Yesterday, the Baltimore Orioles officially inducted four new members to their Hall of Fame.
Two time All Star selection, Melvin Mora, was a very flexible player who played Third Base, Shortstop and Outfield for the Orioles. The Venezuelan had his best season in 2004, where he won the Silver Slugger Award and led the American League in On Base Percentage. Mora’s overall Oriole career saw him smack 1,323 Hits, 158 Home Runs, a .280/.355/.438 Slash Line with a 29.0 bWAR.
Mora is joined by Gary Roenicke who played Outfield for Baltimore from 1978 to 1985. Roenicke played for the 1983 World Series Championship Team and had 555 Hits with 106 Home Runs and a 15.7 bWAR.
The third player inducted is John Lowenstein, who played in the outfield for Baltimore for seven of his sixteen Major League Seasons. Lowenstein was another member of the ’83 World Series Team and had 428 Hits with a bWAR of 7.0 while playing there.
Longtime Scout and Executive, Fred Uhlman Sr. was also chosen.
The Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame first took shape in 1977 inducting Frank Robinson and Brooks Robinson and focuses only on the franchise’s time in Baltimore and not their time as the St. Louis Browns.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the Baltimore Orioles and their newest Hall of Fame Class.
The Baltimore Orioles 2015 HOFers are inducted.
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17 Aug
2015
2015
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