Our All Time Top 50 Baltimore Orioles have been revised to reflect the 2025 Season
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we maintain and update our existing Top 50 lists annually. As such, we are delighted to present our pre-2026 revision of our top 50 Atlanta Braves.
As for all of our top 50 players in baseball, we look at the following:
1. Duration and Impact.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the Major League Baseball.
3. Advanced Statistics.
4. Playoff performance.
5. Their respective legacy on the team.
6. How successful the team was when he was there.
7. Respecting the era in which they played.
Criteria 1-4 will make up the lion’s share of the algorithm. Please note that we have implemented this for the first time. This has changed the rankings all throughout the board.
Last year, the Orioles had a disappointing record, winning only 75 Games and finishing last in the new division. There were no new entrants, and no active players moved up, but there were some minor changes due to the new algorithm.
As always, we present our top five, which remain unchanged.
1. Cal Ripken Jr.
2. Jim Palmer
3. Brooks Robinson
4. Eddie Murray
5. George Sisler
You can find the entire list here.
We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.
Our All Time Top 50 Baltimore Orioles have been revised to reflect the 2024 Season
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2024 revision of our top 50 Baltimore Orioles.
As for all of our top 50 players in baseball, we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the American League.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.
Please note that our algorithm has changed, which yielded minor changes throughout the baseball lists.
Last year, the Orioles returned to the playoffs, but were hoping for a deeper run. Should they repeat what they accomplished in 2024 in 2025, there should be new entrants. As such, there was only one new entrant, but it is an older player who benefited from the new algorithm.
As always, we present our top five, which saw two changes based on the new structure:
3. Jim Palmer
4. Eddie Murray
You can find the entire list here.
Under the new system, Robinson moved to #2 by slightly edging out Palmer, and Murray overtook Sisler for #4.
Outfielder Burt Shotten enters the list at #47 with the new algorithm.
We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.
Our All-Time Top 50 Baltimore Orioles have been revised to reflect the 2023 Season
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our post 2022/23 revision of our top 50 Baltimore Orioles.
As for all of our top 50 players in hockey we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in Major League Baseball.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.
Last year, the Orioles made it to the playoffs with one of the best young rosters in baseball. However, as this a century-plus old team with only young stars, there were no changes in the Top 50, but we did want to acknowledge that we took 2023 into account.
As always, we present our top five, which obviously did not change.:
2. Jim Palmer
5. Eddie Murray
You can find the entire list here.
We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.
Our All-Time Top 50 Baltimore Orioles have been revised to reflect the 2022 Season
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our post 2022 revision of our top Baltimore Orioles.
As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the American League.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.
Last year, Baltimore went over .500, and could be a sleeper team in 2023, however none of their players cracked the Top 50, nor were there any changes. We still want to acknowledge that we have counted 2022 into our rankings.
As always, we present our top five, which was not affected by the last season:
2. Jim Palmer
5. Eddie Murray
You can find the entire list here.
We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.
Our All-Time Top 50 Baltimore Orioles are now up
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team. We have a new one to unveil today, that of the Baltimore Orioles.
The Baltimore Orioles were formed as a charter member of the American League in 1901, when they were the Milwaukee Brewers. That only lasted one year, as they relocated to St. louis as the Browns. While in St. Louis, the Browns had limited success, having only won one Pennant (1944), but fortunes changed when they relocated to Baltimore in 1954 and became the Orioles.
With a trade that brought them Frank Robinson, the Orioles won the World Series in 1966, and with a starting rotation based around Jim Palmer, the O’s won it again in 1970. A young Cal Ripken Jr. would lead them to their third World Series in 1983, which is to date their last title.
As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the American League.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.
Remember, this is ONLY based on what a player does on that particular team and not what he accomplished elsewhere and also note that we have placed an increased importance on the first two categories.
This list is updated up until the end of the 2019 Season.
The complete list can be found here, but as always we announce our top five in this article. They are:
2. Jim Palmer
5. Eddie Murray
We will continue our adjustments on our existing lists and will continue developing our new lists.
Look for our more material coming soon!
As always we thank you for your support.
5. George Sisler
When we eventually pivot to the greatest players from defunct or relocated franchises, the conversation for the St. Louis Browns begins and ends with George Sisler. As the Browns relocated to Baltimore to become the Orioles, Sisler remains the spiritual anchor of the franchise—a legend who defined a city’s baseball identity without ever donning the orange and black of Baltimore.
Signing as a free agent in 1915, Sisler arrived in the majors as a southpaw pitching phenom. While he was immediately effective on the mound—famously outdueling Walter Johnson twice—Browns manager Branch Rickey recognized that Sisler’s bat was far too lethal to languish on the bench every four days. His conversion to first base birthed one of the purest hitting machines in baseball history.
In 1916, Sisler batted .305; incredibly, that would be the second-lowest average of his entire Browns career. Over the next six seasons, he never dipped below .341, capturing two Batting Titles in the process. His 1920 campaign was a statistical marvel, featuring a modern-record 257 hits and a .407 average, but his 1922 encore was his masterpiece. That season, Sisler batted a staggering .420, authored a then-American League record 41-game hitting streak, and led the league in runs, hits, triples, and stolen bases. For his efforts, he was named the inaugural American League MVP.
The trajectory of his career was permanently altered in 1923. A severe bout of sinusitis resulted in chronic double vision, forcing Sisler to miss the entire season at the peak of his powers. Though he returned in 1924 and remained an elite talent—batting over .300 in three of his final four years in St. Louis and leading the league in steals for a fourth time in 1927—he often admitted he was never quite the same.
By the time his contract was sold to the Washington Senators in 1928, Sisler had accumulated 2,295 hits, 351 stolen bases, and a career Browns slash line of .344/.384/.481. Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939, George Sisler remains, without question, the greatest player to ever wear the St. Louis Browns uniform.