The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. The Orioles are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Orioles have played in Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
The "Orioles" name originates from the bird of the same name. They are nicknamed "the O's", a shortened version of the Orioles name, and "the Birds".
One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in . Then the Milwaukee Brewers (not to be confused with the current Milwaukee Brewers who were a expansion team), the team moved to St. Louis in and became the St. Louis Browns. It was not until that the team moved to Baltimore and became the Orioles.
