List of Baltimore Orioles team records explained

The Baltimore Orioles are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles originally formed as the Milwaukee Brewers in 1894, moving to St. Louis after the 1901 season, becoming the St. Louis Browns. Finally, after 52 years as the Browns, the franchise was acquired by a partnership of Baltimore businessmen who renamed the team the Baltimore Orioles.

As the Brewers, Browns, and Orioles the franchise have participated in 124 seasons in the American League, making the playoffs 15 times, winning 7 pennants and 3 World Series championships (against the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1966, the Cincinnati Reds in 1970, and the Philadelphia Phillies in 1983).^[1] Through October 12, 2023 they have played 19,042 games, winning 9,029 and losing 10,013 for a win-loss record of 0.474.^[2]

Cal Ripken Jr. holds the most team records with 13, including hits, runs, RBIs, doubles, and home runs. The slugger, nicknamed "The Iron Man", also holds the record for consecutive games played (2,632), surpassing Lou Gehrig on September 6, 1995 with his 2,131st consecutive game played.^[3] Jim Palmer holds the most pitching records for the Orioles, including wins, games played, strikeouts, and shutouts.^[4] Palmer is the only pitcher in Major League history to win World Series games in three decades, and over his 558 games played never surrendered a single grand slam.

This is a list of team records for the Baltimore Orioles. Records from or before 1901 were as the Milwaukee Brewers, and between 1902 and 1954 as the St. Louis Browns.

Individual Career Records

These are the individual records for Batting^[5] and Pitching^[6] over the course of player's careers with the franchise.

Statistics are current through 2022 season.

Career Batting

Career Batting Leaders
Statistic	Player	Record	Orioles Career	Ref
Batting average	Heinie Manush	.362	1928-1929, 1930	^[7]
On-Base percentage	Goose Goslin	.404	1930-1932	^[8]
Slugging percentage	Ken Williams	.558	1918-1927	^[9]
OPS	Ken Williams	.961	1918-1927
Games Played	Cal Ripken Jr.	3,001	1981-2001	^[10]
At Bats	Cal Ripken Jr.	11,551	1981-2001
Plate Appearances	Cal Ripken Jr.	12,883	1981-2001
Runs Scored	Cal Ripken Jr.	1,647	1981-2001
Hits	Cal Ripken Jr.	3,184	1981-2001
Total Bases	Cal Ripken Jr.	5,168	1981-2001
Singles	Cal Ripken Jr.	2,106	1981-2001
Doubles	Cal Ripken Jr.	603	1981-2001
Triples	Cal Ripken Jr.	145	1981-2001
Home Runs	Cal Ripken Jr.	431	1981-2001
RBI	Cal Ripken Jr.	1,695	1981-2001
Bases on Balls	Cal Ripken Jr.	1,129	1981-2001
Strikeouts	Chris Davis	1,550	2011-2020	^[11]
Stolen Bases	George Sisler	351	1915-1927	^[12]
Caught Stealing	George Sisler	127	1915-1927
Extra Base Hits	Cal Ripken Jr.	1,078	1981-2001
Hit By Pitch	Brady Anderson	148	1988-2001	^[13]
Sacrifice Hits	Jimmy Austin	223	1911-1923, 1925-1926, 1929	^[14]
Sacrifice Flies	Cal Ripken Jr.	127	1981-2001
Intentional Bases on Balls	Eddie Murray	135	1977-1988, 1996	^[15]

