The MLB Belt · reign 1,103
Baltimore Orioles (1892–99)
Took the belt from Cleveland Spiders, 7–1, on August 11, 1898. Lost it to Cincinnati Reds, 10–0, on August 26, 1898.
11Defenses
15Days
29thReign for the franchise
+1Closest call · Aug 19, 1898 4.5Average winning margin
174thLongest of 10,799 reigns, by days
15thMost defenses of 10,799 reigns
Defended against
Pirates ×4Colonels ×3St. Louis Browns ×3Reds
The season
- 1898: Boston Beaneaters had the best record (102–47–3); 13 belt games of this reign; the belt changed hands 65 times that season.
Every game of the reign
margins from Baltimore Orioles’ side| Belt game | Date | Result | Margin | |
|---|
| 2,558 | Aug 11, 1898 | Baltimore Orioles (1892–99) beat Cleveland Spiders 7–1 Game → | +6 | Title change |
| 2,559 | Aug 13, 1898 | Baltimore Orioles (1892–99) beat Pittsburgh Pirates 3–2 | +1 | Defense |
| 2,560 | Aug 13, 1898 | Baltimore Orioles (1892–99) beat Pittsburgh Pirates 6–3 | +3 | Defense |
| 2,561 | Aug 15, 1898 | Baltimore Orioles (1892–99) beat Pittsburgh Pirates 9–3 | +6 | Defense |
| 2,562 | Aug 15, 1898 | Baltimore Orioles (1892–99) beat Pittsburgh Pirates 6–1 | +5 | Defense |
| 2,563 | Aug 16, 1898 | Baltimore Orioles (1892–99) beat Louisville Colonels 9–1 | +8 | Defense |
| 2,564 | Aug 17, 1898 | Baltimore Orioles (1892–99) beat Louisville Colonels 4–2 | +2 | Defense |
| 2,565 | Aug 18, 1898 | Baltimore Orioles (1892–99) beat Louisville Colonels 9–6 | +3 | Defense |
| 2,566 | Aug 19, 1898 | Baltimore Orioles (1892–99) beat St. Louis Browns 4–3 | +1 | Defense |
| 2,567 | Aug 20, 1898 | Baltimore Orioles (1892–99) beat St. Louis Browns 3–1 | +2 | Defense |
| 2,568 | Aug 22, 1898 | Baltimore Orioles (1892–99) beat St. Louis Browns 6–1 | +5 | Defense |
| 2,569 | Aug 25, 1898 | Baltimore Orioles (1892–99) beat Cincinnati Reds 14–1 | +13 | Defense |
| 2,570 | Aug 26, 1898 | Cincinnati Reds beat Baltimore Orioles (1892–99) 10–0 | −10 | Title change |