Billy Ripken
William Oliver Ripken
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 186 lb.

Born: December 16, 1964 in Havre De Grace, MD
High School: Aberdeen (Aberdeen, MD)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 11th round of the 1982 amateur draft.
Signed June 15, 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 11, 1987
Final Game: July 13, 1998
Relatives: Brother of Cal Ripken and Son of Cal Ripken
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1987 BAL AL 22 2B 58 58 503.1 298 133 162 3 53 .990 -1.0 -2.4 -3.0 -5.7 2.7 2 5.27 5.09 .980 5.12 4.48
1988 BAL AL 23 2B 149 146 1264.1 761 309 440 12 110 .984 -7.9 -7.5 -10.9 -8.5 -2.4 3 5.33 5.03 .982 5.12 4.40
1988 BAL AL 23 3B 2 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -24.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 1.80 0.50 1.000 2.70 2.35
1988 BAL AL 23 DH 1
1989 BAL AL 24 2B 114 100 904.2 599 255 335 9 81 .985 8.4 11.1 5.4 -1.5 6.9 3 5.87 5.18 .981 5.24 4.51
1989 BAL AL 24 DH 1
1990 BAL AL 25 2B 127 122 1048.0 624 250 366 8 84 .987 8.5 9.7 5.5 3.0 2.5 3 5.29 4.85 .984 5.23 4.53
1991 BAL AL 26 2B 103 98 827.0 492 201 284 7 75 .986 5.5 8.0 2.5 3.0 -0.5 3 5.28 4.71 .981 5.19 4.44
1992 BAL AL 27 2B 108 108 893.2 538 217 317 4 66 .993 7.8 10.5 7.8 2.0 5.8 0 5.38 4.94 .983 5.25 4.60
1992 BAL AL 27 DH 2
1993 TEX AL 28 2B 34 32 247.0 126 52 73 1 16 .992 1.6 7.8 1.6 0.6 1.0 0 4.55 3.68 .981 5.15 4.54
1993 TEX AL 28 SS 18 14 127.1 76 27 49 0 12 1.000 2.1 19.8 2.1 1.2 0.9 0 5.37 4.22 .972 4.69 4.13
1993 TEX AL 28 3B 1 0 2.0 3 1 1 1 0 .667 -0.4 -240.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 9.00 2.00 .967 2.70 2.30
1994 TEX AL 29 3B 18 11 114.2 33 8 24 1 4 .970 2.0 20.9 1.0 1.7 -0.7 1 2.51 1.78 .945 2.64 2.34
1994 TEX AL 29 2B 12 8 68.1 43 16 26 1 6 .977 -2.3 -40.4 -2.3 -0.3 -2.0 0 5.53 3.50 .981 5.10 4.48
1994 TEX AL 29 SS 2 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -205.7 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.63 4.20
1994 TEX AL 29 1B 1 0 4.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 210.0 0.7 0.0 0.7 0 11.25 5.00 1.000 9.67 8.50
1995 CLE AL 30 2B 7 2 34.0 13 7 6 0 1 1.000 -0.7 -24.7 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 3.44 1.86 .977 5.11 4.34
1995 CLE AL 30 3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -80.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
1996 BAL AL 31 2B 30 14 167.0 94 34 57 3 15 .968 0.5 3.6 0.5 -1.0 1.5 0 4.90 3.03 .980 5.05 4.33
1996 BAL AL 31 3B 25 15 148.2 41 3 38 0 1 1.000 2.4 19.4 2.4 1.1 1.3 0 2.48 1.64 .954 2.57 2.18
1996 BAL AL 31 1B 1 0 2.0 3 3 0 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.50 3.00 1.000 9.45 7.90
1997 TEX AL 32 SS 31 24 213.1 105 38 64 3 15 .971 0.4 2.3 0.4 -1.8 2.2 0 4.30 3.29 .974 4.55 4.05
1997 TEX AL 32 2B 25 23 195.0 120 40 78 2 18 .983 1.2 7.4 1.2 -0.5 1.7 0 5.45 4.72 .980 4.93 4.33
1997 TEX AL 32 3B 13 7 72.0 16 4 12 0 2 1.000 -1.5 -25.0 -1.5 -1.0 -0.5 0 2.00 1.23 .950 2.68 2.32
1997 TEX AL 32 1B 9 3 35.0 38 34 4 0 4 1.000 1.7 58.3 1.7 0.8 0.9 0 9.77 4.22 .992 9.31 8.04
1998 DET AL 33 SS 21 19 155.0 81 23 52 6 11 .926 -1.1 -8.5 -1.1 0.5 -1.6 0 4.35 3.57 .973 4.71 4.26
1998 DET AL 33 1B 2 0 2.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 22.50 2.50 1.000 9.45 8.30
1998 DET AL 33 2B 2 2 17.0 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 0.5 35.3 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 2.12 2.00 .975 4.87 4.15
1998 DET AL 33 3B 2 2 15.0 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 1.3 104.0 1.3 0.1 1.2 0 4.20 3.50 .943 2.52 2.25
1998 DET AL 33 DH 1
12 Seasons 2B 769 713 6169.1 3712 1516 2146 50 526 .987 22.1 4.3 8.1 -8.9 17.0 14 5.34 4.76 .982 5.18 4.48
4 Seasons SS 72 57 498.0 262 88 165 9 38 .966 1.0 2.4 1.0 -0.5 1.5 0 4.57 3.51 .973 4.63 4.14
7 Seasons 3B 62 35 360.1 101 19 80 2 8 .980 3.5 11.7 2.5 1.2 1.3 1 2.47 1.60 .950 2.62 2.27
4 Seasons 1B 13 3 43.0 51 47 4 0 5 1.000 2.4 67.0 2.4 0.8 1.6 0 10.67 3.92 .994 9.36 8.11
4 Seasons DH 5
12 Seasons TOT 916 808 7070.2 4126 1670 2395 61 577 .985 29.0 4.9 14.0 -7.4 21.4 15 5.17 4.44 .966 5.03 4.35
