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Cal Ripken

Birthdate:

8/24/1960

Height / Weight:

6' 4" / 225 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Havre De Grace, MD, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

An amazing performer Cal Ripken Jr holds the all-time record with 2632 consecutive games played, from May 30 1982 to September 19 1998. In doing so, Cal Ripken broke baseball legend Lou Gehrig’s record of 2,130 straight. Note: A little known fact – at 6 ft 4 inch Cal Ripken is the tallest shortstop ever in major league history – by Baseball Historian In his first full season, Cal Ripken led all major league rookies with 32 doubles, with 28 home runs, with 90 runs, with 93 RBIs, with 284 total bases, in games with 160, with 598 at bat and was chosen the American League’s Rookie of the Year. In 1983 Cal Ripken Jr was voted the American League’s MVP with numbers of .318 batting, 211 hits, 47 doubles, 27 homers, 121 Runs, 102 RBIs and a .518 slugging percentage. One of the most popular players in baseball history, Cal Ripken had 12 seasons of over 20 homers, including a career-best 34 in 1991. He batted over .300 five times, played in an amazing 3,001 games, lined 3,184 hits. In 28 postseason games Cal Ripken hit a solid .336. Cal Riken lined 3184 hits in 11,551 at bats, 431 HR, 1647 Runs, 1695 RBI, in 3001 games.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
21 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1981	BAL (AL)	23	39	1	5	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.128	.150	SLG
1982	BAL (AL)	160	598	90	158	32	5	28	93	46	95	3	3	3	3	2	6	.264	.317	SLG
1983	BAL (AL)	162	663	121	211	47	2	27	102	58	97	0	4	0	0	0	5	.318	.371	SLG
1984	BAL (AL)	162	641	103	195	37	7	27	86	71	89	2	1	1	2	0	2	.304	.374	SLG
1985	BAL (AL)	161	642	116	181	32	5	26	110	67	68	2	3	1	1	0	8	.282	.347	SLG
1986	BAL (AL)	162	627	98	177	35	1	25	81	70	60	4	2	5	4	0	6	.282	.355	SLG
1987	BAL (AL)	162	624	97	157	28	3	27	98	81	77	3	5	0	1	0	11	.252	.333	SLG
1988	BAL (AL)	161	575	87	152	25	1	23	81	102	69	2	2	7	2	0	10	.264	.372	SLG
1989	BAL (AL)	162	646	80	166	30	0	21	93	57	72	3	2	5	3	0	6	.257	.317	SLG
1990	BAL (AL)	161	600	78	150	28	4	21	84	82	66	3	1	18	5	1	7	.250	.341	SLG
1991	BAL (AL)	162	650	99	210	46	5	34	114	53	46	6	1	15	5	0	9	.323	.374	SLG
1992	BAL (AL)	162	637	73	160	29	1	14	72	64	50	4	3	14	7	0	7	.251	.323	SLG
1993	BAL (AL)	162	641	87	165	26	3	24	90	65	58	1	4	19	6	0	6	.257	.329	SLG
1994	BAL (AL)	112	444	71	140	19	3	13	75	32	41	1	0	3	4	0	4	.315	.364	SLG
1995	BAL (AL)	144	550	71	144	33	2	17	88	52	59	0	1	6	2	1	8	.262	.324	SLG
1996	BAL (AL)	163	640	94	178	40	1	26	102	59	78	1	2	3	4	0	4	.278	.341	SLG
1997	BAL (AL)	162	615	79	166	30	0	17	84	56	73	1	0	3	5	0	10	.270	.331	SLG
1998	BAL (AL)	161	601	65	163	27	1	14	61	51	68	0	2	0	4	1	2	.271	.331	SLG
1999	BAL (AL)	86	332	51	113	27	0	18	57	13	31	0	1	3	3	3	3	.340	.368	SLG
2000	BAL (AL)	83	309	43	79	16	0	15	56	23	37	0	0	0	3	0	4	.256	.310	SLG
2001	BAL (AL)	128	477	43	114	16	0	14	68	26	63	0	2	1	2	2	9	.239	.276	SLG
21 years		3001	11551	1647	3184	603	44	431	1695	1129	1305	36	39	107	66	10	127	.276	.340	.SLG

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