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 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 ).

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 ).

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.

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 defeated the Angels in the ALCS, but lost to Pittsburgh in another stunning World Series.

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.

When the Orioles were the St. Louis Browns, they played in only one World Series, the 1944 matchup against their Sportsman's Park tenants, the Cardinals.

After defeating the Baltimore Orioles in the ALCS, Cleveland went on to face the Florida Marlins in the World Series which featured the coldest game in World Series history.

In the 1983 World Series the Baltimore Orioles of the AL had home field advantage.

The Spiders faced the Baltimore Orioles in the Temple Cup, a precursor to the World Series, in 1895.

The Reds swept the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1970 National League Championship Series, but lost to the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series.

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.

Seaver helped the 1969 " Miracle Mets " win the new National League East division title, and then defeat the heavily-favored Baltimore Orioles to win the 1969 World Series.

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.

After winning their division, they were easily defeated in the League Championship Series by the Pittsburgh Pirates and Roberto Clemente, who then went on to beat the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series.

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

** The Baltimore Orioles defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4 of the World Series, 1 – 0, to sweep the series for their 1st World Championship.

** 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.

The Indians repeated as AL Central champions in 1996, but lost to the Baltimore Orioles in the Division Series.

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 ).

" Nonetheless, Anderson led the Reds to 102 wins and the National League pennant in, although they lost the 1970 World Series in five games to the Baltimore Orioles.

This was to become The Orioles ' biggest hit, staying at # 1 in the R & B charts for five weeks in August and September, and reaching # 11 on the pop charts.

The original five members of The Orioles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 as early influences.

He had a big series against the Baltimore Orioles in the 1996 ALCS as he blasted three home runs with five RBIs and a. 417 average in four games.

In just five seasons with the Orioles from 1894 – 1898, Jennings was hit by a pitch an unprecedented 202 times.

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.

Anderson also hit 37 doubles and five triples and led the American League in extra base hits with 92, breaking the Orioles club record previously held by Cal Ripken, Jr.

He hit a rare home run in the first American League Championship Series game ever played in 1969, and after uncharacteristically hitting. 333 in the 1970 ALCS, his contributions led to the Orioles ' 1970 World Series victory, the team's second title in five years ; he caught a line drive to end a 4-3 victory in Game 1 with the tying run on first base, and had an assist to end Game 3.

After defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1983 National League Championship Series, the Phillies lost the 1983 World Series against the Baltimore Orioles in five games.

The last five years of the Orioles affiliation also saw a pair of accomplishments aside from the 1997 title run.

His best years were spent with the Orioles, helping them capture five American League East Division titles, three consecutive American League ( AL ) pennants and the 1970 World Series Championship.

Cuellar, nicknamed Crazy Horse while with the Orioles, ranks among Baltimore's top five career leaders in wins ( 143 ), strikeouts ( 1, 011 ), shutouts ( 30 ) and innings pitched ( 2, 028 ), and trails only Dave McNally among left-handers in wins and shutouts.

The Orioles finally blossomed in 1960 with a second-place finish after five disappointing seasons.

Powered by Eddie Murray ’ s two home runs, the Baltimore Orioles beat the Philadelphia Phillies in five games with manager Joe Altobelli winning the championship in his inaugural season with the Orioles, matching Earl Weaver, who had only one World Series win in his sixteen years piloting the team.

Carlton shut out the Orioles through five innings, buoyed by solo homers from Gary Matthews and Joe Morgan.

From 1970 to 1976 he played on five Pirates division champions, including the team that defeated the Orioles in the 1971 World Series.

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

The Oakland A's won the American League West division by five games over the Texas Rangers, then defeated the Baltimore Orioles, three games to one, in the American League Championship Series.

The 1969 World Series was played between the New York Mets and the Baltimore Orioles, with the Mets prevailing in five games to accomplish one of the greatest upsets in Series history, as that particular Orioles squad was considered to be one of the finest ever ( and still is by some baseball pundits ).

He did, however, earn a game five start in the 1971 World Series against the Baltimore Orioles.