1st January 1887
After a steady season the fans were hoping for stability from the owner and a solid off season from the front office to acquire the missing pieces for the run at next year's pennant. The Owner agreed with the fans that stability was the course to follow as his only front office move was to extend GM Bill McGuigan's contract by 3 years.
The Orioles only had one player at the AL awards dinner this year but the award he received was the big one.
Dan Brouthers was that player and he was awarded the AL MVP award. He also picked up a Platinum Stick award.
The fans of the Orioles were upset at the retirement news this year after fan favourite Left Fielder Jack Remsen announced he was hanging up his glove. The 35 year old Remsen has spent 14 years with the Baltimore Orioles and picked up Golden Gloves and 2 All Star Appearances. He also achieved 2 MLB Championship medals with the Orioles. His stats included 372 hits from 1445 at bats in 412 games. He scored 229 runs with 193 RBI's for an average of .257. (real life stats 578 games, 574 hits, 366 runs, 199 RBI's and an average of .244)
The team also lost short stop Ted Sullivan to retirement. Sullivan never made it to the big time. (real life stats 3 games, 3 hits and an average of .333)
The team had a strong first year player draft as they selected 6 players. The first round pick was used to select pitcher Henry Gruber. The full draft log is shown below.
All Players Signed by the deadline.