Baltimore Orioles Team History and Information
The Baltimore Orioles began as a professional Major League baseball team in the Minor Western League in 1893. In 1900 that league became the American League, which achieved Major League status in 1901. The Baltimore Orioles were formerly known as Milwaukee Brewers between 1894-1901, later they went by the name St Louis Browns between 1902 and 1953. The franchise moved to Baltimore at the end of the 1953 season and was renamed the Baltimore Orioles. In July 1958, the team played its first ever All Star Game. The game attracted a crowd of 48,829.
The Baltimore Orioles Major League Baseball team are based in Baltimore, Maryland and play in the Eastern Division of the American League. The Orioles have won eight Division titles in, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1979, 1983, 1997. The orioles went ahead and captured seven American League Pennants in, 1944, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1979, 1983. The prized possession, the world series has been won thrice by the Baltimore Orioles in, 1966, 1970, and 1983. The Baltimore Orioles home ballpark is Oriole Park at Camden Yards which opened in 1992 and has a seating capacity of 48,262.
The Baltimore Orioles have quite a number of players in the Baseball Hall Of Fame, they are George Kell, Eddie Murray, Jim Palmer, Branch Rickey, Earl Weaver, Frank Robinson, Brooks Robinson, Robin Roberts and Luis Aparicio. Carl Ripken, Jr. is expected to be inducted into the Hall Of Fame in 2007 on the first ballot.
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