1979 Baltimore Orioles | ||
---|---|---|
American League Champions American League East Champions | ||
League | American League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Memorial Stadium | |
City | Baltimore, Maryland | |
Record | 102–57 (.642) | |
Divisional place | 1st | |
Owners | Jerold Hoffberger, Edward Bennett Williams | |
General managers | Hank Peters | |
Managers | Earl Weaver | |
Television | WMAR-TV | |
Radio | WFBR (Chuck Thompson, Bill O'Donnell, Tom Marr, and on few occasions Charley Eckman) | |
|
The 1979 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. The Orioles finished first in the American League East division of Major League Baseball with a record of 102 wins and 57 losses. They went on to defeat the California Angels in the 1979 American League Championship Series, 3 games to 1, before losing in the 1979 World Series to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4 games to 3.