians ( 1995 ), Kansas City Royals ( 1995, 1997 ), Detroit Tigers ( 1996 ), Houston Astros ( 1996 ), Minnesota Twins ( 1997 ), Arizona Diamondbacks ( 1998 – 99 ) and Los Angeles Dodgers ( 2000 – 01 ).

Lee MacPhail's son Andy was general manager of the Minnesota Twins from 1986 – 1994 and president / CEO of the Chicago Cubs from 1994 – 2006, and served as the president / baseball operations for the Baltimore Orioles from 2007 – 2011.

He played for the Minnesota Twins ( 1995 – 1999 ), Toronto Blue Jays ( 2000 ), Cleveland Indians ( 2001 ) and Baltimore Orioles ( 2002 – 2003 ).

In 2007, Surhoff was elected to the Orioles Hall of Fame, with the official induction ceremony occurring before the start of the Orioles – Twins game on August 25, 2007, at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

He retired in 2003 after having been with the Mets, Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Brewers, Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Padres, New York Yankees, and Minnesota Twins.

Former Nova High School players to see game time with a Major League Baseball team include Doug Johns ( Baltimore Orioles ) ( Oakland Athletics ), Harry Chappas ( Chicago White Sox ), Michael Morse ( Washington Nationals ), Jeff Fiorentino ( Baltimore Orioles ), and Anthony Swarzak ( Minnesota Twins ).

It featured the Baltimore Orioles vs. the Minnesota Twins, with the Orioles winning the series 3 – 0 and advancing to the 1969 World Series, where they would lose to the New York Mets in five games.

Although he would go on to have back-to-back 17-win seasons for the Chicago Cubs in 1971 and 1972, including a no-hitter in the latter season, this did not help the Reds, who ended up losing the 1970 World Series to Robinson and the Orioles.

His Orioles would easily sweep the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1966 World Series.

The Orioles would finish second in the American League.

This would only be a prelude to 1969, when the Orioles won 109 games and easily won the newly-created American League East division title.

After defeating the young Oakland A's in the ALCS, the Orioles would lose a heartbreaking seven-game World Series to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Orioles would miss the playoffs in 1972, but rebounded to win the division in 1973 and 1974.

Although Williams would hit 63 home runs in two seasons with Atlanta, he would only hit 36 homers in two seasons with the Orioles.

Altobelli would lead the Orioles to 98 wins and a division title thanks to MVP Cal Ripken, Jr ..

The Orioles would also fall in the nightcap, 9 – 7.

The Orioles won their 81st game on September 13, ending the streak of 14 straight years with a losing record, as well as ensuring that the team would spend the entire year with a record of. 500 or higher.

That trade would become even more important on the final game of the regular season between the Brewers and the Baltimore Orioles, with both teams tied for first place in the AL East.

The Phillies made the playoffs twice more in the 1980s after their Series win, in 1981 and 1983, where they lost to the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series, but they would soon follow these near-misses with a rapid drop back into the basement of the National League.

From there, they went on to defeat the power-laden New York Yankees in a seven-game Series, during which Clemente batted. 310, hitting safely at least once in every game ( exactly one half of a streak which would be completed much more resoundingly eleven years later in The Great One's signature Series, i. e. the Pirates ' 1971, come-from-behind, seven-game victory over the Baltimore Orioles ).

His managing career would go on to include Cleveland ( 1975 – 1977 ); the San Francisco Giants ( 1981 – 1984 ); the Orioles ( 1988 – 1991 ); and the Montreal Expos / Washington Nationals franchise ( 2002 – 2006 ).

With the coming of free agency after the 1976 season, and with team owner Finley unwilling to pay the higher salary that Jackson would ask for, Jackson was traded on April 2, 1976 along with minor leaguer Bill VanBommell and Ken Holtzman to the Baltimore Orioles for Don Baylor, Mike Torrez, and Paul Mitchell.

After the 1971 season, McLain was traded to the Oakland Athletics for journeyman pitcher Jim Panther and prospect Don Stanhouse ( who would go on to have a few good years as the Baltimore Orioles ' closer in the late 1970s ).

The Baltimore entry sold their facility to the Baltimore Orioles of the International League, who renamed it Oriole Park and played there for nearly 30 years before it was destroyed by fire in 1944, a seemingly disastrous event that would actually begin the path toward Baltimore's return to the major leagues 10 years afterward.

With Ned Hanlon's Baltimore Orioles he perfected the " Baltimore Chop ," in which he would chop the ball into the ground hard enough for it to bounce so high he could reach base before the fielder could throw the ball to first.

* During the month of September, 1980, Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver inserted a pitcher into the DH slot but would use a hitting specialist ( such as Benny Ayala or Terry Crowley ) to pinch-hit when the designated hitter's first turn came up.

His rivalry with Luciano was legendary, to the point where the AL rearranged umpiring schedules for an entire year so that Luciano would not work Orioles games.

While managing the Orioles, Weaver hosted a radio show called " Manager's Corner " with Baltimore Oriole play by play announcer Tom Marr in which he would give his views on baseball and answer questions from fans.

As a pitching coach for the Baltimore Orioles, Bamberger would teach his famed pitch, " The Staten Island Sinker ".

A high-minor league franchise in the Eastern League filled the void left by the Orioles in 1903, including local product and future baseball icon Babe Ruth, but top-level professional baseball would not return to Baltimore until the St. Louis Browns relocated to the city in.