A pair of former Orioles — outfielder-designated hitter Harold Baines and reliever Lee Smith — were selected Sunday for the 2019 Baseball Hall of Fame class by the Today's Game Era committee.
Baines, an Easton native who was selected first overall in the major league baseball draft by the Chicago White Sox in 1977, spent three stints with the Orioles. He first joined the team in 1993 as a free agent and played two seasons with the Orioles before signing back with the White Sox, who traded him to the Orioles in July 1997.