[1] Manager Cal Ripken Sr. was fired after an 0–6 start and replaced by Hall of Famer Frank Robinson.
The Orioles won their first game of the year against the Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park on April 29.
[1] Orioles owner Edward Bennett Williams died in August of that year.
This was only the second time that the Orioles had lost at least 100 games since their move to Baltimore (the other 1954); in addition, the 107 losses would not be surpassed until 30 years later.
The next year the Orioles switched back to the full bodied bird logo (which had been previously featured on the caps for the team's first 12 years from 1954 to 1965), the cartoon bird logo wouldn't return to the caps until 2012.