He started Game 1 of the ALCS and threw seven innings against the Orioles ' Jim Palmer, but neither man was involved in the decision as Baltimore won in the 10th inning.

Dubbing themselves after Maryland ’ s state bird, The Orioles started the trend of bird groups ( The Cardinals, The Crows, The Flamingos, The Larks, The Penguins, The Ravens, The Wrens, etc .).

The Orioles then began touring widely, and started recording for the Jubilee label.

Bobby Thomas started his own Orioles group following Til's death.

* Brian Roberts, second baseman for the Baltimore Orioles ; started at second base for the 2005 American League All-Star team.

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.

When the Orioles started their team Hall of Fame, Brooks and Frank Robinson were the first two men inducted.

In he started with the Gulf Coast League Orioles, hitting. 310 in nine games.

The Orioles season started spring training in with both Hairston and Roberts on the roster.

In 2006, he signed a minor league contract with the Baltimore Orioles, but left the team before the season started, when his wife became ill. Hidalgo requested to be released from his contract, allowing to him to go to Japan where he would have a starting role.

The following year, he was promoted to the majors where he worked as first base coach under Frank Robinson, and in 1991, after Robinson started 13 – 24, Oates was promoted to the manager of the Orioles.

It was there that his curveball started becoming known as one of the best in the Orioles ' organization at the time.

While the Orioles had planned to use him as a backup, they started him in seven of their first ten games due to his spring stats.

Ellis started Game 1 of the 1971 World Series against the Baltimore Orioles.

When the Federal League started, the Terrapins severely cut into the minor league Baltimore Orioles ' attendance, causing financial problems for the owner.

Castro started more games at shortstop than any other player in 2008 for the Orioles.

On April 9, 2009 against the Baltimore Orioles, Swisher was started for the first time as a Yankee in right field, replacing Xavier Nady who was playing DH to give Hideki Matsui a rest.

After that, he started moving from team to team playing with the Cincinnati Reds, the Brewers again, Kansas City Royals, Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles, and Florida Marlins.

The Orioles once again performed at the plate in powderpuff fashion, gathering only seven blows off the offerings of three Kansas City pitchers.

Minutes after the final line of the Orioles win was shown, Evan Longoria hit a walk off home run, to complete their playoffs comeback and win the wild card birth.

On September 14, while in a tight three-way race for the American League Eastern Division crown with the Red Sox and Orioles, Jackson ended a game with the Red Sox by hitting a home run off Reggie Cleveland, giving the Yankees a 2 – 0 win.

General manager Frank Lane, alarmed at the large number of passed balls, allowed the Baltimore Orioles to select Wilhelm off waivers on August 23, 1958.

During the 2011-2012 off season, the Orioles announced further upgrades to Camden Yards in preparation for the 20th anniversary of the park's opening.

The two most recent home runs to land on Eutaw Street were on June 29, 2012 when Asdrubal Cabrera of the Cleveland Indians hit a solo home run off of Jake Arrieta in the third inning and Matt Wieters of the Baltimore Orioles hit a three-run home run off of Derek Lowe in the sixth inning.

Following his appearances on the Louisiana Hayride, Presley traveled to New York for an unsuccessful Talent Scouts audition in April 1955 ; after the Talent Scouts staff rejected The Orioles, they went on to have a hit record with " Crying in the Chapel " and kicked off the " bird group " trend of early rock ' n ' roll.

When the umpire refused to order the Blue Jays to move the tarp, Weaver pulled the Orioles off the field, forcing the umpire to declare a forfeit: the only forfeit in Orioles history.

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.

On July 23, Roberts returned to the Orioles ' lead off spot for the first time since April 9.

In the 1973 American League Championship Series, in which the A's defeated the Baltimore Orioles, he led off Game 2 with a home run, and won Game 3 with a leadoff home run in the 11th inning ; in Game 7 of that year's World Series against the New York Mets, both he and Reggie Jackson hit two-run home runs in the third inning off Jon Matlack — the only two home runs Oakland would hit the entire series.

However, Hart impressed the Orioles, and he was soon off to the majors.

The Orioles won the Eastern Division once again, and they faced off again in the 1974 American League Championship Series against the Oakland Athletics, who had established a dynasty of their own in the Western Division, winning the division four years in a row, and going to the World Series three years in a row.

After a year off, Cedeño agreed to a minor league contract with the Baltimore Orioles in.

On September 15, Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver pulled his team off the field because he felt the bricks holding down the bullpen tarps were a hazard to his players.

He had a game-winning single on September 24 off of B. J. Ryan of the Baltimore Orioles in a 4 – 3 victory.

In the first inning, Agee hit a leadoff home run off Jim Palmer for what would eventually be the game-winning hit and RBI, as the Mets shut out the Orioles, 5-0.

Martinez picked off all three baserunners, then became the winning pitcher when the Orioles won the game on Sakata's home run in the bottom of the tenth.

Phillies starter John Denny gave up a first-inning homer to Jim Dwyer, but that would be it for the Orioles as 40-year-old Joe Morgan tied it with a solo shot in the sixth off Scott McGregor.

The Orioles were ahead 3 – 0 in Game five when Jones led off the sixth inning.

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.

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.

The Orioles finished the first half of the 2012 season with a winning record for only the second time since 1998, with a record of 45-40 before the All-Star break.

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.

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.