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.

The Orioles would finish second in the American League.

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.

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 would miss the playoffs in 1972, but rebounded to win the division in 1973 and 1974.

Although Williams would hit 63 home runs in two seasons with Atlanta, he would only hit 36 homers in two seasons with the Orioles.

Altobelli would lead the Orioles to 98 wins and a division title thanks to MVP Cal Ripken, Jr ..

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

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.

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.

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.

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 ).

His managing career would go on to include Cleveland ( 1975 – 1977 ); the San Francisco Giants ( 1981 – 1984 ); the Orioles ( 1988 – 1991 ); and the Montreal Expos / Washington Nationals franchise ( 2002 – 2006 ).

With the coming of free agency after the 1976 season, and with team owner Finley unwilling to pay the higher salary that Jackson would ask for, Jackson was traded on April 2, 1976 along with minor leaguer Bill VanBommell and Ken Holtzman to the Baltimore Orioles for Don Baylor, Mike Torrez, and Paul Mitchell.

After the 1971 season, McLain was traded to the Oakland Athletics for journeyman pitcher Jim Panther and prospect Don Stanhouse ( who would go on to have a few good years as the Baltimore Orioles ' closer in the late 1970s ).

The Baltimore entry sold their facility to the Baltimore Orioles of the International League, who renamed it Oriole Park and played there for nearly 30 years before it was destroyed by fire in 1944, a seemingly disastrous event that would actually begin the path toward Baltimore's return to the major leagues 10 years afterward.

With Ned Hanlon's Baltimore Orioles he perfected the " Baltimore Chop ," in which he would chop the ball into the ground hard enough for it to bounce so high he could reach base before the fielder could throw the ball to first.

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.

* During the month of September, 1980, Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver inserted a pitcher into the DH slot but would use a hitting specialist ( such as Benny Ayala or Terry Crowley ) to pinch-hit when the designated hitter's first turn came up.

His rivalry with Luciano was legendary, to the point where the AL rearranged umpiring schedules for an entire year so that Luciano would not work Orioles games.

While managing the Orioles, Weaver hosted a radio show called " Manager's Corner " with Baltimore Oriole play by play announcer Tom Marr in which he would give his views on baseball and answer questions from fans.

As a pitching coach for the Baltimore Orioles, Bamberger would teach his famed pitch, " The Staten Island Sinker ".

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.

This was the very unusual year in which the Orioles had four twenty-game winners in their starting rotation, and their manager, Earl Weaver, decided to continue his usual pitching rotation that had already been established.

Thompson returned to broadcast Orioles games on both radio and television ( WBAL-AM and WJZ-TV from 1962 – 1978, WFBR-AM from 1979 – 1982, and WMAR-TV from 1979 – 1987 ), and would continue to do so until his first retirement after the 1987 season.

Curry played basketball and baseball in high school and college, and he was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 14th round of the 1985 MLB Draft, but opted to continue playing basketball.

The group won a recording deal with the " It's A Natural " record label, a subsidiary of Jubilee Records, and changed their name to The Orioles in honor of the state bird of Maryland and in emulation of another popular group, The Ravens.

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

" Gee " has been called the first rock and roll record because it was an original recording, unlike " Crying in the Chapel " by the Orioles.

Jubilee was the first to reach the white market with a black vocal group when The Orioles recording of " Crying in the Chapel " reached the Top Twenty on the Pop charts in 1953.

Originally known as The Vibra-Naires, The Orioles were led by Sonny Til when they recorded " It's Too Soon to Know ", their first hit and a song that is considered the first doo wop recording of any kind.

During the Orioles ' heyday in the 1970s, a club song, appropriately titled " Orioles Magic ", was composed, and played when the team ran out until Opening Day of 2008.

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.

These franchises constituted the league for 52 seasons, until the Browns moved to Baltimore and took up the name Baltimore Orioles.

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.

Bluefield was the home of the Appalachian League ( rookie ) Bluefield Orioles baseball team until 2010.

Dunn ran the Orioles until his death from a heart attack in 1928.

During a game against the Orioles, Twins third baseman Rich Rollins made a poor throw to first and while trying to save the play, Killebrew collided with the runner and dislocated his elbow, putting him out of action until mid-September.

While they've always been known as the Cougars since moving to Kane County, they were affiliated with the Baltimore Orioles in 1991 and 1992, with the Florida Marlins from 1993 to 2002, the Oakland Athletics from 2003 until 2010, and with the Kansas City Royals for the 2011 and 2012 seasons before joining the Chicago Cubs for the 2013 season.

For 1902, the Brewers announced they were moving to St. Louis to become the St. Louis Browns, where they remained until 1954, when the Browns moved to Baltimore to become the Baltimore Orioles.

With the Orioles from 1977 until 1988, Murray averaged 28 home runs and 99 RBI and was a perennial candidate for the MVP award, twice finishing second in the voting.

He led the Orioles from its establishment until his death in 1981 of heart failure, complicated by diabetes.

Back with the Orioles in 1966, Johnson saw limited playing time until June 13 when the Orioles traded second baseman Jerry Adair to the Chicago White Sox to make room for Johnson at second base.

) During the 1891 season, the Orioles moved a few blocks away to Union Park on 25th Street, where they would play until they were removed from the NL after the 1899 season.

After the sale, the Wings remained St. Louis ' affiliate until, when the Red Wings moved on to become the top farm club of the Baltimore Orioles.

He vowed to remain on the air until the Orioles won a game.

He played in their minor league organization until he was traded to the Baltimore Orioles for Ryan Minor on December 22, 2000.

He wore No. 25 until Rafael Palmeiro signed a contract with the Orioles in 2004.

After the AA folded, the Orioles joined the National League in 1892 and played in there until the league dropped the team after the 1899 season.

* Former Baltimore Orioles first baseman Boog Powell and former umpire Jim Honochick doing a spot together, with Honochick totally unaware whom he is standing next to, until he puts his glasses on at the end, and exclaims, " Hey-you're Boog Powell!

The Baltimore Orioles game that night was scheduled as Ripken's last home game until games were rescheduled because of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

After Seaver was defeated in Game One, Koosman, leading 1-0, held the Orioles hitless until Paul Blair singled to lead off the bottom of the seventh inning, eventually scoring on Brooks Robinson ’ s only hit in 19 Series ' at-bats.

Hagerstown was without a professional team until 1981 when Lou Eliopulos purchased the Rocky Mount Pines Class A Carolina League franchise, moved them north and signed an affiliation deal with the Baltimore Orioles.