Career Pitching

Career Pitching Leaders
Statistic	Player	Record	Orioles Career	Ref
ERA	Harry Howell	2.06	1904-1910	^[16]
Wins	Jim Palmer	268	1965-1984	^[17]
Losses	Jim Palmer	152	1965-1984
Win-Loss%	Steve Stone	.656	1979-1981	^[18]
Games Played	Jim Palmer	558	1965-1984
Innings Pitched	Jim Palmer	3,948	1965-1984
Games Started	Jim Palmer	521	1965-1984
Complete Games	Jim Palmer	211	1965-1984
Saves	Gregg Olson	160	1988-1993	^[19]
Shutouts	Jim Palmer	53	1965-1984
Strikeouts	Jim Palmer	2212	1965-1984
K/9	Dylan Bundy	8.819	2016-2019	^[20]
Bases on Balls	Jim Palmer	1311	1965-1984
BB/9	Dick Hall	1.473	1961-1966	^[21]
Hits	Jim Palmer	3,349	1965-1984
H/9	Stu Miller	6.902	1963-1968	^[22]
WHIP	Dick Hall	1.005	1961-1966
Home Runs	Jim Palmer	303	1965-1984
HR/9	Rube Waddell	0.033	1908-1910	^[23]
Earned Runs	Jim Palmer	1,253	1965-1984
Wild Pitches	Jim Palmer	85	1965-1984
Hit By Pitch	Barney Pelty	100	1903-1911	^[24]
Batters Faced	Jim Palmer	16,114	1965-1984

Individual Single-Season Records

These are the individual records for Batting^[25] and Pitching^[26] in a single season with the franchise.

Statistics are current through 2022 season.

Single-Season Batting

Single Season Batting Leaders
Statistic	Player	Record	Season	Ref
Batting average	George Sisler	.420
On-Base percentage	George Sisler	.467
Slugging percentage	Jim Gentile	.646		^[27]
OPS	George Sisler	1.082
Games Played	Cal Ripken Jr. Brooks Robinson	163	,	^[28]
At Bats	B.J. Surhoff	673		^[29]
Plate Appearances	Brady Anderson	749		^[30]
Runs Scored	Harlond Clift	145		^[31]
Hits	George Sisler	257
Total Bases	George Sisler	399
Singles	Jack Tobin	179		^[32]
Doubles	Brian Roberts	56		^[33]
Triples	Heinie Manush George Stone	20		^[34]
Home Runs	Chris Davis	53		^[35]
RBI	Ken Williams	155
Bases on Balls	Lu Blue	126		^[36]
Strikeouts	Chris Davis	219
Stolen Bases	Luis Aparicio	57		^[37]
Caught Stealing	Burt Shotton	32		^[38]
Extra Base Hits	Chris Davis	96
Hit By Pitch	Brady Anderson	24
Sacrifice Hits	Joe Gedeon	48		^[39]
Sacrifice Flies	Bobby Bonilla	17		^[40]
Intentional Bases on Balls	Eddie Murray	25	1984

Single-Season Pitching

Single Season Pitching Leaders
Statistic	Player	Record	Season	Ref
ERA	Barney Pelty	1.59
Wins	Urban Shocker	27		^[41]
Losses	Fred Glade	25		^[42]
Win-Loss%	General Crowder Dave McNally	.808		^[43] ^[44]
Games Played	Jamie Walker	81		^[45]
Innings Pitched	Urban Shocker	348.0
Games Started	Mike Flanagan	40		^[46]
Complete Games	Jack Powell	36		^[47]
Saves	Jim Johnson	51		^[48]
Shutouts	Jim Palmer	10
Strikeouts	Rube Waddell	232
K/9	Érik Bédard	10.929		^[49]
Bases on Balls	Bobo Newsom	192		^[50]
BB/9	Scott McGregor	1.185		^[51]
Hits	Urban Shocker	365
H/9	Dave McNally	5.769
WHIP	Dave McNally	0.842
Home Runs	Dylan Bundy	41
HR/9	Harry Howell	0.028
Earned Runs	Bobo Newsom	186
Wild Pitches	Daniel Cabrera	17		^[52]
Hit By Pitch	Barney Pelty	20
Batters Faced	Bobo Newsom	1,475

Team Single-Season Records

These are the team records for batting^[53] and pitching^[54] in a single-season.

