Baltimore Orioles

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The Baltimore Orioles are a Major League Baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. The team was founded in 1901 as the Milwaukee Brewers and were one of the inaugural teams in the American League. [1] [2] [3]

Championships

The team has had a total of 3 championship-winning seasons in the modern era (1901 and later) of major-league baseball, winning the World Series in 1966, 1970, and 1983. They were also American League champions, but lost in the World Series, 4 times, in 1944, 1969, 1971, and 1979. [4]

Locations and Nicknames

Since the team's inception in 1901, they have been based in 3 different cities or metropolitan areas: Milwaukee (1901 only), St. Louis (1902-1953), and Baltimore (1954-present). They have played their home games at the following stadiums. [5] [6] [7]

  • 1901 only: Lloyd Street Grounds
  • 1902-1953: Sportsman's Park [8]
  • 1954-1991: Memorial Stadium [9]
  • 1992-present: Oriole Park at Camden Yards [10]

They have been known by 3 different nicknames: [11]

  • 1901 only: Milwaukee Brewers (not affiliated with the current Milwaukee Brewers team)
  • 1902-1953 St. Louis Browns
  • 1954-present Baltimore Orioles

Retired Numbers

The following uniform numbers are retired in that players, managers, and coaches of the team will no longer use them. For non-players, the person's role in the organization is also listed. [12] [13]

  • 4 Earl Weaver (manager)
  • 5 Brooks Robinson
  • 8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 20 Frank Robinson
  • 22 Jim Palmer
  • 33 Eddie Murray
  • 42 Jackie Robinson (retired across major league baseball)

Notes

  1. ↑ https://www.mlb.com/orioles/history/timeline
  2. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/#all_history
  3. ↑ https://www.baseball-almanac.com/teams/balt.shtml
  4. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/world-series.shtml
  5. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MLA/1901.shtml
  6. ↑ https://www.mlb.com/orioles/history/ballparks
  7. ↑ https://www.baseball-almanac.com/stadium/stadium3.shtml
  8. ↑ https://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/ballparks/sportsmans-park/
  9. ↑ https://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/ballparks/memorial-stadium/
  10. ↑ https://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/ballparks/camden-yards/
  11. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/#all_franchise_years
  12. ↑ https://www.mlb.com/orioles/history/retired-numbers
  13. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/#all_teams_retired_unis_BAL
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