Baltimore Orioles - The Reagan Era (1980-1989)
 
   
 
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        1980 2 100 62   1983 1 98 64   1987 6 67 95               Click  
        1981 x 59 46   1984 5 85 77   1988 7 54 107               on Logo  
        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.    
  Earl Weaver   Third Base:  
    Doug DeCinces (6.47) -   15  
  Rookie of the Year:    
  Cal Ripken Jr. (1982) Outfield:  
  Gregg Olson (1989) Al Bumbry (9.78) -   43  
    Gary Roenicke (12.07) -   32  
  MVP: Fred Lynn (7.59) -   26  
  Cal Ripken Jr. (1983) Ken Singleton (5.9) -   26  
    John Lowenstein (5.26) -   21  
  Cy Young: Larry Sheets (3.09) -   21  
  Steve Stone (1980) Mike Young (7) -   19  
    Joe Orsulak (2.92) -   15  
  Notable Events:    
    Notable Events:  
  1980 - Baltimore continues to be one of the elite teams in baseball     
  winning one hundred games, but finishing second to the Yankees. 1983 - Righthander Mike Boddicker has his first big season as a   
  Coming into the decade, they have a killer pitching staff including four twenty five year old. He would have made an impact much sooner  
  ace starters in MacGregor, Flanagan, Stone and Palmer and a dynamite but there were too many ace veteran pitchers blocking his way.  
  bullpen led by Tim Stoddard, Sammy Stewart, and Dennis and Mike had been selected in the 6th round of the 1978 draft  
  Tippy Martinez. The starting lineup included two stars, Murray and    
  Singleton. The rest of the lineup was pretty much a mashup of role 1983 - Baltimore wins the World Series (their last one to date)  
  players that wizard manager Earl Weaver never failed to get the most beating the Phillies. Murray and Ripken lead the way offensively,  
  out of. Guys like Bumbry, Roenicke, Lowenstein, Sheets, Orsulak,  McGregor and Boddicker are the top pitchers.  
  Dauer and Dempsey scared no one until the game was on the line.   
    1985 - The O's bring back Earl Weaver, but a magician can't work  
  1981 - The Orioles don't win either half's title in strike shortened season his magic when there's nothing to work with.   
     
  1982 - A year of  change. Cal Ripken, 21, ushers in the future as  1985 - More dynasty numbers. Baltimore completes a twenty six year  
  rookie of the year. He was a second round pick in the '78 draft.  stretch where they top eighty three wins twenty two times. Most of  
    the time they were well over that number and had only one losing year  
  1983 - .Earl Weaver retires as manager. The loss of former owner Jerry in the run.   
   Hoffberger's leadership is starting to be felt as the dynasty winds down.    
  General Manager Hank Peters stayed on after Hoffberger left, but he 1986 - It's over. The Orioles are a bad club and finish 73-89.   
  couldn't keep the ball rolling and was replaced after the 1987 season. Edward Bennett Williams may have been a good lawyer, but he   
    couldn't approach Hoffberger's expertise in assembling a winning  
  1983 - The Orioles complete a twenty year stretch in which they won management team.  
  ninety or more games sixteen times. That was a dynasty folks. The    
  four years they missed included one strike shortened season and 1989 - Baltimore makes a run for the title, losing two one run   
  one eighty eight win year. 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