<P> Lifelong Orioles fan and former MLB Fan Cave resident Ryan Wagner is the current PA announcer . He was chosen out of a field of more than 670 applicants in the 2011--12 offseason . </P> <P> Of the eight original American League teams, the Orioles were the last of the eight to win the World Series, doing so in 1966 with its four--game sweep of the heavily favored Los Angeles Dodgers . When the Orioles were the St. Louis Browns, they played in only one World Series, the 1944 matchup against their Sportsman's Park tenants, the Cardinals . The Orioles won the first - ever American League Championship Series in 1969, and in 2012 the Orioles beat the Texas Rangers in the inaugural American League Wild Card game, where for the first time two Wild Card teams faced each other during postseason play . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Wild Card Game </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> ALDS </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> ALCS </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> World Series </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1944 </Td> <Td_colspan="6"> Not played </Td> <Td> St. Louis Cardinals </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1966 </Td> <Td_colspan="6"> Not played </Td> <Td> Los Angeles Dodgers </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1969 </Td> <Td_colspan="4"> Not played </Td> <Td> Minnesota Twins </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> New York Mets </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1970 </Td> <Td_colspan="4"> Not played </Td> <Td> Minnesota Twins </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cincinnati Reds </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1971 </Td> <Td_colspan="4"> Not played </Td> <Td> Oakland Athletics </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Pittsburgh Pirates </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1973 </Td> <Td_colspan="4"> Not played </Td> <Td> Oakland Athletics </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="4"> Not played </Td> <Td> Oakland Athletics </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1979 </Td> <Td_colspan="4"> Not played </Td> <Td> California Angels </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Pittsburgh Pirates </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="4"> Not played </Td> <Td> Chicago White Sox </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Philadelphia Phillies </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Not played </Td> <Td> Cleveland Indians </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> New York Yankees </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1997 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Not played </Td> <Td> Seattle Mariners </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cleveland Indians </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2012 </Td> <Td> Texas Rangers </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> New York Yankees </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="4"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2014 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Bye </Td> <Td> Detroit Tigers </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kansas City Royals </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2016 </Td> <Td> Toronto Blue Jays </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="6"> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Wild Card Game </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> ALDS </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> ALCS </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> World Series </Th> </Tr>

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