Baltimore Orioles
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| East Division titles (9) | 1969; 1970; 1971; 1973; 1974; 1979; 1983; 1997; 2014 |
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| AL Pennants (7) | 1944; 1966; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1979; 1983 |
| Manager | Brandon Hyde |
| Arena/Stadium | Oriole Park at Camden Yards |
| Retired numbers | 4; 5; 8; 20; 22; 33; 42 |
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| ID | 811689 |
About Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. As one of the American League's eight charter teams in 1901, this particular franchise spent its first year . . .
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Baseball's first black Major League manager dies at 83
Robinson stands beside a statue of himself
Legendary baseball Hall of Famer Frank Robinson - The First African-American to manage a Major League Baseball Team - has died aged 83, officials say.
After winning Most Valuable Player awards in both US leagues - the only player in history to do so - he went on to manage Cleveland in 1975.
With a total of 586, he is 10th on The List of The Most home runs hit in a Major League career.
Robinson, who holds countless other records, died at home in California.
Since his debut, More Than half of all teams have had a black manager.
Crowding the plateBorn in Beaumont, Texas, in 1935, Robinson got his start in Major League Baseball in 1956 - just nine years after Jackie Robinson broke the colour barrier by joining a professional Team .
In his first at-bat for Cleveland he hit a home run.
Over his career, he coached the Baltimore Orioles , the San Francisco Giants and Montreal.
Robinson became The First manager of the Washington Nationals after The Team relocated from Montreal for the 2005 season.
The Orioles and fellow legend Hank Aaron were among the many teams and players expressing their sadness on Social Media :
Robinson was known to crowd the plate before The Pitch , and famously was hit by The Ball 198 times.
"Pitchers did me a favour when they knocked me down," Robinson said. "It made me more determined. I wouldn't let that pitcher get me Out . "
Robinson with President George W Bush in 2007Robinson went on be presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by US President George W Bush in 2005 for his work in and Out of baseball.
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Source of news: bbc.com
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