Who are the only Orioles players to hit 30 home runs and score 100 runs in a season?

However this season ends up, the Baltimore Orioles have been one of the league's best stories in 2023. Thanks to an almost unprecedented amount of young talent breaking out and leading the way, the Orioles are now on the cusp of an AL East title and are among the favorites to make it to the World Series this season.

A big reason for the team's success this season has been the play of Gunnar Henderson. Not only does he lead the team in most offensive categories including fWAR (4.5), but Gunnar has a real chance of joining an elite group of Orioles who have hit 30 home runs and score 100 runs in a season as he sits at 27 and 94 respectively. He needs to get a move on to get there, but Henderson would join an impressive group of legends if he can pull it off.

Here are the only Orioles players to hit 30 home runs and score 100 runs in a season

This is actually a pretty tough club to get into overall. Not only does a player need to have enough consistent pop to get to 30 home runs, but he also needs the on-base skills and preferably some speed to score 100 runs in a season. It certainly doesn't hurt if there are hitters behind them that can actually do some damage.

Let's take a look at the only Orioles players in franchise history to get 30 homers and 100 runs in a single season.

Eddie Murray - 3 times

Unsurprisingly, the list starts with long-time Oriole and Hall of Famer Eddie Murray who pulled it off in 1980, 1983, and 1985. Murray's consistent excellence with Baltimore is, in some respect, under-appreciated by Orioles fans these days. From 1977 to 1988, Eddie averaged 28 homers, 99 RBI, and 87 runs scored with an .871 OPS. The only bad thing about Murray's tenure in Baltimore was that it wasn't longer.

Frank Robinson - 2 times

Next up, we have another legend in Frank Robinson. It is honestly pretty surprising he only managed to pull off 30 homers and 100 runs twice with the Orioles until one remembers that he was only with Baltimore from 1966 to 1971. His 1966 and 1969 seasons get him on the list with his 1966 season being great enough to win him his second MVP award.

Manny Machado - 2 times

Manny Machado's tenure with the Orioles from 2012 to 2018 was amazing on multiple fronts. In fact, despite the limited window of time, it is kind of unfortunate that Machado only pulled this feat off in 2015 and 2016 given the other numbers he was putting up. However, this is a reminder that having good hitters behind you helps a lot here and a lot of those Orioles teams Manny played on were decidedly not great.

Chris Davis - 2 times

Not long ago were the days when Chris Davis got paid a big pile of money and was considered to be the future of the Orioles' franchise despite having a strikeout rate that was pure nightmare fuel. While he will be remembered more for the dramatic drop-off in his career in Baltimore, Davis put up some fantastic seasons as well including 2013 and 2015 where he put up 40+ homers and 100+ runs. Just don't look at the 2016-2020 seasons, those were bad.

Adam Jones - 2 times

The underappreciated Adam Jones is up next for putting up back-to-back 30 homer/100 run seasons in 2012 and 2013. Jones wasn't ever a world-beater in any particular category. He just did everything other than drawing walks very well. He always seemed to be lurking right under 30 homers each season, but only exceeded the number in those two seasons.

Ken Williams

Going way back in Orioles history, Ken Williams put up an astonishing season for the St. Louis Browns in 1922. In 153 games, Williams hit 39 home runs, scored 128 runs, and posted a 1.040 OPS. Williams would remain an excellent hitter the rest of his career before calling it quits after the 1929 season, but he never approached his 1922 masterpiece again.

Harlond Clift

Nearly two decades later, another Orioles player joined the 30 homer/100 run club with Harlond Clift in 1938. Another throwback from the St. Louis Browns days, Clift had a pretty decent career from 1934-1945, but his early days with the Browns were by far the best of his career. Clift also had 100+ walks in six different seasons which is pretty remarkable given the time period.

Brady Anderson

One of the best offensive seasons in Orioles history happened courtesy of Brady Anderson in 1996. Brady was a decent player overall with a few good seasons sprinkled in his career, but his 50 homers, 117 runs, and 1.034 OPS in 1996 was his best season by a very wide margin. He would play in Baltimore from 1988-2001 before finishing his career with Cleveland.