The minor league Baltimore Orioles was a baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland from 1903-1914. The 1914 season featured the professional debut of local son Babe Ruth, but competition from the Baltimore Terrapins of the Federal League forced owner Jack Dunn to sell Ruth and many of his other players, and relocate the team to Virginia. Dunn returned to Baltimore in 1916, and created a new team that lasted until 1953. In that year, the major league St. Louis Browns moved to Baltimore and became the Orioles themselves. The second minor league team relocated to Virginia, much as its predecessor did.