Team Season Batting

Season Batting Records
Statistic	Record	Season
Batting Average	.313	1922
Home runs	257	1996
Runs	949	1996
Hits	1,693	1922
Doubles	327	1937
Triples	106	1921
Strikeouts	1,454	2021
Stolen bases	234	1916

Team Season Pitching

Season Pitching Records
Statistic	Record	Season
ERA	2.15	1908
Strikeouts	1,248	2016 2019
Shutouts	21	1961 1909
	305	2019
Runs	1,064	1936
Home runs	305	2019

Team All-Time Records

These are the all time totals for the franchise as of 10/12/2023^[55]

Season Pitching Records
Statistic	Record	MLB Rank
Wins	9,029	16
Losses	10,013	7
W-L%	.474	26
Divisions Won	10	10
Pennants Won	7	13
World Series Wins	3	12
Home runs	14,144	7
Runs	82,635	16
Hits	167,959	15
Batting average	.258	18
ERA	4.05	21
Runs allowed	88,101	9

Notes

Flanagan shares the single-season games started record with: Jim Palmer (1976),  Mike Cuellar (1970), Dave McNally (1969, 1970), and Bobo Newsom (1938)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Baltimore Orioles Team History & Encyclopedia . 2023-05-06 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
2. Web site: List of all the Major League Baseball Teams . 2023-10-12 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
3. Web site: sabr . September 6, 1995: Cal Ripken surpasses Lou Gehrig's 'unbreakable' record with 2,131st consecutive game – Society for American Baseball Research . 2023-05-06 . en-US.
4. Web site: Jim Palmer Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-06 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
5. Web site: Baltimore Orioles Top 10 Career Batting Leaders . 2023-05-06 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
6. Web site: Baltimore Orioles Top 10 Career Pitching Leaders . 2023-05-06 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
7. Web site: Heinie Manush Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-06 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
8. Web site: Goose Goslin Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-06 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
9. Web site: Ken Williams Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-06 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
10. Web site: Cal Ripken Jr. Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-06 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
11. Web site: Chris Davis Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-06 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
12. Web site: George Sisler Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-06 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
13. Web site: Brady Anderson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-06 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
14. Web site: Jimmy Austin Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-06 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
15. Web site: Eddie Murray Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-06 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
16. Web site: Harry Howell Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-06 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
17. Web site: Jim Palmer Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-06 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
18. Web site: Steve Stone Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-06 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
19. Web site: Gregg Olson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-06 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
20. Web site: Dylan Bundy Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-06 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
21. Web site: Dick Hall Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-06 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
22. Web site: Stu Miller Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-06 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
23. Web site: Rube Waddell Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-06 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
24. Web site: Barney Pelty Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-06 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
25. Web site: Baltimore Orioles Top 10 Single-Season Batting Leaders . 2023-05-09 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
26. Web site: Baltimore Orioles Top 10 Single-Season Pitching Leaders . 2023-05-09 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
27. Web site: Jim Gentile Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-09 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
28. Web site: Brooks Robinson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-09 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
29. Web site: B.J. Surhoff Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-09 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
30. Web site: Brady Anderson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-09 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
31. Web site: Harlond Clift Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-09 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
32. Web site: Jack Tobin Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-09 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
33. Web site: Brian Roberts Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-09 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
34. Web site: George Stone Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-09 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
35. Web site: Chris Davis Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-09 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
36. Web site: Lu Blue Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-09 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
37. Web site: Luis Aparicio Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-09 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
38. Web site: Burt Shotton Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-09 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
39. Web site: Joe Gedeon Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-09 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
40. Web site: Bobby Bonilla Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-09 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
41. Web site: Urban Shocker Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-09 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
42. Web site: Fred Glade Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-09 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
43. Web site: General Crowder Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-09 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
44. Web site: Dave McNally Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-09 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
45. Web site: Jamie Walker Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-09 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
46. Web site: Mike Flanagan Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-09 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
47. Web site: Jack Powell Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-09 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
48. Web site: Jim Johnson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-09 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
49. Web site: Erik Bedard Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-09 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
50. Web site: Bobo Newsom Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-09 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
51. Web site: Scott McGregor Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-09 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
52. Web site: Daniel Cabrera Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2023-05-09 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
53. Web site: Baltimore Orioles Team Yearly Batting Stats . 2023-05-10 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
54. Web site: Baltimore Orioles Team Yearly Pitching Stats . 2023-05-10 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
55. Web site: List of all the Major League Baseball Teams . 2023-05-10 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.