Baltimore Orioles

Baltimore Orioles

First Season
1901
Team History
Baltimore Orioles (1954-present) St. Louis Browns (1902-53) Milwaukee Brewers (1901)
League/Division
Major League Baseball (1901-present) American League (1901-present) AL East (1969-present)
Venue
Oriole Park at Camden Yards (1992-present) Memorial Stadium (1954-91) Sportsman's Park (1902-53) Lloyd Street Grounds (1901)
Minor League Affiliates
Norfolk Tides (AAA) Bowie Baysox (AA) Aberdeen IronBirds (A)
Key People
Players • Managers • Executives

The Baltimore Orioles (also known as "O's" and the "Birds") are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. As one of the American League's eight charter teams in 1901, the franchise spent its first year as the Milwaukee Brewers (unrelated to the current Brewers) before moving to St. Louis, Missouri in 1900s to become the St. Louis Browns. After 52 years in St. Louis, the franchise was purchased in November 1953 by a syndicate of Baltimore business and civic interests led by attorney and civic activist Clarence Miles and Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro Jr.

The Orioles adopted their team name in honor of the official state bird of Maryland. It had also been used by several previous major and minor league baseball clubs in Baltimore, including another AL charter member franchise also named the "Baltimore Orioles," which moved north in 1903 to eventually become the New York Yankees.

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Home programs by season

Season/Date	Type	Opponent	Venue
1910s
St. Louis Browns
1912	Regular Season	n/a	Sportsman's Park
1940s
1940	Regular Season	n/a	Sportsman's Park
1941	Regular Season	n/a	Sportsman's Park
1942	Regular Season	n/a	Sportsman's Park
1944	World Series	St. Louis Cardinals	Sportsman's Park
1945	Regular Season	n/a	Sportsman's Park
1950s
1953	Spring Training	n/a	Perris Hill Park
	Regular Season	n/a	Sportsman's Park
Baltimore Orioles
1954	Regular Season	n/a	Memorial Stadium
1956	Regular Season	n/a	Memorial Stadium
1958	Regular Season	n/a	Memorial Stadium
1959	Regular Season	n/a	Memorial Stadium
1960s
1960	Regular Season	n/a	Memorial Stadium
1961	Spring Training	n/a	Miami Stadium
	Regular Season (1 • 2)	n/a	Memorial Stadium
1962	Regular Season	n/a	Memorial Stadium
1963	Regular Season	n/a	Memorial Stadium
	Regular Season	Kansas City Athletics	Memorial Stadium
1964	Regular Season	n/a	Memorial Stadium
1965	Regular Season (1 • 2)	n/a	Memorial Stadium
1966	Spring Training	n/a	Miami Stadium
	Regular Season (1 • 2 • 3)	n/a	Memorial Stadium
	World Series	Los Angeles Dodgers	Memorial Stadium
1967	Spring Training	n/a	Miami Stadium
	Regular Season	n/a	Memorial Stadium
	Regular Season	Washington Senators	Memorial Stadium
1968	Spring Training	n/a	Miami Stadium
	Regular Season (1 • 2 • 3)	n/a	Memorial Stadium
1969	Regular Season (1 • 2)	n/a	Memorial Stadium
	ALCS	Minnesota Twins	Memorial Stadium
	World Series	New York Mets	Memorial Stadium
1970s
1970	ALCS	Minnesota Twins	Memorial Stadium
	World Series	Cincinnati Reds	Memorial Stadium
1971	Regular Season (1 • 2)	n/a	Memorial Stadium
	ALCS	Oakland Athletics	Memorial Stadium
	World Series	Pittsburgh Pirates	Memorial Stadium
1972	Regular Season	n/a	Memorial Stadium
1973	Regular Season	n/a	Memorial Stadium
	ALCS	Oakland Athletics	Memorial Stadium
1974	Regular Season	n/a	Memorial Stadium
	ALCS	Oakland Athletics	Memorial Stadium
1975	Regular Season	n/a	Memorial Stadium
1976	Regular Season	n/a	Memorial Stadium
1977	Regular Season (1 • 2)	n/a	Memorial Stadium
1978	Regular Season (1 • 2)	n/a	Memorial Stadium
1979	Regular Season (1 • 2 • 3)	n/a	Memorial Stadium
	ALCS	California Angels	Memorial Stadium
	World Series	Pittsburgh Pirates	Memorial Stadium, Three Rivers Stadium
1980s
1980	Regular Season	n/a	Memorial Stadium
1981	Regular Season	n/a	Memorial Stadium
1983	Spring Training	n/a	Miami Stadium
	ALCS	Chicago White Sox	Memorial Stadium
	World Series	Philadelphia Phillies	Memorial Stadium, Veterans Stadium
1984	Regular Season	n/a	Memorial Stadium
1988	Regular Season	n/a	Memorial Stadium
1990s
1990	Regular Season	n/a	Memorial Stadium
1991	Regular Season (1 • 2)	n/a	Memorial Stadium
1992	Spring Training	n/a	Al Lang Stadium
	Regular Season	n/a	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
1996	Regular Season	n/a	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
	ALDS	Cleveland Indians	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
	ALCS	New York Yankees	Yankee Stadium, Oriole Park at Camden Yards
1997	ALDS	Seattle Mariners	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
	ALCS	Cleveland Indians	Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Jacobs Field
2000s
2004	Regular Season	n/a	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
2010s
2012	ALDS	New York Yankees	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
2014	ALCS	Kansas City Royals	Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Kauffman Stadium
2018	Spring Training	n/a	Ed Smith Stadium
2020	Spring Training	n/a	Ed Smith Stadium

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