The " No Name Orioles ", along with Rookie of the Year Eddie Murray, won 97 games and finished tied for second place with Boston.

The Orioles finished 69-93 to finish with yet another losing season.

The next season, Milwaukee won 95 games and finished second in the East behind the Baltimore Orioles on the strength of their home run power, led by Oglivie ( who led the league in homers in 1980 along with Reggie Jackson ), Cooper, and Thomas ( who hit a then club-record 45 home runs in 1979, since broken by Prince Fielder, who hit 50 homers in 2007 ).

The team never finished better than second to last until the 1969 " Miracle Mets " beat the Baltimore Orioles in the 1969 World Series in what is considered one of the biggest upsets in World Series history.

Sosa finished his career with brief stints with the Baltimore Orioles and the Texas Rangers.

Both his new team, the Orioles, and his former team, the Athletics, finished second in their respective divisions.

The Tigers became a winning club almost immediately, finishing above. 500 in each of Sparky's first three full seasons, but did not get into contention until, when they won 92 games and finished second to the Baltimore Orioles in the American League East.

In 1895, the Spiders again finished second, this time to the equally rough-and-tumble Baltimore Orioles.

He finished ninth in the American League Most Valuable Player Award balloting and helped the Orioles sweep the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1966 World Series.

His best season was 1983 with the Orioles when he hit. 306 /. 393 /. 538 with 110 RBI and a career-high 33 home runs ; though a spectacular season, he finished second in the MVP voting.

In 1966, he was voted the All-Star Game Most Valuable Player, and finished second to team mate Frank Robinson in the American League Most Valuable Player Award voting, as the Orioles went on to win the 1966 World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

After losing to the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series, Morgan finished his career with the Oakland Athletics.

In 1895 and 1896, Burkett's two best seasons, the Cleveland Spiders finished second twice and faced off against the Baltimore Orioles both seasons in the Temple Cup series, beating the Orioles in the 1895 series with Cy Young pitching three victories.

The Showalter-led Orioles finished 2010 at 34 – 23, second only to the Phillies during the same stretch.

In 1969 he had career highs with 48 homers ( Killebrew was the home run champion with 49 ), 111 runs ( second in the AL to Reggie Jackson ), a. 296 batting average and a. 574 slugging mark, and the Senators had their best year with an 86 – 76 record though they finished far behind the Baltimore Orioles in the Eastern Division.

In, the Red Wings finished 68 – 75 under new manager Phil Roof, good for fifth place in the six-team International League ( IL ) North Division and 10½ games behind the Ottawa Lynx, the new affiliate of the Orioles.

The Orioles only won 54 games that season, while having 100 losses, and finished the season in seventh place.

Northrup finished his career in 1975 hitting. 274 in 84 games for the Orioles.

He also pitched for Cincinnati and Pittsburgh, and finished as an effective reliever with the Orioles.

He finished the season with a. 272 batting average with the Orioles and hit 11 triples, including three in one game on July 21 in a 10 – 3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

In, Mussina's first full season with the Orioles, he finished with an 18-5 record and a 2. 54 ERA in 241 innings.

The Orioles finished first in team home runs ( 168 ), first in OBP (. 340 ) and second in runs, doubles, and walks.

After a lackluster first half, the Yankees finished strong, winning 38 of their last 51 games edging both the Boston Red Sox and the Baltimore Orioles by games.

The Orioles got a run in the first inning when Breeding, along with Robinson, the two Birds who got a pair of hits, doubled to right center, moved to third on Russ Snyder's single to right and crossed on Kunkel's wild pitch into the dirt in front of the plate.

In 1983, the building became the official museum of the Baltimore Orioles, which signed Ruth to his first professional contract.

However, after a 14-year stretch of consecutive losing seasons, the Orioles posted a winning record in 2012 and qualified for the postseason for the first time since 1997.

The Orioles of the IL won nine league championships, first in 1908, followed by a lengthy run from 1919 to 1925, and then dramatically in 1944, after they had lost their home field Oriole Park in a disastrous mid-season fire.

Hoffberger's first action was installing J. Frank Cashen, the Director of Advertising for the National Brewery, as Senior Vice-President & Chief Operating Officer for the Orioles.

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 started off the first couple weeks of the season near the top of their division as players such as Nick Markakis and newcomer Luke Scott led the team offensively.

Although the Orioles hovered around. 500 for much of the season, they had fallen back by September and were over 20 games behind the first place Tampa Bay Rays.

After the season ended, the Orioles showcased altered uniforms, with a circular ' Maryland ' patch added to the left-hand sleeve of all jerseys and the grey road jerseys displaying Baltimore across the chest for the first time since 1972.

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.

As of September 30, the Orioles are 92-67 and tied for first place in the AL East.

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

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.

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.

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.

The game also was the first time the Orioles were no-hit at Memorial Stadium.

In doing so, Howard became only the second player in MLB history to win Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player in consecutive years, Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles being the first.

The Orioles won the first two games in the series, but Pittsburgh won the championship in seven games.

By playing for the 2005 Orioles alongside fellow 500-home-run batter Rafael Palmeiro, Sosa and Palmeiro became the first 500 home run club members in history to play together on the same team after reaching the 500 home run plateau.

McGraw had also managed the Highlanders in their first two seasons, when they were known as the Baltimore Orioles.

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.