Baltimore Orioles Team History - Episode 6/30 of MLB Teams

Thanks everyone for tuning in to learn more about the history of the Baltimore Orioles franchise! If you haven't yet, check out my other videos in this series all about the Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phillies, Toronto Blue Jays, San Diego Padres and Atlanta Braves!

Here's a fun fact I forgot to mention. All major American sports teams called the Browns last for about 50 years, then move to Baltimore and rename themselves after a bird.

Just found these team history videos today and I'm loving it!. They're well thought out and well written. I enjoy the flow and the thoroughness of everything from their moves to ownership to stadiums and logos really great! Growing up I was raised as a Red Sox fan and honestly didn't know much about other teams. Other than the obvious rivalries and such. But as I've gotten older and I'm coming back to baseball more. I've become more of a fan of baseball as a whole and not so much a single team fan. So these videos are really exciting for me to learn more about baseball history as a whole each individual team. Just just a thought/suggestion, maybe add some info on mascots and some of the more interesting Minor League affiliate teams. I know that might make some of these videos even longer but personally I don't mind. I just think there's a lot of really unique minor league teams out there that have some fun history as well. With all your quality videos out there and the rise of baseball popularity on the internet I'm honestly so surprised that you don't have more subscribers. But I hope all the best for you in your YouTube endeavors and I look forward to the next one.

Thanks, Brutus. I’m a lifelong Orioles fan. Your point that the Orioles franchise goes all the way back to the formation of the American League via the Milwaukee/St. Louis connection often goes without comment, even locally in Baltimore - where the National League Orioles of the 1890’s are often cited as the historical predecessors of our beloved O’s.

I really enjoyed the way you made this video, when you finished the history and started talking about other things like baseball parks, uniforms, funny stories I realized there is so much one can share about a team. Thank you for all the research and the way you tell the story of a team. It makes me a non-fan still curious and watch the whole video… and by a non-fan I mean that I’m a girlfriend of a real fan that is watching so I understand why my partner loves the game. What I have found is that these stories are generally interesting no matter how much you love baseball. Keep it up!

This is v well done-- congrats

I have to say, the way you're handling the 1800s Orioles history... very well played. Of course, with the team you're tacking them onto, that video probably ends up being an hour long, but that might have been the case anyway. One correction, and I'm sure you know this. Pearl Harbor (and presumably the Browns to LA vote) took place in 1941, not 1942. Here's a fun fact about the Eddie Gaedel story (if you have a warped, twisted sense of fun). Bill Veeck told Gaedel that he had two snipers in the stands and that they were ordered to fire if Eddie actually swung at a pitch. 1971 was a noteworthy year. The O's had four 20 game winners on their staff: Jim Palmer, Dave McNally, Mike Cuellar, and Joe Dobson, something that had only been done once before, and probably never will be done again. That's about all I have to add. Since the question involves the Orioles, I'll ask you: What's your take on the first round playoff bye?

Mike Cuellar comes to mind in the pitcher category….Dave McNally was a good memory….i lived across the street from Memorial Park, on Greenmount Avenue…we watched games from our roof. The houses were like the Brooklyn brownstones….up on the 4 th floor roof, was a good view of the games way back in the day.yeah, I’m an oldhead….

An interesting topic might be the International League Baltimore Orioles ...1912- 1953. As a Baltimore native I heard a lot about that team & researched it a bit... It was said to be as good as most MLB/AL/NL teams during its existence with only the Yankees probably outclassing it. The attendance for the team was also claimed to be major league caliber, with games in Baltimore for the Intl League World Series' having a higher attendance than World Series games some years. It's been a good while since I did that research, and that's all that I remember of it... but the team might be a very interesting research project to take a deep dive on...

might want to do a quick update video as just prior to the start of this season, the angelos family sold the team to a new ownership group lead by billionaire and Baltimore native David Rubenstein for $1.725 billion. Other members of the new ownership group include the iron man himself, cal ripken jr, and Mike Arougheti, as well as a few others. Also all the 9 awards from the 2023 season, including, but not limited to, Mike Elias - MLB executive of the year, Gunnar Henderson - AL rookie of he year, Brandon Hyde - AL Manager of the Year.

Did I mention the Orioles were the first Milwaukee Brewers (1901), the St. Louis Browns (1902-53) then the Baltimore Orioles (1954-present)?

11:56, OOPS, incorrect sir. The 1980 Philadelphia Phillies were the last of the "original 16" to win their first World Series, but Baltimore was next to last to do so of the original 16 squads.

Harold Baines was an Oriole who made the HOF. I don’t think he has an O’s cap on his plaque though. 28:46

NED GARVER and BOBO NEWSOM from the STL BROWNS deserve a top ten STLB/BALTY pitching spot. GARVER in the 1951 SEASON went 20-12 on a team that did not win 60 games in a 154 game campaign. They lost 100.. Newsom was a darnmned good hurler who would’ve been a lot closer to the HALL with even an average team, or one that was above, but was stuck with many double digit win and loss seasons, seemingly each season just a few games below .500, with decent E.R.A.s., and for more than a few seasons like that. As for only BALTY: PALMER, MESSINA, MCNALLY, CUELLAR, and FLANAGAN.. Fun facts: DON LARSEN pitched for the 1953 sayanara BROWNIES.. Only ROBIN ROBERTS, STEVE CARLTON, and NED GARVER, since 1951 have won 20 or more games without losing at least 20 on teams that were at least 30 games under .500 on the season. Carlton was 27-10, sub-two ERA, and 300+ K’s for a strike-shortened season PHILS TEAM IN 1972.. one that won.. 59 games in their 156 played… the greatest pitching season in modern(post 1920) HISTORY.. That’s right= 27-10 on a 59-97 team..

Great video and very interesting…but the Pearl Harbor attack was in 1941, not 1942.

Did he talk about the browns for 20 minutes and not mention world series?

The biggest mistake was trading away Roy Sievers.

When you botch the date of Pearl Harbor it’s kind of hard to believe any other “facts” that you are presenting.