The Orioles have played before fans in Baltimore, MD since the St. Louis Browns became the Baltimore Orioles and played their first game on April 13, 1954.

Oriole Park was built in the area of Baltimore known as Camden Yards and became the home of the Orioles on opening day, April 6, 1992. • Since 1953 the Orioles have supplied 9 Hall of Famers to Cooperstown including Robin Roberts, Frank Robinson, Brooks Robinson, George Kell, Luis Aparicio, Hoyt Wilhelm, Jim Palmer, Reggie Jackson, and Eddie Murray.

The Orioles have had 9 playoff appearances since their move to Baltimore including 8 division championships and appearing once as the wild card team. All 9 appearances have resulted in an LCS appearance. Of these 9 appearances the O’s won 6 and won the World Series three times; in 1966, 1970, and 1983.

Baltimore has hosted the All-Star game twice, in 1958 and 1993. Buy Orioles Tickets After becoming the Orioles in 1954, the team struggled on the field posting a 54-100 record and finishing in 7th place. It would be 1957 before the O’s would have a .500 season and not until 1961 would they achieve 90 wins in a season. That same season Jim Gentile had a great season setting 11 team records and finishing 3rd in the All-Star voting behind the Yankees’ Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle. In 1966 the Orioles acquired Frank Robinson in a trade to the Cincinnati Reds for Milt Pappas and two other players. Frank Robinson, Brooks Robinson, and Boog Powell all hit over 100 RBI’s leading their team to their first AL Championship. The Orioles were able to shut out the tough pitching Dodgers in the last three games of the World Series to complete the sweep and earn their first World Championship. In 1981 Cal Ripken Jr., possibly the most famous Orioles player of all time, made his debut. The season was cut short due to a 50-day strike, but on opening day of 1982 Cal gave a glimpse of the good things to come as he went 3-5 with a homer and was awarded the Rookie of the Year Award. In 1983 Ripken won the AL MVP award and helped lead the O’s to their 3rd World Championship. On September 6, 1995 Ripken Jr. passes Lou Gehrig for the record of most consecutive games played of 2,130. His streak ended on September 20, 1998 after 2,632 as he decides to sit out the final Sunday home game of the season. Cal Ripken Jr. retired from baseball after the 2001 season as the league honors him with a new award named after him for players who do not miss a game.