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60 free Baltimore Orioles trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Baltimore Orioles trivia quiz covers the whole franchise: the Milwaukee Brewers and St. Louis Browns years, Bill Veeck, the 1954 move, the Frank Robinson trade and 1966 sweep of the Dodgers, the Miracle Mets, Earl Weaver, three championships and six pennants, the 0–21 start of 1988, Camden Yards, Cal Ripken Jr.'s 2,632 games, the Angelos era, Buck Showalter's teams, the 115-loss season and the 101-win 2023 club. Expect easy questions on the ballpark, the anthem tradition and the biggest names, plenty of history for regular fans, and hard ones about Paul Richards, the record 257 homers of 1996, Rex Barney and the uniform contest the O's won as a 13 seed. Caps, City Connect uniforms and broadcasters get their turn too. Every answer was checked against primary and encyclopaedic sources before it went in, so when you miss one you can trust the explanation. Play it solo or run it as a round at your next watch party. For the wider game, our MLB baseball trivia page is the natural next stop.
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Q 01What is the name of the Orioles' ballpark, opened in downtown Baltimore in 1992?
Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Its retro design inspired a generation of new ballparks and it hosted the 1993 All-Star Game.
Q 02Under what name did the Orioles franchise spend its first American League season in 1901?
Milwaukee Brewers
They moved to St. Louis a year later and became the Browns for 52 seasons.
Q 03What was the franchise called during its 52 years in St. Louis?
Browns
The name came from the original 1880s nickname of the club now known as the Cardinals, with whom they shared Sportsman's Park.
Q 04In which wartime season did the franchise win its only St. Louis pennant?
1944
They were the last of the original 16 major league teams to reach a World Series.
Q 05Which showman bought the St. Louis club in 1951 and tried to move it to Milwaukee and Baltimore?
Bill Veeck
AL owners blocked him, so he sold to a Baltimore group led by attorney Clarence Miles for $2.5 million.
Q 06In which year did the franchise move to Baltimore and become the Orioles?
1954
Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. and attorney Clarence Miles led the effort to bring the majors back to the city.
Q 07The oriole is the official state bird of which state?
Maryland
Baltimore baseball teams have used the name since the 19th century, including the National League Orioles of John McGraw and Wee Willie Keeler.
Q 08Which manager also served as GM from 1955 to 1958, the first to do both since McGraw?
Paul Richards
He began the slow climb to respectability that produced Brooks Robinson, Boog Powell and Dave McNally.
Q 09Which pitcher did the Orioles send to Cincinnati in the 1965 trade for Frank Robinson?
Milt Pappas
Robinson won the Triple Crown and MVP in his first Baltimore season; the deal is now a byword for lopsided trades.
Q 10Frank Robinson's 1966 MVP made him the first to win in both leagues. In which season had he won the NL MVP?
1961
He led the Reds to the pennant that year; in 1966 he also won the Triple Crown for Baltimore.
Q 11Which team did the Orioles sweep in the 1966 World Series for their first championship?
Los Angeles Dodgers
They out-duelled Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale; it was the last of the AL's charter teams to win a title.
Q 12Which team pulled off one of the great World Series upsets by beating the Orioles in five games in 1969?
New York Mets
That 'Miracle Mets' win came after Baltimore had won the first-ever ALCS.
Q 13The 108-win Orioles beat which team in five games in the 1970 World Series?
Cincinnati Reds
Brooks Robinson's fielding clinic against the Big Red Machine made him Series MVP; it remains the last title Baltimore clinched at home.
Q 21How many games did the Orioles lose to open the 1988 season, a major-league record?
21
Cal Ripken Sr. was fired six games in and Frank Robinson took over; the team finished 54–107.
Q 22What nickname was given to the surprising 1989 team, which finished second a year after losing 107 games?
The 'Why Not?' Birds
Surprise ace Jeff Ballard led them and Frank Robinson was Manager of the Year.
Q 23On which 1995 date did Cal Ripken Jr. break Lou Gehrig's record with his 2,131st straight game?
September 6
Fans voted it baseball's most memorable moment; the streak ended at 2,632 in 1998.
Q 14Which right fielder led the Pirates from 0-2 down to beat the Orioles in the 1971 Series?
Roberto Clemente
Steve Blass beat Mike Cuellar 2–1 in Game 7 in Baltimore.
Q 15The 'We Are Family' Pirates beat the Orioles in the 1979 World Series after trailing by how many games?
3–1
Pittsburgh became only the fourth team to come back from 3–1 and won Game 7 in Baltimore for the second time that decade.
Q 16Which team did the Orioles beat in five games to win the 1983 World Series?
Philadelphia Phillies
Catcher Rick Dempsey was Series MVP in Joe Altobelli's first year as manager after Earl Weaver retired.
Q 17Which fiery manager's philosophy of 'pitching, defense and the three-run home run' was named after him?
Earl Weaver
Told Weaver was a 'push-button manager', a GM replied that Earl 'built the machine and installed all the buttons'.
Q 18Which phrase, coined by coach Cal Ripken Sr., summed up the fundamentals-first 'Oriole Way'?
Perfect practice makes perfect
The Oriole Way produced a farm system that made the team the envy of baseball from 1966 to 1983.
Q 19How many Cy Young Awards did Jim Palmer win for the Orioles?
Three
He won in 1973, 1975 and 1976; Mike Cuellar, Mike Flanagan and Steve Stone also won for Baltimore.
Q 20Which Orioles player won the AL MVP in 1970?
Boog Powell
Frank Robinson (1966) and Cal Ripken Jr. (1983) were the other MVPs of the glory years.
Q 24At how many consecutive games did Cal Ripken Jr. voluntarily end his streak in 1998?
2,632
He sat out the final home game of the season against the Yankees.
Q 25Why did the Orioles refuse to field replacement players during the 1994–95 strike?
Their owner was a labour lawyer and it would have risked Ripken's streak
They were the lone dissenters and sat out spring training instead.
Q 26Which Baltimore attorney won the Orioles in bankruptcy court in 1993, with Tom Clancy as partner?
Peter Angelos
His family sold the team to David Rubenstein's group in 2024, days after Angelos died at 94.
Q 27How many home runs did the 1996 Orioles hit to set a then-major league single-season record?
257
Brady Anderson hit 50 of them, 12 leading off games; they lost the ALCS after Jeffrey Maier's interference on a Derek Jeter fly ball.
Q 28Which 12-year-old fan turned a Derek Jeter fly ball into a home run in the 1996 ALCS?
Jeffrey Maier
The Yankees won that Game 1 and the series.
Q 29The 1997 Orioles won the AL East 'wire-to-wire'. What does that mean?
They were in first place every day of the season
They then lost the ALCS to Cleveland with every defeat coming by one run, and Davey Johnson quit after a dispute with Peter Angelos.
Q 30How many consecutive losing seasons did the Orioles endure between 1998 and 2011?
14
The streak ended with the 93-win 2012 team that went 29–9 in one-run games.