Only ONE of the 87 Baltimore catchers had a VERY BRIEF MAJOR LEAGUE CAREER AS AN ORIOLE. This very short cup-of-coffee (Only One Game Caught) Oriole backstop was:

Tom Patton - 1 game Major League Career on 4/30/1957.

No catchers were BORN in Baltimore and PLAYED for Baltimore

Two Baltimore catchers have won League Awards while playing for the Orioles: [See CATCHER AWARDS]

Rick Dempsey - World Series MVP (1983)
Mickey Tettleton - Silver Slugger Award (1989)

3 Baltimore catchers have been voted/added to 5 All-Star squads (1954-2010): [See ALL-STAR CATCHERS.]

Gus Triandos (1957-1959)
Andy Etchebarren (1967)
Mickey Tettleton (1989)

6 different catchers were involved in the 5 Oriole NO-HITTERS: [See CATCHING NO-HITTERS.]

Gus Triandos - Hoyt Wilhelm vs NYA-A on 9/20/1958
Andy Etchebarren (8 innings) & Larry Haney (1) - Steve Barber (8.6) & Stu Miller (.3) vs DET-A on 4/30/1967 ***
Curt Blefary - Tom Phoebus vs BOS-A on 4/27/1968
Elrod Hendricks - Jim Palmer vs OAK-A on 8/13/1969
Chris Hoiles - Bob Milacki (6) & Mike Flanagan (1) & Mark Williamson (1) & Gregg Olsen (1) @ OAK-A on 7/13/1991

*** Barber & Miller threw a combined no-hitter but lost the game 1-2

Rick Dempsey, Elrod Hendricks and Tim Laker were the Only Oriole catchers to have pitched in the majors. [See PITCHING CATCHERS.]

Four Baltimore catchers have served in the military: Cam Carreon, Les Moss, Ray Murray and Gus Triandos [See MILITARY CATCHERS.]  

There have been 5 former Baltimore catchers who managed in the majors; only Johnny Oates managed the Orioles. [See CATCHER MANAGERS.] These Skippers and the years they played for the Orioles and teams/years managed are:

Darrell Johnson (Bal Catcher 1962, managed: BOS 1974-76; SEA 1977-80; TEX 1982)
Bob Melvin (Bal Catcher 1989-91, managed SEA 2003-04; ARI 2005-2009)
Les Moss (Bal Catcher 1954-55, managed CHA 1968; DET 1979)
Johnny Oates (Bal Catcher 1970-72, managed: BAL 1991-94; TEX 1995-2001)
Del Rice (Bal Catcher 1960, managed: CAL 1972)

Clint Courtney and John Stefero were the SHORTEST Oriole catchers at 5-8. Matt Wieters and Mark Parent are tied for the TALLEST at 6-5.

The YOUNGEST Oriole catcher was Frank Zupo (born 8/29/1939) who caught at the age of 18 (1957). The OLDEST Oriole catcher was Rick Dempsey (born 9/13/1948) who last caught for Baltimore in 1992 at the age of 43

On May 27, 1960 Clint Courtney (Baltimore Orioles) is the first catcher to use the knuckleball big mitt in the majors.