Baltimore Orioles

According to MLB's official historian, John Thorn, the current New York Yankees franchise was not the Baltimore Orioles that existed in 1901 and 1902. His quote:

"We discussed this at length when we did the first edition of our new encyclopedia in 2004. IIRC, the deciding factor was that the Baltimore franchise went bust during the season and was turned over to the league. After the season, the league then sold a new franchise to investors in New York City. We felt that wasn't really a relocation or a transfer; it was simply filling the gap in the league that was opened when the Orioles' franchise disintegrated.

Of the 39 players who appeared for Baltimore in 1902, only five appeared for New York in 1903. Jimmy Williams was the regular second baseman for both clubs. Herm McFarland, a utility player in '02, became a regular outfielder in '03. Ernie Courtney played one game for Balto. in 1902, then 25 for NY in 1903. Harry Howell was the only pitcher of consequence to make the transition. Snake Wiltse (4 G in '03) also appeared for both."

As such, Major League Baseball no longer recognizes the 1901 and 1902 Baltimore Orioles as the same franchise as the New York Highlanders and Yankees.

Wes Stock played in 47 games at pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles in 1963, starting in none of them. He played for a total of 226 outs, equivalent to 8.37 9-inning games.

He made 6 putouts, had 13 assists, and committed one error, equivalent to .119 errors per 9-inning game. He had one double play.

Brooks Robinson was the starting 3rd baseman from 1970-1975. Doug DeCinces was the starter from 1976-1979.

The longest inning in Major League Baseball was the 10th inning that was played on May 8, 2004 between the Texas Rangers and the Detroit Tigers with the game being played in Arlington, Texas. The inning lasted one hour and 8 innings and included a total of 110 pitches thrown and 18 runs.

Jim Palmer played in 36 games at pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles in 1982, starting in 32 of them. He played for a total of 681 outs, equivalent to 25.22 9-inning games.

He made 16 putouts, had 37 assists, and committed 2 errors, equivalent to .079 errors per 9-inning game. He had 3 double plays.

Babe Ruth actually signed with the Orioles in 1915.

Jerry Dorgan played in 9 games at outfield for the Worcester Ruby Legs in 1880, starting in none of them.

He made 9 putouts, had no assists, and committed 3 errors, equivalent to .333 errors per game (estimate based on total games played in). He had no double plays.

Mike Cuellar and Dave McNally started 40 games and Jim Palmer started 39 games for the 1970 Orioles. Three other pitchers had starts ... Tom Phoebus with 21, Jim Hardin with 19, and Marcelino Lopez with 3.

Charlie Lau played in 47 games at catcher for the Baltimore Orioles in 1964, starting in 42 of them. He played for a total of 1046 outs, equivalent to 38.74 9-inning games.

He made 243 putouts, had 13 assists, and committed 2 errors, equivalent to .052 errors per 9-inning game. He had 2 double plays.

He had 5 passed balls, 10 wild pitches, 16 opponent stolen bases, and 4 opponent caught stealings.

Probably all of them, hen didn't do any "pinch hitting counts as a game" stuff.

The MLB National League rookie home run record is jointly held by Wally Berger, who knocked 38 out of the park in his first season with the Boston Braves in 1930, and by Frank Robinson, who matched that feat in his debut with the Cincinatti Reds in 1956. Berger was 25 when he set the mark, older than the average rookie. Robinson was 21.

After the real live birds named Baltimore oriole. The male Baltimore oriole has the same colors as Lord Baltimore wore, black and orange. Lord Baltimore is the founder of Maryland. The Baltimore oriole is also Maryland's state bird.

Yes, he is half Japanese.

Johan Santana is number 57 on the Baltimore Orioles.

A Oriole

Peter Angelos made his fortune by representing a large number of plaintiffs in asbestos litigation and winning.

The Pirates and the Orioles played in the World Series in 1971 and 1979. The Pirates won both series 4 games to 3.

An oriole weighs about 7oz.

Carl Yastrzemski

from Lord Baltimore

Birds

In 1995, Andy Van Slyke played in 17 games for the Baltimore Orioles, batting in all of them. He had 63 at bats, getting 10 hits, for a .159 batting average, with 8 runs batted in. He was walked 5 times, 1 times intentionally. He struck out 15 times. He hit 1 doubles, 0 triples, and 3 home runs.

Texas scored 30 runs against the Orioles on 8/22/07.