The Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame is a team Hall of Fame dedicated to representing the most significant contributors to the history of the Baltimore Orioles professional baseball team since the first season of Baltimore baseball in 1954, which has inducted players, managers, staff, and other contributors. The Hall of Fame is on display at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland. [1]
Year | Year inducted |
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Bold | Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame |
† | Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame as an Oriole |
Bold | Recipient of the Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award |
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Inducted | No. | Player | Position | Tenure |
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1977 | 5 | Brooks Robinson † | 3B | 1955–1977 |
20 | Frank Robinson † | RF Coach Manager | 1966–1971 1978–1980, 1985–1987 1988–1991 | |
1978 | 19 | Dave McNally | P | 1962–1974 |
1979 | 8, 16, 26, 30 | Boog Powell | 1B | 1961–1974 |
1981 | 11 | Gus Triandos | C | 1955–1962 |
1982 | 11 | Luis Aparicio | SS | 1963–1967 |
35 | Mike Cuellar | P | 1969–1976 | |
1983 | 7, 49 | Mark Belanger | SS | 1965–1981 |
4 | Earl Weaver † | Coach Manager | 1967 1968–1982, 1985–1986 | |
1984 | 6, 33 | Paul Blair | CF | 1964–1976 |
12 | Paul Richards | Manager/GM | 1955–1961 | |
1985 | 23, 32 | Milt Pappas | P | 1957–1965 |
1986 | 22 | Jim Palmer † | P | 1965–1984 |
29 | Ken Singleton | RF | 1975–1984 | |
1987 | 1 | Al Bumbry | OF | 1972–1984 |
1988 | 13, 29, 59 | Steve Barber | P | 1960–1967 |
1989 | 4 | Jim Gentile | 1B | 1960–1963 |
29 | Dick Hall | P/OF | 1961–1966, 1969–1971 | |
37 | Stu Miller | P | 1963–1967 | |
1990 | 42 | Hank Bauer | Manager | 1964–1968 |
16, 39 | Scott McGregor | P | 1976–1988 | |
1991 | 28 | Hal Brown | P | 1955–1962 |
1992 | 14 | Gene Woodling | LF | 1955, 1958–1960 |
1993 | 9 | Don Buford | LF/2B/3B | 1968–1972 |
1994 | 46 | Mike Flanagan | P | 1975–1987, 1991–1992 |
1995 | 16 | George Bamberger | P | 1959 |
— | Chuck Thompson † | Broadcaster | 1955–1956 1962–1987 1991–2000 | |
1996 | — | Jerry Hoffberger | Owner | 1954–1979 |
6 | Billy Hunter | SS Coach | 1954 1964-1977 | |
7 | Cal Ripken, Sr. | Coach/Manager | 1976–1992 | |
1997 | — | Harry Dalton | GM | 1965–1971 |
24 | Rick Dempsey | C | 1976–1986, 1992 | |
6, 15 | Davey Johnson | 2B Manager | 1965–1972 1996–1997 | |
1998 | 3, 16 | Bobby Grich | 2B | 1970–1976 |
— | Lee MacPhail | GM | 1958–1965 | |
14 | Lee May | 1B | 1975–1980 | |
1999 | — | Frank Cashen | GM | 1972–1975 |
33 | Eddie Murray † | 1B/DH | 1977–1988, 1996 | |
2000 | — | Jack Dunn III | Manager | 1949 |
23, 36 | Tippy Martinez | P | 1976–1986 | |
39 | Eddie Watt | P | 1966–1973 | |
2001 | 52 | Mike Boddicker | P | 1980–1988 |
44 | Elrod Hendricks | C | 1968–1972 1973–1976 1978–1979 | |
— | Hank Peters | GM | 1975–1987 | |
2002 | — | Rex Barney | PA Announcer | 1974–1997 |
30, 61 | Dennis Martínez | P | 1976–1986 | |
15 | Hoyt Wilhelm | P | 1958–1962 | |
2003 | — | Bob Brown | Executive | |
8 | Cal Ripken Jr. † | SS/3B | 1981–2001 | |
2004 | 9, 16 | Brady Anderson | OF | 1988–2001 |
— | Ernie Tyler | Umpire Attendant | 1960–2011 | |
2006 | 11, 37 | Doug DeCinces | 3B | 1973–1981 |
17, 23, 28 | Chris Hoiles | C | 1989–1998 | |
— | Ralph Salvon | Trainer | 1966–1988 | |
— | Eddie Weidner | Trainer | 1954–1967 | |
2007 | — | Bill O'Donnell | Broadcaster | 1966–1981 |
17 | B.J. Surhoff | LF/C/3B | 1996–2000, 2003–2005 | |
2008 | — | "Wild Bill" Hagy | Fan | |
— | Phil Itzoe | Executive | 1964–2008 | |
30 | Gregg Olson | P | 1988–1993 | |
2009 | 3, 10 | Harold Baines | DH/RF | 1993–1995 1997–1999 2000 |
— | Julie Wagner | Executive | 1982–2005 | |
2010 | — | Lenny Johnston | Executive | 1976–present |
31 | Ray Miller | Coach/Manager | 1978–1985 1997–1999 2004–2005 | |
12, 38 | Johnny Oates | C Manager | 1970, 1972 1991–1994 | |
2011 | — | Richie Bancells | Trainer | 1984–2017 |
14 | Mike Bordick | SS | 1997–2000, 2001–2002 | |
2012 | 25, 44 | Rich Dauer | 2B/3B | 1976–1985 |
35, 42 | Mike Mussina | P | 1991–2000 | |
— | Walter Youse | Scout | 1957–1974 | |
2013 | 12 | Roberto Alomar | 2B | 1996–1998 |
— | Don Pries | Scout/Executive | 1968–1974 | |
2015 | 38 | John Lowenstein | LF | 1979–1985 |
35 | Gary Roenicke | OF | 1978–1985 | |
6, 13, 25, 56 | Melvin Mora | 3B | 2000–2009 | |
— | Fred Uhlman, Sr. | Executive | 1986–1997, 1999 | |
2018 | 1 | Brian Roberts | 2B | 2001–2013 |
— | Fred Manfra | Broadcaster | 1992–2017 | |
2020 | — | Mo Gaba [2] | Fan | |
2021 [3] | 2 | J.J. Hardy | SS | 2011–2017 |
10, 12 | Mike Devereaux | OF | 1989–1994, 1996 | |
— | Joe Angel | Broadcaster | 1988–1990, 1992, 2004–2018 | |
2024 [4] | 21 | Nick Markakis | RF | 2006–2014 |
10, 11, 37, 38 | Terry Crowley | OF/DH | 1969–1973, 1976-1982 | |
— | Dick Bowie | Scout | 1958–1981 |
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