Sports in Baltimore, Maryland

Baltimore has a long and storied sporting history encompassing many teams from many different eras. Area fans are known for their passion and reverence for historical sports figure who played in the city or were born there. Wild Bill Hagy is an example of a famous fan.

Current

*Baltimore Orioles – Major League Baseball (since 1954)
*Baltimore Ravens – National Football League (since 1996)
*Baltimore Blast – National Indoor Soccer League (since 1998)
*Crystal Palace Baltimore – USL Second Division (since 2006)
*Baltimore Mariners – American Indoor Football Association (since 2008)
*Baltimore Bay Lions – American Basketball Association (since 2008)
*Baltimore Burn – National Women's Football Association (since 2004)
*Baltimore Nighthawks – Independent Women's Football League (since 2001)
*Charm City Roller Girls [http://www.charmcityrollergirls.com/] – Women's Flat Track Derby Association (since 2006)

Defunct (or moved) sports teams

Former baseball

*Baltimore Black Sox – Eastern Colored League (1923–1928)
*Baltimore Elite Giants – Negro National League (the second)(1938–1948)
*Baltimore Monumentals – Union Association (1884)
*Baltimore Orioles – Eastern/International League (1903–1914, 1916–1953)
*Baltimore Orioles (19th century) – American Association/National League (1882–1899)
*Baltimore Terrapins – Federal League (1914–1915)

Former football

* Baltimore Stallions – Canadian Football League (1994–95)
* Baltimore Stars – United States Football League (1985)
* Baltimore Colts – National Football League (1953–83)
* Baltimore Colts – All-America Football Conference/NFL (1947–50)
* Baltimore Blackbirds – American Indoor Football Association (2007)

Former basketball

* Baltimore Bullets – National Basketball Association, (1947–1954)
* Baltimore Bullets – National Basketball Association (1963–1972)
* Baltimore Claws – American Basketball Association (1975)
* Baltimore Lightning – Continental Basketball Association (1985–1986) Played games at Towson Center at Towson University.
* Baltimore Bayrunners – International Basketball League (1999–2000)
*Baltimore Pearls – American Basketball Association (2005–2007)

Former soccer

* Baltimore Bays – North American Soccer League (1967–1969)
* Baltimore Blast – Major Soccer League (1980–1992); National Professional Soccer League (1992-2001), named Baltimore Spirit until 1998; Major Indoor Soccer League (2001–2008)
* Baltimore Comets – North American Soccer League (1974–1976)

Former hockey

* Baltimore Blades – World Hockey Association (1975)
* Baltimore Bandits – American Hockey League (1995–1997)
* Baltimore Clippers – American/Eastern/Southern Hocky League (1962–1977)
* Baltimore Skipjacks – American/Atlantic Coast Hockey League (1981–1993) moved to Portland, Maine as the Pirates

Former lacrosse

*Baltimore Tribe – American Lacrosse League (1988) played at University of Maryland, Baltimore County in Catonsville for the 4 weeks the league existed
*Baltimore Thunder – Eagle Pro Box/National Lacrosse League (1987–1999) moved to Pittsburgh, then Washington, D.C.; now Colorado
*Baltimore Bayhawks – Major League Lacrosse (2001–2006) moved to Washington, D.C.