The Asheville Orioles are a former minor league baseball

Minor league baseball

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 team based in Asheville, North Carolina

Asheville, North Carolina

Asheville is a city in and the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. It is the largest city in Western North Carolina, and the 11th largest city in North Carolina. The City is home to the United States National Climatic Data Center , which is the world's largest active...

. Originally known as the Asheville Tourists

Asheville Tourists

The Asheville Tourists are a minor league baseball team based in Asheville, North Carolina, USA. They play in the Class A South Atlantic League and have been a farm team of the Colorado Rockies since 1994....

 from 1959–1971, it was renamed for its major league affiliate, the Baltimore Orioles

Baltimore Orioles

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, and played for four seasons from to . They played in the Class Double-A Southern League

Southern League (baseball)

The Southern League is a minor league baseball league which operates in the Southern United States. It is classified a Double-A league. The original league was formed in , and shut down in . A new league, the Southern Association, was formed in , consisting of twelve teams...

 (originally known as the South Atlantic League

South Atlantic League

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). During the first three years of play under the Orioles brand, the team was managed by Cal Ripken Sr..

Year-by-year record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs
1972	81-58	1st	Cal Ripken Sr.	Lost League Finals
1973	71-69	4th	Cal Ripken Sr.
1974	70-67	5th	Cal Ripken Sr.
1975	63-75	6th (t)	Jimmie Schaffer Jimmie Schaffer Jimmie Ronald Schaffer is an American former Major League Baseball catcher with an eight-year career from 1961 to 1968. He played for the St...