Baltimore Orioles - The Reagan Era (1980-1989)
 
   
 
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        1980 2 100 62   1983 1 98 64   1987 6 67 95               Click  
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        1982 2 94 68   1985 4 83 78   1989 2 87 75                  
                  1986 7 73 89                            
                                                       
   
  Titles: None Top Orioles Players of the Eighties  
  1983 - World Champions (beat Phillies)  
    Pitchers:  
  BallPark: Scott McGregor (14.8) -   68  
  Memorial Stadium Mike Boddicker (17.52) -   52  
    Mike Flanagan (11.86) -   42  
  Team Name: Dennis Martinez (2.89) -   34  
  Orioles Storm Davis (11.94) -   29  
    Jim Palmer (7.03) -   24  
  Owner:  Jeff Ballard (2.36) -   19  
  Edward Bennett Williams (1980-1988) Dave Schmidt (2.33) -   17  
  Larry Lucchino (1989) Steve Stone (3.46) -   16  
    Tippy Martinez (5.96) -   16  
  General Managers: Sammy Stewart (6.03) -   14  
  Hank Peters (1980-1987) Don Aase (3.3) -   11  
  Roland Hemond (1988-1989) Bob Milacki (4.45) -  10  
     
  Managers: Catchers:  
  Earl Weaver (1980-1982, 1985-1986) Rick Dempsey (13.7) -   50  
  Joe Altobelli (1983-1985) Mickey Tettleton (5.93) -   12  
  Cal Ripken (1985, 1987-1988)    
  Frank Robinson (1988-1989) First Basemen:  
    Eddie Murray (43.92) -   103  
  No Hitters:    
  None Second Basemen:  
    Rich Dauer (8.64) -   10  
  Hall of Famers:    
  Eddie Murray ShortStop:  
  Jim Palmer Cal Ripken (50.23) -   89  
  Cal Ripken Jr.    
    Third Base:  
  Rookie of the Year: Doug DeCinces (6.47) -   15  
  Cal Ripken Jr. (1982)    
  Gregg Olson (1989) Outfield:  
    Al Bumbry (9.78) -   43  
  MVP: Gary Roenicke (12.07) -   32  
  Cal Ripken Jr. (1983) Fred Lynn (7.59) -   26  
    Ken Singleton (5.9) -   26  
  Cy Young: John Lowenstein (5.26) -   21  
  Steve Stone (1980) Larry Sheets (3.09) -   21  
    Mike Young (7) -   19  
  Notable Events: Joe Orsulak (2.92) -   15  
       
  1980 - Baltimore continues to be one of the elite teams in baseball  Notable Events:  
  winning one hundred games, but finishing second to the Yankees.    
  Coming into the decade, they have a killer pitching staff including four 1983 - Righthander Mike Boddicker has his first big season as a   
  ace starters in MacGregor, Flanagan, Stone and Palmer and a dynamite twenty five year old. He would have made an impact much sooner  
  bullpen led by Tim Stoddard, Sammy Stewart, and Dennis and but there were too many ace veteran pitchers blocking his way.  
  Tippy Martinez. The starting lineup included two stars, Murray and Mike had been selected in the 6th round of the 1978 draft  
  Singleton. The rest of the lineup was pretty much a mashup of role    
  players that wizard manager Earl Weaver never failed to get the most 1983 - Baltimore wins the World Series (their last one to date)  
  out of. Guys like Bumbry, Roenicke, Lowenstein, Sheets, Orsulak,  beating the Phillies. Murray and Ripken lead the way offensively,  
  Dauer and Dempsey scared no one until the game was on the line.  McGregor and Boddicker are the top pitchers.  
     
  1981 - The Orioles don't win either half's title in strike shortened season 1985 - The O's bring back Earl Weaver, but a magician can't work  
  his magic when there's nothing to work with.   
  1982 - A year of  change. Cal Ripken, 21, ushers in the future as     
  rookie of the year. He was a second round pick in the '78 draft.  1985 - More dynasty numbers. Baltimore completes a twenty six year  
    stretch where they top eighty three wins twenty two times. Most of  
  1983 - .Earl Weaver retires as manager. The loss of former owner Jerry the time they were well over that number and had only one losing year  
   Hoffberger's leadership is starting to be felt as the dynasty winds down. in the run.   
  General Manager Hank Peters stayed on after Hoffberger left, but he    
  couldn't keep the ball rolling and was replaced after the 1987 season. 1986 - It's over. The Orioles are a bad club and finish 73-89.   
    Edward Bennett Williams may have been a good lawyer, but he   
  1983 - The Orioles complete a twenty year stretch in which they won couldn't approach Hoffberger's expertise in assembling a winning  
  ninety or more games sixteen times. That was a dynasty folks. The management team.  
  four years they missed included one strike shortened season and    
  one eighty eight win year. 1989 - Baltimore makes a run for the title, losing two one run   
    games at the end to Division Champion Toronto. Greg Ballard has  
    a career year and Gregg Olson is rookie of the year out of the pen.  
    The season was somethng of an aberration as it was the team's  
    only above .500 season in a six year stretch and they contended   
    despite only winning eighty seven games