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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.
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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.
The Orioles won their first-ever American League championship in 1966, and in a major upset, swept the World Series by out-dueling the Los Angeles Dodgers aces Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale.
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.
The next year, Boog Powell won the MVP and the Orioles won another 108 games.
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.
In 1971, the Orioles won another division title thanks to four 20-game winners on their pitching staff ( Cuellar, Jim Palmer, Pat Dobson, and Dave McNally ).
Jim Palmer won the Cy Young Award, but the Orioles lost the division title to the Boston Red Sox and their mega-rookies Fred Lynn and Jim Rice.
The 1976 season brought Reggie Jackson and Ken Holtzman from a trade with Oakland, but the Orioles only won 88 games.
The " No Name Orioles ", along with Rookie of the Year Eddie Murray, won 97 games and finished tied for second place with Boston.
After finishing fourth in 1978, the Orioles finally won the division in 1979 thanks to strong play from Ken Singleton and Cy Young Winner Mike Flanagan.
The Orioles won 100 games in 1980 thanks to Cy Young Winner Steve Stone, but the Yankees won 103 games.
The Orioles won the World Series in five games by defeating the Philadelphia Phillies.
The Orioles won that game, and designated hitter Chris Davis received the win.
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.
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.
Once again, the Orioles won the A. L.
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 Orioles won the first two games in the series, but Pittsburgh won the championship in seven games.
Fans kept their distance from the Senators while the Baltimore Orioles, to the northeast, won four American League pennants and two World Series from the 1966 season through the 1971 season.
He won the Triple crown, was a member of two teams that won the World Series ( the 1966 and 1970 Baltimore Orioles ), and amassed the fourth-most career home runs at the time of his retirement ( he is currently ninth ).
Orioles and Eastern
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 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.
Bowie is home to the Bowie Baysox, a Class AA Eastern League professional baseball team affiliated with the Baltimore Orioles.
It hosts the Queen Anne's County Fair each summer and was home to three franchises during the existence of the Eastern Shore Baseball League -- the Colts, Red Sox, and Orioles.
They are the class-AA affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, and play in the Eastern League.
During his tenure as big-league skipper, the Orioles won six Eastern Division titles, four American League pennants, and a World Series championship.
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.
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, Cuellar's regular-season win-loss record was 20 – 9 with a 3. 08 ERA and 124 strikeouts as the Orioles won the American League Eastern Division for the third year in a row.
Salazar joined the Orioles system in 2007, when he played for the Bowie Baysox of the Double-A Eastern League.
* Bowie Baysox, Eastern League ( Orioles farm club ), 1993
The highlight of his career came in 1983, when the Orioles won the American League Eastern Division pennant, then defeated the Chicago White Sox in the 1983 American League Championship Series, before winning the 1983 World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies.
It does not include players for earlier Baltimore Oriole teams: the American Association and National League team of the 19th Century ; the American League team of 1901 -' 02 ( now the New York Yankees ); the Eastern and International leagues team ; the St. Louis Browns ( 1902-1953 ), or the minor league Orioles of the 20th Century.
* Baltimore Orioles players ( Eastern / International leagues, 1903-1953 )
* Baltimore Orioles players ( Eastern / International leagues, 1903-1953 )
In 1989, Hagerstown moved up to the Double-A Eastern League, taking over the Pittsfield Cubs franchise and again affiliating with the Orioles.
On May 30, 2008, the Eastern Branch was officially dedicated for Cal Ripken, Jr., the Hall of Fame baseball player who played for the Baltimore Orioles from 1981 to 2001 and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007.
It is home of the Baltimore Orioles ' AA affiliate in the Eastern League, the Bowie Baysox.
The race for the Eastern division went down to the final weekend of the season, with the Brewers leapfrogging the Baltimore Orioles for second place in mid-September.
He helped the Orioles to win the 1966 and 1970 World Series, 1969 and 1971 AL Pennants and 1973 and 1974 AL Eastern Division.
* Baltimore Orioles ( 1933 – 1942 / Eastern Hockey League )
The minor league Baltimore Orioles of the Class-A Eastern League purchased Seymour from the Giants on August 24, 1910.
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