List of Baltimore Orioles seasons

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Oriole Park at Camden Yards, home field of the Orioles since the 1992 season.

The Baltimore Orioles , formerly the St. Louis Browns , are an American professional baseball franchise currently based in Baltimore, Maryland. They were founded in 1894 as the Milwaukee Brewers of the Western League and joined the American League (AL) in 1901, before relocating to St. Louis the following season – a move planned by the league several years before its fruition.

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The Browns generally struggled in their early years as a Major League team, never finishing higher than fourth before 1921, and in fact having only eight winning seasons before World War II. They lost over 100 games five times, and in 1939 set an unenviable MLB record for the highest earned run average against a team on record at just over 6.00 per nine innings. They did not play in a World Series until 1944 – when most other teams were decimated by the war – and had no winning seasons between 1946 and their sixth season in Baltimore as the "Orioles" in 1959. Starting in 1960, the Orioles became contenders, finishing in second place in 1960 and third place in 1961, 1964 and 1965.

After this, however, the Orioles entered their golden age between 1966 and 1983, when they won three World Series, played in the postseason eight times, and had eighteen consecutive winning seasons between 1968 and 1985. The period from 1986 to 2011, however, was another era of failure apart from a short period in the middle 1990s. The Orioles played in the postseason only twice over twenty-eight seasons and suffered fourteen successive losing seasons between 1998 and 2011, before in 2012 surprisingly winning 93 games and their first playoff series since 1997. The team most recently made the playoffs in 2024.

These statistics are from Baseball-Reference.com's Baltimore Orioles History & Encyclopedia, [1] and are current as of the end of the 2024 MLB regular season.

