In 1954 the city of Baltimore officially became a Major League town again when the St. Louis Browns moved to Charm City. The path from St. Louis to Baltimore actually began in Milwaukee where the team began its existence in the American League as the “Brewers”; a fitting name for a team that would eventually begin play in Baltimore under the ownership of a local beer brewing giant.
Around the time that the first version of the American League Orioles were wrapping up their short tenure before moving to New York, the Milwaukee Brewers moved to St. Louis and became the Browns, which had been the original name of the existing St.