Baltimore Orioles Trivia II

BALTIMORE ORIOLES TRIVIA II

11) How many consecutive games did the Baltimore Orioles lose to open the 1988 season?

The Baltimore Orioles 21 game losing streak to begin the 1988 baseball season is a record of futility unmatched in all of professional sports. Manager, Cal Ripken Sr. was fired after the sixth loss. Frank Robinson took his place and lost 15 more games. The season was shot before the end of April.

12) How many players were involved in the December 1954 trade between the Orioles and Yankees?

11 17 15 13

After relocating to Baltimore, the team made what still stands as the largest deal in MLB history--a 17-player trade with the New York Yankees that included most of the former St. Louis Browns still on the roster. Though the deal did little to improve the short-term competitiveness of the club, it did help establish a fresh identity for the franchise.

13) Who was the first Orioles pitcher with 10 saves in a season?

JIM PALMER MILT PAPPAS DAVE MCNALLY STEVE BARBER

Jim Palmer was at his peak in 1975, winning 23 games, throwing 10 shutouts, and fashioning a 2.09 ERA--all tops in the American League.

14) Which pitcher holds the franchise single-season record for wins?

STEVE STONE MIKE CUELLAR DAVE MCNALLY URBAN SHOCKER

Urban Shocker, one of the last legal spitball pitchers, led the American League (AL) and set a franchise record in 1921 with 27 wins.

15) How many games did the Orioles lose in 2018?

105 100 115 110

The 2018 Orioles broke the record of most losses in franchise history with 115, finishing 61 games behind the division champion Boston Red Sox.

16) Who was the first Orioles pitcher with 50 saves in a season?

RANDY MYERS GREGG OLSON JIM JOHNSON ZACK BRITTON

In 2012, Jim Johnson became the 10th pitcher in MLB history to record 50 saves or more. He finished the season with 51 saves and won the AL Rolaids Relief Man Award.

17) Who was the only player ever to hit a home run completely out of Baltimore's Memorial Stadium?

JIM GENTILE REGGIE JACKSON BOOG POWELL FRANK ROBINSON

On May 8, 1966, Cleveland's Luis Tiant delivered a fastball, low and inside. Frank Robinson swung from the heels. The crowd of 49,516 rose as one to watch as the ball soared over the left-field wall. It cleared the football press box, 50 rows of bleachers and a 12-foot TV camera stand sitting at the top of Memorial Stadium before it disappeared. In his 19th game as an Oriole, Robinson had done the unthinkable, becoming the first (and only) player to hit a home run completely out of Memorial Stadium.

18) How many World Series appearances did the Orioles make between 1966 and 1983?

5 4 7 6

The Orioles experienced their greatest success from 1966 to 1983, when they made six World Series appearances, winning three of them (1966, 1970, 1983).

19) Who did the Orioles defeat to win their first World Series?

PITTSBURGH PIRATES LOS ANGELES DODGERS NEW YORK METS CINCINNATI REDS

In a major upset, Baltimore swept the 1966 World Series in four games by out-dueling the Los Angeles Dodgers aces Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale. The Dodgers accumulated just two runs over the course of the series, the lowest number of runs ever scored by any team in a World Series.

20) Who was the first player in Major League history to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in a season?

BURT SHOTTEN KEN WILLIAMS GEORGE SISLER BRADY ANDERSON

Outfielder Ken Williams had the best season of his career in 1922, with 39 home runs and 37 stolen bases.