Year by year

World Series champions
American League champions
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Division champions
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Wild Card berth
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SeasonLevelLeagueDivisionFinishWonLost Win% GB PlayoffsAwards
Milwaukee Brewers
1901 MLB AL 8th4889.35035½
St. Louis Browns
1902 MLBAL2nd7858.5735
1903 MLBAL6th6574.46726½
1904 MLBAL6th6587.42729
1905 MLBAL8th5499.35240½
1906 MLBAL5th7673.51016
1907 MLBAL6th6983.45324
1908 MLBAL4th8369.546
1909 MLBAL7th6189.40636
1910 MLBAL8th47107.30557
1911 MLBAL8th45107.29656½
1912 MLBAL7th53101.34453
1913 MLBAL8th5796.37239
1914 MLBAL5th7182.46428½
1915 MLBAL6th6391.40939½
1916 MLBAL5th7975.51212
1917 MLBAL7th5797.37043
1918 MLBAL5th5864.47515
1919 MLBAL5th6772.48220½
1920 MLBAL4th7677.49621½
1921 MLBAL3rd8173.52517½
1922 MLBAL2nd9361.6041
1923 MLBAL5th7478.48624
1924 MLBAL4th7478.48617
1925 MLBAL3rd8271.53515
1926 MLBAL7th6292.40229
1927 MLBAL7th5994.38550½
1928 MLBAL3rd8272.53219
1929 MLBAL4th7973.51926
1930 MLBAL6th6490.41538
1931 MLBAL5th6391.40945
1932 MLBAL6th6391.40944
1933 MLBAL8th5596.36443½
1934 MLBAL6th6785.44033
1935 MLBAL7th6587.42728½
1936 MLBAL7th5795.37544½
1937 MLBAL8th46108.29856
1938 MLBAL7th5597.36144
1939 MLBAL8th43111.27964½
1940 MLBAL6th6787.43523
1941 MLBAL7th7084.45431
1942 MLBAL3rd8269.54319½
1943 MLBAL6th7280.47325
1944 MLBAL *1st8965.578Lost World Series (Cardinals) 4–2 *
1945 MLBAL3rd8170.5366
1946 MLBAL7th6688.42838
1947 MLBAL8th5995.38338
1948 MLBAL6th5994.38537
1949 MLBAL7th53101.34444
1950 MLBAL7th5896.37640
1951 MLBAL8th52102.33746
1952 MLBAL7th6490.41531
1953 MLBAL8th54100.35146½
Baltimore Orioles
1954 MLBAL7th54100.35157
1955 MLBAL7th5797.37039
1956 MLBAL6th6985.44828
1957 MLBAL5th7676.50021
1958 MLBAL6th7479.48317½
1959 MLBAL6th7480.48020
1960 MLBAL2nd8965.5788 Ron Hansen (ROY)
1961 MLBAL3rd9567.58614
1962 MLBAL7th7785.47519
1963 MLBAL4th8676.53118½
1964 MLBAL3rd9765.5992 Brooks Robinson (MVP)
1965 MLBAL3rd9468.5808 Curt Blefary (ROY)
1966 MLB †AL *1st9763.606Won World Series (Dodgers) 4–0 † Frank Robinson (MVP, TC, WS MVP)
1967 MLBAL6th7685.47215½
1968 MLBAL2nd9171.56212
1969 MLBAL * East ^1st10953.673Won ALCS (Twins) 3–0
Lost World Series (Mets) 4–1 *
Mike Cuellar (CYA)
1970 MLB †AL *East ^1st10854.667Won ALCS (Twins) 3–0
Won World Series (Reds) 4–1 †
Boog Powell (MVP)
Brooks Robinson (WS MVP)
1971 MLBAL *East ^1st10157.639Won ALCS (Athletics) 3–0
Lost World Series (Pirates) 4–3 *
1972 MLBALEast3rd8074.5195
1973 MLBALEast ^1st9765.599Lost ALCS (Athletics) 3–2 Jim Palmer (CYA)
Al Bumbry (ROY)
1974 MLBALEast ^1st9171.562Lost ALCS (Athletics) 3–1
1975 MLBALEast2nd9069.566 Jim Palmer (CYA)
1976 MLBALEast2nd8874.54310½ Jim Palmer (CYA)
1977 MLBALEast2nd9764.602 Eddie Murray (ROY)
1978 MLBALEast4th9071.5599
1979 MLBAL *East ^1st10257.642Won ALCS (Angels) 3–1
Lost World Series (Pirates) 4–3 *
Mike Flanagan (CYA)
1980 MLBALEast2nd10062.6173 Steve Stone (CYA)
1981 MLBALEast2nd3123.5742
4th2823.5492
1982 MLBALEast2nd9468.5801 Cal Ripken Jr. (ROY)
1983 MLB †AL *East ^1st9864.605Won ALCS (White Sox) 3–1
Won World Series (Phillies) 4–1 †
Cal Ripken Jr. (MVP)
Rick Dempsey (WS MVP)
1984 MLBALEast5th8577.52419
1985 MLBALEast4th8378.51516
1986 MLBALEast7th7389.45122½
1987 MLBALEast6th6795.41331
1988 MLBALEast7th54107.33534½
1989 MLBALEast2nd8775.5372 Gregg Olson (ROY)
Frank Robinson (MOY)
1990 MLBALEast5th7685.47211½
1991 MLBALEast6th6795.41324 Cal Ripken Jr. (MVP)
1992 MLBALEast3rd8973.5497
1993 MLBALEast3rd8577.52510
1994 MLBALEast2nd6349.562 Playoffs canceled
1995 MLBALEast3rd7173.49315
1996 MLBALEast2nd ¤8874.5434Won ALDS (Indians) 3–1
Lost ALCS (Yankees) 4–1
1997 MLBALEast ^1st9864.605Won ALDS (Mariners) 3–1
Lost ALCS (Indians) 4–2
Davey Johnson (MOY)
1998 MLBALEast4th7983.48735
1999 MLBALEast4th7884.48120
2000 MLBALEast4th7488.45613½
2001 MLBALEast4th6398.39132½
2002 MLBALEast4th6795.41336½
2003 MLBALEast4th7191.43830
2004 MLBALEast3rd7884.48123
2005 MLBALEast4th7488.45621
2006 MLBALEast4th7092.43227
2007 MLBALEast4th6993.42527
2008 MLBALEast5th6893.42228½
2009 MLBALEast5th6498.39539
2010 MLBALEast5th6696.40730
2011 MLBALEast5th6993.42628
2012 MLBALEast2nd ¤9369.5742Won ALWC (Rangers)
Lost ALDS (Yankees) 3–2
2013 MLBALEastT-3rd8577.52512
2014 MLBALEast ^1st9666.593Won ALDS (Tigers) 3–0
Lost ALCS (Royals) 4–0
Buck Showalter (MOY)
2015 MLBALEast3rd8181.50012
2016 MLBALEast3rd ¤8973.5494Lost ALWC (Blue Jays)
2017 MLBALEast5th7587.46318
2018 MLBALEast5th47115.29061
2019 MLBALEast5th54108.33349
2020 MLBALEast4th2535.41715
2021 MLBALEast5th52110.32148
2022 MLBALEast4th8379.51216
2023 MLBALEast ^1st10161.623Lost ALDS (Rangers) 3–0 Gunnar Henderson (ROY)
Brandon Hyde (MOY)
2024 MLBALEast2nd ¤9171.5623Lost ALWC (Royals) 2–0
2025 MLBALEast5th7587.46319

