Tags: Baseball Season.
The 1897 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. After three straight first-place finishes the Orioles slipped to second place with a record of 90-40 2 games behind the National League-leading Boston Beaneaters. After the season the two teams met in what would be the final Temple Cup competition with the Orioles winning 4 games to 1. In all Baltimore played in all four Temple Cups losing the first two and winning the last two.
