On May 6, the Orioles played a 17-inning game against the Boston Red Sox, the first game since 1925 in which both teams used a position player as a pitcher.

* August 6 – Jim Hardin, former Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves pitcher ( d. 1991 )

* Johnny Temple, 6 time All-Star and former MLB 2nd Baseman for the Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Baltimore Orioles, and Houston Colt. 45s

The ballpark opened on April 6, with the Orioles hosting the Cleveland Indians.

* On May 6, 2012, with the game tied in the 16th inning and with only starters in the bullpen, the Baltimore Orioles elected to use DH Chris Davis as a pitcher against the Boston Red Sox, thus forfeiting their right to a DH.

He was pinch hit for by José Cruz in the Yankees ' 8 – 6 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.

In 2007, two teams — the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Baltimore Orioles played 6 games with more than one interleague opponent.

Anderson still ranks among the top ten in Orioles career batting leaders for games ( 1759 ), at-bats ( 6, 271 ), runs ( 1, 044 ), total bases ( 2, 698 ), hits ( 1, 614 ), doubles ( 329 ), triples ( 64 ), home runs ( 209 ), RBI ( 744 ), extra base hits ( 602 ), stolen bases ( 307 ), and walks ( 927 ).

Mark Henry Belanger ( June 8, 1944 – October 6, 1998 ) was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball who played almost his entire career with the Baltimore Orioles.

On September 6, 1996, he hit his 500th career home run — fittingly, the home run came as a member of the Orioles, and also came exactly one year to the day that Ripken had broken Lou Gehrig's streak of 2, 130 consecutive games played.

When the Orioles played their last game there on October 6, 1991, Robinson and Unitas were invited to throw out the ceremonial first balls.

Four days later, he had three hits, two home runs, and four RBI in a 12-inning, 10 – 6 loss to the Orioles.

On September 30, he had two hits and hit a three-run home run against John Maine in a 7 – 6 loss to the Orioles.

That game, a 7 – 6 loss to the Baltimore Orioles, was the first time that he played a position other than catcher in his 1, 914 Major League games.

Leonardo Jesús Hernández ( born November 6, 1959 ), commonly known as Leo Hernandez ( er-NAN-dez ), is a former Major League Baseball third baseman and right-handed batter who played for the Baltimore Orioles ( 1982 – 83, 1985 ) and New York Yankees ( 1986 ).

Matt Kilroy pitched a no-hitter for the Orioles on October 6, 1886.

Nevertheless, Cuellar did not pitch long enough to earn a win in the championship series, since the Orioles manager, Earl Weaver, removed Cuellar from Game 1 during the fifth inning even though the Orioles had a 9 – 6 lead.

On August 17 at Detroit, Mora went 5-for-6 with two doubles, 2 home runs, 4 runs scored and 6 RBIs during a 16 – 8 Orioles win.

On June 6, he had four hits and four RBIs, including a game-winning three-run double against Jorge Julio, as the Cardinals beat the Baltimore Orioles 8 – 6.

Julio's first season in the majors was 2001 with the Orioles, in which he compiled a record of 1 win and 1 loss with a 3. 80 ERA in 21. 1 innings pitched ; however, Julio's first full season in the majors was 2002, in which he went 5 – 6, posting a 1. 99 ERA with 25 saves and 55 strikeouts in 68 innings.

He was suspended for the first 15 games of the 2008 season on December 6, 2007, and performed so poorly in 2008 spring training that the Orioles cut him even though he was owed nearly $ 12 million for the last two years of his contract.

Willie Larry Randolph ( born July 6, 1954 ) is a former Major League Baseball second baseman and manager, most recently the third base coach for the Baltimore Orioles.

The Orioles name had been used by previous major league baseball clubs in Baltimore, including the American League Baltimore Orioles franchise from 1901 – 1902 that became the New York Yankees and the National League Baltimore Orioles.

The Orioles experienced their greatest success from 1964 – 1983, as well as 1996-1997, winning eight Division Championships ( 1969 – 1971, 1973 – 1974, 1979, 1983, 1997 ), six pennants ( 1966, 1969 – 1971, 1979, 1983 ), three World Series Championships ( 1966, 1970, 1983 ), one wild card berth ( 1996 ), and five Most Valuable Player awards ( 3B Brooks Robinson 1964, OF Frank Robinson 1966, 1B Boog Powell 1970 and SS Cal Ripken Jr. 1983 & 1991 ).

As a member of the high-minor league level International League, the Orioles competed at what is now known as the AAA level from 1903 – 1953.

For the remainder of the 1950s, the Orioles crawled up the standings, reaching as high as fifth place with a 76 – 76 record in 1957.

A year earlier, he succeeded in establishing the Orioles as a legitimate contender when they stood atop the AL standings as late as early September before finishing in second place at 89 – 65.

