Baltimore Orioles

Every MLB player the encyclopedia attributes to the Baltimore Oriolesfrom profile season records, grouped by position, first season to last. Coverage follows the encyclopedia’s per-era source depth.

Every position room Baltimore Orioles has passed down, steadiest first. The SS room is their most stable — 14 holders across 134 years, a new one every 9.6 on average.

1. SS14 holders · 13 handoffs · 1893–2026 · one every 9.6y
   Hughie Jennings1893–1899→Bill Keister1896–1901→Bobby Wallace1902–1916→Wally Gerber1917–1928→Red Kress1927–1939→Lyn Lary1935–1940→Vern Stephens1941–1955→Luis Aparicio1963–1967→Mark Belanger1965–1981→Cal Ripken Jr.1981–2001→Mike Bordick1997–2002→Miguel Tejada2004–2010→J.J. Hardy2011–2017→Gunnar Henderson2022–2026
2. 3B20 holders · 19 handoffs · 1888–2025 · one every 6.9y
   Billy Shindle1888–1893→John McGraw1891–1902→Roy Hartzell1906–1910→Jimmy Austin1911–1929→Gene Robertson1919–1926→Frank O'Rourke1927–1931→Harlond Clift1934–1943→Mark Christman1939–1946→Bob Dillinger1946–1949→Brooks Robinson1955–1977→Doug DeCinces1973–1981→Leo Gomez1990–1995→Bobby Bonilla1995–1996→Melvin Mora2000–2009→Tony Batista2001–2003→Mark Reynolds2011–2012→Manny Machado2012–2018→Danny Valencia2013–2018→Ramón Urías2020–2025→Jordan Westburg2023–2025
3. 1B21 holders · 20 handoffs · 1887–2026 · one every 6.7y
   Tommy Tucker1887–1889→Dan McGann1898–1902→Tom Jones1902–1909→George Sisler1915–1927→Lu Blue1928–1930→Jack Burns1930–1936→George McQuinn1938–1945→Babe Dahlgren1942–1946→Bob Boyd1956–1960→Jim Gentile1960–1963→Boog Powell1961–1974→Lee May1975–1980→Eddie Murray1977–1996→Randy Milligan1989–1992→David Segui1990–2004→Rafael Palmeiro1994–2005→Jeff Conine1999–2006→Chris Davis2011–2020→Mark Trumbo2016–2019→Trey Mancini2016–2022→Ryan Mountcastle2020–2026
4. DH7 holders · 6 handoffs · 1969–2014 · one every 6.6y
   Terry Crowley1969–1982→Don Baylor1970–1975→Larry Sheets1984–1989→Sam Horn1990–1992→Harold Baines1993–2000→Luke Scott2008–2011→Nelson Cruz2014
5. C23 holders · 22 handoffs · 1890–2026 · one every 6y
   Wilbert Robinson1890–1902→Hank Severeid1915–1925→Muddy Ruel1915–1933→Wally Schang1926–1929→Rick Ferrell1929–1943→Rollie Hemsley1933–1937→Les Moss1946–1955→Sherm Lollar1949–1951→Clint Courtney1952–1961→Gus Triandos1955–1962→Charlie Lau1961–1967→Andy Etchebarren1962–1975→John Orsino1963–1965→Elrod Hendricks1968–1979→Earl Williams1973–1974→Rick Dempsey1976–1992→Mickey Tettleton1988–1990→Chris Hoiles1989–1998→Gregg Zaun1995–2009→Javy Lopez2004–2006→Ramon Hernandez2006–2008→Matt Wieters2009–2016→Adley Rutschman2022–2026
6. 2B29 holders · 28 handoffs · 1893–2019 · one every 4.4y
   Henry Reitz1893–1897→Gene DeMontreville1898–1904→Jimmy Williams1901–1909→Harry Niles1906–1907→Hobe Ferris1908–1909→Del Pratt1912–1917→Joe Gedeon1918–1920→Marty McManus1920–1926→Oscar Melillo1926–1935→Don Heffner1938–1943→Johnny Berardino1939–1951→Don Gutteridge1942–1945→Jerry Priddy1948–1949→Bobby Young1951–1955→Billy Gardner1956–1959→Jerry Adair1958–1966→Davey Johnson1965–1972→Bobby Grich1970–1976→Rich Dauer1976–1985→Lenn Sakata1980–1985→Billy Ripken1987–1996→Mark McLemore1992–1994→Roberto Alomar1996–1998→Jerry Hairston Jr.1998–2004→Delino DeShields1999–2001→Brian Roberts2001–2013→Ryan Flaherty2012–2017→Jonathan Schoop2013–2018→Jonathan Villar2018–2019