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This was the second postseason meeting between the Orioles and Athletics. They previously met in the 1971 ALCS, which the Orioles won in a sweep.The Athletics defeated the Orioles in 5 games to advance to the World Series for the second year in a row (in the process denying a rematch of the 1969 World Series between the Mets and Orioles).
The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member 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 a major league club in Milwaukee as the Milwaukee Brewers before moving to St. Louis to become the St. Louis Browns in 1902.
The Baltimore Orioles (91–71) qualified for the postseason with a victory on September 24. [8] They were locked into the Wild Card spot with a loss to the New York Yankees on September 26, ending their division title aspirations, and clinched the fourth seed the next night by beating the Minnesota Twins .
1983 was the Orioles' first in nearly 15 years without manager Earl Weaver, who retired after the Orioles missed the playoffs in the final game of the 1982 season. [2] The Orioles replaced Weaver with Joe Altobelli, who had been an Orioles manager in the Baltimore's farm system from 1971-1976. The Orioles went 58-31 from July through the end of ...
The 1983 Baltimore Orioles won the Major League Baseball World Series after finishing first in the American League East with a record of 98 wins and 64 losses, The Orioles won the championship by beating the Philadelphia Philles, 4–1, in the 1983 World Series. [1]
The 2014 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven playoff in Major League Baseball's 2014 postseason pitting the second-seeded Baltimore Orioles against the fourth-seeded Kansas City Royals for the American League pennant and the right to play in the 2014 World Series. The Royals won the series four games to zero.
This is a list of all players who have played for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball. Prior to moving to Baltimore, the franchise was known as the St. Louis Browns . All-time roster
The Orioles eliminated the Boston Red Sox from the playoff on the final day of the season, the last of their five victories over the Red Sox in September. The Orioles were 15–13 in September, including two extra-inning wins over the division champion New York Yankees and another two wins against the AL wild card Tampa Bay Rays on September 13 ...