Baltimore Orioles: The franchise all-time bracket

Baltimore Orioles: The All-Time Bracket

The Championship

The Orioles all-time bracket concludes in a contest of two teams featuring identical on-field leaders and separated by just two seasons.

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Game 1: The 1969 team’s .673 regular-season percentage is untouchable by franchise standards…

Game 2: …As is the 1966 club’s 1.000 post-season percentage.

Game 3: In 1966 the Orioles hit for a team 111 OPS+. The 1969 team compiled a 110 OPS+, one point shy.

Game 4: The 1966 Orioles only managed a 102 ERA+. In 1969 the Orioles had a 126 ERA+. This championship series is even at two games each.

Game 5: The 1966 Orioles rode Frank Robinson’s 7.7 to a 46.0 WAR. In 1969, Robinson had 7.5 WAR, but Paul Blair added 7.1 and the team reached a franchise record 61.8.

Game 6: Needing a win to stay alive, the 1966 team presents its .981 fielding percentage, three points better than the AL average. The 1969 team counters with its .984 average, a full six points superior to the league average.

Result: 1969 in six games

In ousting the 1944 Browns plus the 2014 and 1966 Orioles, the 1969 team was never taken to a seventh game. The record will show that those Orioles rostered three Hall of Famers: Palmer plus both Robinsons.