Book of Baltimore Orioles Lists - Softcover

The Book of Baltimore Orioles Lists

Trade paperback. Zustand: Good. David Fitzgerald and Jim Burger (Photographs) (illustrator). First Edition, Presumed First printing. Format is approximately 5.5 inches by 8.5 inches. [14], 144, [2] pages. Illustrations. Cover has some wear, soiling, and fore-edge curving. Introduction by James Bready--Author of The Home Team. Chapters are titled: The Organization, Biography, Names, Numbers, Achievements, Birthday Calendar, and All-Time Roster. David Pugh is a lifelong Orioles fan and a noted graphics designer. Linda Geeson is a noted Baltimore Sun journalist (now former) and a renown public relations professional. The Baltimore Orioles are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club 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, Wisconsin, as the Milwaukee Brewers before moving to St. Louis, Missouri, to become the St. Louis Browns in 1902. After 52 years in St. Louis, the franchise was purchased in November 1953 by a syndicate of Baltimore business and civic interests led by attorney and civic activist Clarence Miles and Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. The team's current owner is American trial lawyer Peter Angelos. The Orioles adopted their team name in honor of the official state bird of Maryland; it had been used previously by several baseball clubs in the city, including another AL charter member franchise also named the "Baltimore Orioles", which moved north to New York in 1903 to eventually become the Yankees. Nicknames for the team include the "O's" and the "Birds". The Orioles experienced their greatest success from 1966 to 1983, when they made six World Series appearances, winning three of them (1966, 1970, 1983). This era of the club featured several future Hall of Famers who would later be inducted representing the Orioles, such as third baseman Brooks Robinson, outfielder Frank Robinson, starting pitcher Jim Palmer, first baseman Eddie Murray, shortstop Cal Ripken Jr., and manager Earl Weaver. The Orioles have won a total of nine division championships (1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1979, 1983, 1997, 2014), six pennants (1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1979, 1983), and three wild card berths (1996, 2012, 2016). After suffering a stretch of 14 consecutive losing seasons from 1998 to 2011, the team qualified for the postseason three times under manager Buck Showalter and general manager Dan Duquette, including a division title and advancement to the American League Championship Series for the first time in 17 years in 2014. The Orioles are well known for their influential ballpark, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, which opened in 1992 in downtown Baltimore. From 1901 through the end of 2021, the franchise's overall win-loss record is 8,845-9,873 (.473). Since moving to Baltimore in 1954, the Orioles have an overall win-loss record of 5,383-5,319 (.503) through the end of 2021. Artikel-Nr. 83628

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