Eric Bell, 1987 Fleer Update #U-2

Eric Bell looks a bit queasy in this photo. Maybe he watched the Orioles get thrashed by the Rays again tonight, 11-2, their sixth straight loss and 12th in 13 games. They're six games under .500, two games out of last place, and haven't topped three runs in any of those dirty dozen L's. Is this rock bottom, or can they sink even lower?

Ray Knight, 1987 Fleer Update U-58

Ray Knight is one of six players with ties to the Orioles that have won Comeback Player of the Year Award since its inception in 1984. He took home the National League honors in 1986, when he hit .298 with 11 home runs and 76 RBI for the world champion Mets a year after mustering only 36 RBI and batting .218 in 90 games. The other comeback kids are Rick Sutcliffe (a two-time winner), Storm Davis, Lonnie Smith, Eric Davis, and Javy Lopez.

Sutcliffe was the only one of these players to win Comeback Player of the Year as an Oriole. He was recognized for his efforts in 1992, his initial season with the O's. During the year he went 16-15 with a 4.47 ERA after injuries limited him to six wins and 18 starts for the Cubs in 1991.

The 2010 Comeback Player of the Year was probably not on the Orioles roster, although Corey Patterson was a surprising contributor (.269, 16 2B, 8 HR, 21 SB) a year after mustering only three hits in 16 big league games and Jeremy Guthrie cut his ERA from 5.04 to 3.83 while reaching a career high in innings pitched with 209.1.