Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles are a Major League Baseball team from Baltimore, Maryland. They compete in the American League's AL East division. They began play in the early 1900s as the St. Louis Browns, a rival to the St. Louis Cardinals. They moved to Baltimore in 1954 and became the Orioles.
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| Established | 1894 |
| Based in Baltimore since 1954 | |
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| World Series titles (3) | |
| AL Pennants (7) | |
| AL East Division titles (9) | |
| Wild card berths (3) | |
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| Owner(s) | Peter Angelos |
| Manager | Brandon Hyde |
| General Manager | Mike Elias |
The "Baltimore Oriole" is an orange-and-black bird which is often seen in Maryland. "Orioles" has been a traditional nickname for Baltimore baseball teams. There was a Baltimore Orioles (19th century) in the major leagues. There was also a minor league baseball team called the Orioles which played from the early 1900s until the Browns moved to Baltimore.
The Browns were not a very successful team. They only won one league championship, in 1944. The Orioles have won several league championships and also won the World Series in 1966, 1970 and 1983.
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- Orioles Mascot.jpg
The "Oriole Bird", which has been the official mascot figure since April 6, 1979
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The numbers on the Orioles' warehouse changed from 2130 to 2131 to celebrate Cal Ripken Jr. passing Lou Gehrig's consecutive games played streak.
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The 2012 uniforms. Left to right: home, away, Saturday (away with gray pants), Friday (away with gray pants).
Paul Blair shown with the full-bodied bird logo between 1954 and 1965
- Earl Weaver with trophy.jpg
Earl Weaver with the 1970 World Series trophy
- Eddie Murray - Baltimore Orioles - 1983.jpg
Professional baseball player Eddie Murray
- Jim Palmer - Baltimore Orioles - 1983.jpg
Professional baseball player Jim Palmer
- Cal Ripken, Jr honored at Camden Yards 2007.jpg
Cal Ripken, Jr. being driven around Camden Yards as he is honored in 2007
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A promotional image of Baltimore Orioles player Brooks Robinson.
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The facade of Memorial Stadium
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References
- ↑ MLB Advanced Media (November 15, 2011). "Orioles announce uniform changes for 2012". Press release. https://www.mlb.com/orioles/news/orioles-announce-uniform-changes-for-2012/c-25976148. Retrieved March 19, 2017. "The club's new home cap will feature the cartoon bird on a white front panel with a black back and orange bill and button."
- ↑ "Orioles Logos & Mascots". Orioles.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
- ↑ Trezza, Joe (December 21, 2020). How the oriole became a baseball bird. MLB Advanced Media. https://www.mlb.com/orioles/news/baltimore-orioles-team-name-origin. Retrieved December 21, 2020. "To this day, the club has made minimal changes to the orange-and-black color scheme that makes the Baltimore Orioles – and Baltimore orioles – distinctive.".
- ↑ Klingaman, Mike (September 26, 2019). "Why Not?; Remembering the 1989 Orioles' remarkable turnaround 30 years later". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
- ↑ punkrawka (January 28, 2013). "The 2012 Orioles: the DVD". Camden Chat.
- ↑ "Saturday Bird Droppings: Chaos Comin'". camdenchat.com. 2022-09-03.
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