This period included eighteen consecutive winning seasons ( 1968 – 1985 ) -- an unprecedented run of success that saw the Orioles become the envy of the league, and the winningest team in baseball.

Facing the Texas Rangers in a doubleheader at Camden Yards on August 22, the Orioles surrendered 30 runs in the first game-a modern-era record for a single game-in a 30 – 3 defeat.

The Orioles led the game 3 – 0 after three innings of play.

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

On June 30, 2009, the Orioles rallied to score 10 runs against Boston Red Sox after facing a 10 – 1 deficit in the 7th inning, winning the game by 11 – 10, setting a Major League Baseball record for the largest comeback by a last-place team over a first-place team.

The Orioles then went 2 – 16 to begin the season, one of the worst openings in MLB history.

Of the eight original American League teams, the Orioles were the last of the eight to win the World Series, doing so in 1966 with its four – game sweep of the heavily favored Los Angeles Dodgers.

* 1961 – Jim Gentile of the Baltimore Orioles becomes the first player in baseball history to hit grand slams in consecutive innings.

On that day, Nieves became the first ( and so far, only ) Brewer and first Puerto Rican-born Major Leaguer to pitch a no-hitter, defeating the Baltimore Orioles 7 – 0 at Memorial Stadium.

* 1995 – Cal Ripken Jr of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2, 131st consecutive game, breaking a record that stood for 56 years.

Three days later, the 22nd, in the first game of a doubleheader at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, the Rangers ' bats came alive with a modern record for runs by one team, defeating the Baltimore Orioles 30 – 3.

* October 16 – The " miracle " New York Mets win the World Series, beating the heavily favored Baltimore Orioles 4 games to 1.

-- The Orioles tonight retained the distinction of being the only winless team among the eighteen Major-League clubs as they dropped their sixth straight spring exhibition decision, this one to the Kansas City Athletics by a score of 5 to 3.

** The Baltimore Orioles defeat the Cincinnati Reds in Game 5 of the World Series, 9 – 3, to win the series 4 games to 1 for their 2nd World Championship.

In the Orioles ' four-game sweep of the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers, Robinson hit two home runs — in Game One, which Baltimore won 5 – 2, and in Game Four, the only run of the game in a 1 – 0 series-clinching victory.

* 1970 ( Orioles – Reds )-Games 1-4 were preserved by the CBC on kinescope, while Game 5 exists on its original color videotape from the " truck feed ".

In 1973, Baltimore Orioles third baseman Brooks Robinson started two 5 – 4 – 3 triple plays: one on July 7 against the Oakland Athletics ' Gene Tenace, and one on September 20 against the Tigers ' Frank Howard.

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.

That night ( before a national viewing audience on ABC's Monday Night Baseball ) the Yankees beat the Orioles 5 – 4 in New York, with Murcer driving in all five runs with a three-run home run in the seventh inning and a two-run single in the bottom of the ninth.

On July 5, the Orioles released Whitt.

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At the conclusion of his final season in 1977, his jersey number 5 was retired by the Orioles.

On July 22, he hit the first grand slam of his career, a game-winning home run against Bruce Chen in a 7 – 5 victory over the Orioles.

He returned to the Yankees on June 5, 2002 and recorded his first hit, a double, against the Baltimore Orioles.

Before the 2006 season, Hernández signed a $ 27. 5 million, four-year contract to play for the Baltimore Orioles.

After playing in minor league baseball for the Pirates through 2003, the Baltimore Orioles selected Bautista in the Rule 5 Draft, and carried him on their Opening Day roster.

Javier López Torres ( born November 5, 1970 ) is a Puerto Rican former catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Atlanta Braves ( 1992 – 2003 ), Baltimore Orioles ( 2004 – 2006 ) and Boston Red Sox ( 2006 ).

On September 8, 2012, in the top of the ninth inning of a game between the New York Yankees against the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards, the Orioles were clinging to a 5 – 4 lead with one out and runners on first and third when Mark Texeira came to bat.

Boyd was out in 1955, and at the end of the season, he was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles from St. Louis in the 1955 rule 5 draft.

After the 2000 season, he was picked up by the Baltimore Orioles in the Rule 5 draft.

His senior year in 1990 was his best, finishing 14 – 5 with a 0. 99 ERA before being drafted again by the Baltimore Orioles, this time as a first round pick ( 20th overall ).

* Officials cancelled three Baltimore Orioles games, resulting in a $ 5 million loss to the team.

With the Mets leading 5 – 3 in the ninth inning, Orioles second baseman Davey Johnson lifted a lazy fly ball which Jones caught to win the World Series.

While with the Orioles, he initially struggled, collecting a 5. 66 ERA in and faltering in the postseason frequently.