Dee ihe ndị ọzọ dị na paragraf a - N'afọ 1996, Johnson laghachiri Baltimore dị ka onye njikwa ndị Orioles na nkwekọrịta afọ atọ, $2.25 nde. Ndị Orioles gara 71-73 n'afọ gara aga, mana ndị otu ahụ nwere ikike na-ekwe nkwa ịga na Hall of Fame Cal Ripken, Jr, Mike Mussina, Eddie Murray, na Roberto Alomar. Ndị otu ahụ gara 88-74, na-emecha egwuregwu anọ n'azụ New York Yankees na AL East mana ọ dị mma maka Wild Card site na egwuregwu atọ. Ọ bụ njem mbụ nke Orioles na postseason kemgbe mmeri World Series nke 1983. Ndị Orioles zutere ndị Cleveland Indians na Division Series, ndị na-agbachitere onye mmeri nke Njikọ Njikọ nke America onye meriri egwuregwu 99, nke kachasị mma na ndị isi na oge ahụ. Ndị Orioles meriri egwuregwu abụọ mbụ tupu ndị Cleveland emerie egwuregwu nke anọ site na mmeri, ha nọkwa otu inning site n'ịmanye onye ọzọ tupu ndị Orioles gbakọta na Alomar abụọ-out RBI otu, o nyekwara ha ndu na 12th na ụlọ na-agba ọsọ nke nyefere Baltimore na Championship Series
megide ndị New York Yankees. Ndị Orioles na-eduga egwuregwu 1 4<unk>3 n'agba nke asaa tupu onye ofufe Jeffrey Maier ejide ya n'ụzọ iwu na-akwadoghị site na ngere site n'aka Tony Tarasco nke jikọtara egwuregwu ahụ. Ndị Yankees meriri egwuregwu ahụ na nkeji iri na otu, na mgbe Orioles laghachiri iji merie Egwuregwu 2, ndị Yankees meriri atọ ndị ọzọ; Egwuregwu 3 hụrụ ndu nke Orioles na nkeji nke asatọ nke tụgharịrị 2-1 gaa na 5-2, ebe ndị Yankees gbara ọsọ atọ na nke asatọ na Egwuregwu 4 iji mepee mkpebi 8-4, ebe Egwuregwu 5 hụrụ ndị Yankees na-agba ọsọ niile ha chọrọ na nkeji nke atọ maka 6-4 clincher.