Postseason record by year

YearFinishRoundOpponentResult
St. Louis Browns (1902–1953)
1944 American League Champions World Series St. Louis Cardinals Lost24
Baltimore Orioles (1954–present)
1966 World Series Champions World Series Los Angeles Dodgers Won40
1969 American League Champions ALCS Minnesota Twins Won30
World Series New York Mets Lost14
1970 World Series Champions ALCS Minnesota Twins Won30
World Series Cincinnati Reds Won41
1971 American League Champions ALCS Oakland Athletics Won30
World Series Pittsburgh Pirates Lost34
1973 American League East Champions ALCS Oakland Athletics Lost23
1974 American League East Champions ALCS Oakland Athletics Lost13
1979 American League Champions ALCS California Angels Won31
World Series Pittsburgh Pirates Lost34
1983 World Series Champions ALCS Chicago White Sox Won31
World Series Philadelphia Phillies Won41
1996 American League Wild Card ALDS Cleveland Indians Won31
ALCS New York Yankees Lost14
1997 American League East Champions ALDS Seattle Mariners Won31
ALCS Cleveland Indians Lost24
2012 American League Wild Card Wild Card Game Texas Rangers Won10
ALDS New York Yankees Lost23
2014 American League East Champions ALDS Detroit Tigers Won30
ALCS Kansas City Royals Lost04
2016 American League Wild Card Wild Card Game Toronto Blue Jays Lost01
2023 American League East Champions ALDS Texas Rangers Lost03

Total record

WonLostWin%
Milwaukee Brewers (1901)
Regular season record4889.350
St. Louis Browns (1902–1953)
Regular season record3,4144,465.433
Postseason record24.333
Regular and postseason record3,4164,469.433
Baltimore Orioles (1954–present)
Regular season record5,7335,617.505
Postseason record5243.547
Regular and postseason record5,7855,660.505
All time (1901–present)
Regular season record9,14110,124.474
Postseason record5447.535
Regular and postseason record9,19510,171.475

Up to date as of the end of the 2025 MLB regular season

Postseason series record

Series
won
Series
lost
Series
win%
Postseason
appearances
AL
Pennants
World Series
titles
St. Louis Browns (1902–1953)01.000110
Baltimore Orioles (1954–present)1211.5221463
All time (1901–present)1212.5001573

Record by decade

DecadeWinsLossesPct
1900s599721.454
1910s597892.401
1920s762769.498
1930s578951.378
1940s698833.456
1950s632905.411
1960s911698.566
1970s944656.590
1980s800761.512
1990s794757.512
2000s698920.431
2010s755865.466
2020s427443.491

Up to date as of the end of the 2025 MLB regular season

References

  1. "Baltimore Orioles History & Encyclopedia". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 18, 2016.