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1987 BAL AL 22 58 58 58 58 0 0 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 BAL AL 23 150 146 150 149 0 0 0 149 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 BAL AL 24 115 100 115 114 0 0 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1990 BAL AL 25 129 122 129 127 0 0 0 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1991 BAL AL 26 104 98 104 103 0 0 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 BAL AL 27 111 108 111 108 0 0 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1993 TEX AL 28 50 46 50 50 0 0 0 34 1 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1994 TEX AL 29 32 19 32 32 0 0 1 12 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
1995 CLE AL 30 8 2 8 8 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1996 BAL AL 31 57 29 57 55 0 0 1 30 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
1997 TEX AL 32 71 57 71 70 0 0 9 25 13 31 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1998 DET AL 33 27 24 27 26 0 0 2 2 2 21 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
12 Seasons 912 809 912 900 0 0 13 769 62 72 0 0 0 0 1 17 14
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1987 BAL AL 22 2242 59% 78% 27% 176 97% 0 129 46 69 14 162 142 15 0 1 3 0 3 0 2 53 25 7 8 3 45 12 32 3 3 0
1988 BAL AL 23 5725 54% 80% 31% 512 94% 1 316 114 155 47 437 369 56 0 5 12 1 9 2 10 110 34 20 34 4 98 38 57 11 7 3
1989 BAL AL 24 3967 54% 82% 32% 397 94% 0 249 87 134 28 342 290 47 0 5 9 1 5 3 6 82 35 12 25 7 80 33 47 2 1 1
1990 BAL AL 25 4630 52% 79% 31% 417 94% 0 248 84 121 43 363 316 44 0 8 8 0 5 3 4 83 27 22 23 3 79 27 52 3 2 1
1991 BAL AL 26 3660 54% 79% 32% 344 85% 0 199 64 106 29 288 242 33 2 10 7 0 3 4 4 75 27 16 18 3 66 21 44 7 6 1
1992 BAL AL 27 3928 55% 78% 29% 431 86% 0 217 97 95 25 317 269 43 0 3 4 1 2 1 2 66 23 10 21 1 59 22 36 5 2 2
1993 TEX AL 28 1105 63% 76% 31% 90 90% 0 52 20 26 6 72 61 9 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 16 6 3 4 1 15 5 10 1 0 1
1994 TEX AL 29 328 50% 79% 36% 29 83% 0 16 3 11 2 26 24 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 4 1 0 1 6 1 5 0 0 0
1995 CLE AL 30 155 38% 80% 34% 9 89% 0 6 4 1 1 6 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1996 BAL AL 31 752 57% 73% 29% 58 91% 0 34 8 19 7 57 51 5 0 2 3 0 3 0 3 15 5 4 3 2 14 5 9 1 0 1
1997 TEX AL 32 867 51% 79% 35% 87 98% 0 40 15 19 6 78 66 12 0 3 2 0 2 0 2 18 8 1 7 0 18 8 9 0 0 0
1998 DET AL 33 74 57% 74% 27% 3 100% 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 27433 54% 79% 31% 2553 91% 1 1508 543 757 208 2150 1836 267 3 38 50 3 34 13 35 526 194 97 144 25 482 173 302 33 21 10
MLB Averages 56% 76% 31% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1993 TEX AL 28 582 64% 77% 31% 54 89% 0 28 6 15 7 50 40 10 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 13 2 1 4 4 1 12 3 9 1 0 1
1994 TEX AL 29 13 62% 85% 23% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 TEX AL 32 953 50% 75% 29% 80 89% 0 38 16 16 6 64 48 13 0 3 3 0 3 0 3 15 7 1 3 1 1 14 8 5 1 0 1
1998 DET AL 33 731 47% 73% 27% 68 74% 0 25 8 12 5 51 40 10 0 0 6 1 4 1 5 11 3 0 6 1 1 11 3 8 0 0 0
4 Seasons 2279 53% 75% 29% 202 84% 0 91 30 43 18 165 128 33 0 3 10 2 7 1 8 39 12 2 13 6 3 37 14 22 2 0 2
MLB Averages 56% 76% 31% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1988 BAL AL 23 18 61% 72% 22% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 TEX AL 28 11 64% 91% 64% 3 67% 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 TEX AL 29 519 58% 76% 36% 34 91% 0 7 4 2 1 25 19 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 2 100%
1995 CLE AL 30 13 54% 85% 38% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 BAL AL 31 681 67% 74% 32% 42 95% 1 3 2 0 1 38 33 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
1997 TEX AL 32 341 63% 77% 29% 17 88% 0 4 2 2 0 13 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 100%
1998 DET AL 33 71 51% 76% 34% 6 100% 0 2 1 1 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1654 63% 76% 33% 103 92% 1 18 10 6 2 82 67 13 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 8 7 1 8 0 0 0 6 100%
MLB Averages 56% 76% 31% 86% 67%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1994 TEX AL 29 16 56% 69% 31% 3 100% 0 5 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 BAL AL 31 8 63% 75% 38% 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1997 TEX AL 32 162 52% 80% 31% 11 82% 0 34 1 33 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0
1998 DET AL 33 10 70% 80% 40% 1 100% 0 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 196 54% 79% 32% 15 87% 0 47 3 44 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 0
MLB Averages 56% 76% 31% 92% 86%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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