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.

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.

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

Lolich had a 17-9 record with 197 strikeouts, as the Tigers led from start to finish to win the American League pennant by 12 games over the second-place Baltimore Orioles.

His. 289 batting average, 26 home runs, and 86 RBI, as well as his leadership on the young team, helped him to finish third in the MVP voting ( behind Baltimore Orioles teammates Cal Ripken, Jr. and Eddie Murray ).

The Red Sox won the first game of the series, 11 – 10, on September 30, eliminating the Orioles from division title contention ; however, after the game Weaver insisted, in an interview with a reporter, that " we're still trying to finish second.

He led the league in wins ( 23 ) for the second year in a row, and also led the league in innings pitched ( 328 ) and complete games ( 30 ) to finish second to the Baltimore Orioles ' Jim Palmer in the American League Cy Young balloting.

Showalter will finish the 2012 season with no worse than a. 500 managing record after the Orioles won their 81st game of the season on September 13, ending a streak of losing seasons for the Orioles at 14.

Following a fourth-place finish in 1899, the National League eliminated four teams from the circuit, the Orioles among them.

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

The Orioles ’ second-place finish was Richards ’ best as a manager.

He would finish the year in the Orioles minor-league system.

Hoiles ended the 1996 season with 25 home runs and 73 runs batted in to help the Orioles finish in second place in the American League East Division and capture the Wild Card berth.

A year earlier, he succeeded in establishing the Orioles as a legitimate contender when they stood atop the AL standings as late as early September before finishing in second place at 89 – 65.

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 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.

With the win against the Boston Red Sox on September 30 and the loss of the Los Angeles Angels to the Texas Rangers in the second game of a double header, the Orioles clinched the playoff berth.

The debate topics ranged broadly from the usual such as abortion and foreign policy to the unusual such as an incident preceding the then-current baseball playoffs, in which Roberto Alomar, the Baltimore Orioles ' second baseman, cursed and spat on an umpire.

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.

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.

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.

* Bobby Grich – MLB All-star second baseman for the Baltimore Orioles and California Angels

Ripken attended Aberdeen High School as did his brother Billy, who later played second base for various teams, including the Orioles.

Ripken was drafted by the Orioles in the second round of the 1978 Major League Baseball Draft.

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

For a short time, only Til and Sharp performed as the Orioles, but soon added two new members, guitarist / second tenor Ralph Williams and pianist Charlie Harris.

This was the end of the second Orioles.

In 1977, Til formed the sixth Orioles group with former members: Diz Russell and Jerry Holeman from the second group, and Billy Taylor from the third group.

* World Series – The American League's Baltimore Orioles win their second World Title by defeating the National League's Cincinnati Reds, 4 games to 1.

* Baltimore Orioles win the second of three successive National League championships

* Jerry Hairston, Jr., second baseman and outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers ; first third-generation African-American major-leaguer ; one of three players traded by the Orioles for Sammy Sosa

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

His son, Josh, is a second baseman in the Baltimore Orioles organization.

( Orchard Orioles are considered to be adults after their second year.