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Billy Ripken

William Oliver Ripken

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 16, 1964 in Havre de Grace, MD
High School: Aberdeen HS (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
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Rangers/Tigers/Indians 1987-1998
Agents: Ron Shapiro [*]
Final Game: July 13, 1998
Relatives: Brother of Cal Ripken and Son of Cal Ripken
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1987 BAL AL 22 2B 58 58 56 503.1 298 133 162 3 53 .990 -1 -2 5.27 5.09 .980 5.12 5.06
1988 BAL AL 23 2B 149 146 132 1264.1 761 309 440 12 110 .984 -8 -7 5.33 5.03 .982 5.12 5.08
1988 BAL AL 23 3B 2 0 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -24 1.80 0.50 .950 2.70 2.70
1988 BAL AL 23 DH 1 0
1989 BAL AL 24 2B 114 100 88 904.2 599 255 335 9 81 .985 8 11 5.87 5.18 .981 5.24 5.18
1989 BAL AL 24 DH 1 0
1990 BAL AL 25 2B 127 122 100 1048.0 624 250 366 8 84 .987 8 10 5.29 4.85 .984 5.23 5.18
1991 BAL AL 26 2B 103 98 69 827.0 492 201 284 7 75 .986 6 8 5.28 4.71 .981 5.19 5.18
1992 BAL AL 27 2B 108 108 80 893.2 538 217 317 4 66 .993 8 10 5.38 4.94 .983 5.25 5.23
1992 BAL AL 27 DH 2 0
1993 TEX AL 28 2B 34 32 19 247.0 126 52 73 1 16 .992 2 8 4.55 3.68 .981 5.15 5.11
1993 TEX AL 28 SS 18 14 10 127.1 76 27 49 0 12 1.000 2 20 5.37 4.22 .973 4.69 4.64
1993 TEX AL 28 3B 1 0 0 2.0 3 1 1 1 0 .667 -0 -240 9.00 2.00 .950 2.70 2.70
1994 TEX AL 29 3B 18 11 8 114.2 33 8 24 1 4 .970 2 21 2.51 1.78 .948 2.64 2.62
1994 TEX AL 29 2B 12 8 5 68.1 43 16 26 1 6 .977 -2 -40 5.53 3.50 .981 5.10 5.06
1994 TEX AL 29 SS 2 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -206 0.00 0.00 4.63 4.60
1994 TEX AL 29 1B 1 0 0 4.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1 210 11.25 5.00 .992 9.67 9.50
1995 CLE AL 30 2B 7 2 2 34.0 13 7 6 0 1 1.000 -1 -25 3.44 1.86 .981 5.11 5.06
1995 CLE AL 30 3B 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -80 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
1996 BAL AL 31 2B 30 14 9 167.0 94 34 57 3 15 .968 0 4 4.90 3.03 .980 5.05 5.02
1996 BAL AL 31 3B 25 15 13 148.2 41 3 38 0 1 1.000 2 19 2.48 1.64 .956 2.56 2.55
1996 BAL AL 31 1B 1 0 0 2.0 3 3 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 13.50 3.00 .993 9.45 9.20
1997 TEX AL 32 SS 31 24 19 213.1 105 38 64 3 15 .971 0 2 4.30 3.29 .974 4.55 4.51
1997 TEX AL 32 2B 25 23 13 195.0 120 40 78 2 18 .983 1 7 5.45 4.72 .980 4.93 4.89
1997 TEX AL 32 3B 13 7 6 72.0 16 4 12 0 2 1.000 -2 -25 2.00 1.23 .953 2.68 2.65
1997 TEX AL 32 1B 9 3 0 35.0 38 34 4 0 4 1.000 2 58 9.77 4.22 .992 9.31 9.23
1998 DET AL 33 SS 21 19 14 155.0 81 23 52 6 11 .926 -1 -9 4.35 3.57 .972 4.71 4.66
1998 DET AL 33 1B 2 0 0 2.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 22.50 2.50 .992 9.45 9.35
1998 DET AL 33 2B 2 2 2 17.0 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 0 35 2.12 2.00 .978 4.87 4.80
1998 DET AL 33 3B 2 2 1 15.0 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 1 104 4.20 3.50 .949 2.52 2.50
1998 DET AL 33 DH 1 1
12 Seasons 2B 769 713 575 6169.1 3712 1516 2146 50 526 .987 22 4 5.34 4.76 .982 5.18 5.14
4 Seasons SS 72 57 43 498.0 262 88 165 9 38 .966 1 2 4.57 3.51 .973 4.63 4.59
7 Seasons 3B 62 35 28 360.1 101 19 80 2 8 .980 4 12 2.47 1.60 .952 2.61 2.60
4 Seasons 1B 13 3 0 43.0 51 47 4 0 5 1.000 2 67 10.67 3.92 .992 9.36 9.27
12 Seasons TOT 916 808 646 7070.2 4126 1670 2395 61 577 .985 29 5 5.17 4.44 .981 5.03 4.98
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1987 BAL AL 22 2B -1 -2 -3 3 -6 2
1988 BAL AL 23 2B -8 -7 -11 -2 -8 3
1988 BAL AL 23 3B -0 -24 -0 0 -0 0
1989 BAL AL 24 2B 8 11 5 7 -2 3
1990 BAL AL 25 2B 8 10 6 2 3 3
1991 BAL AL 26 2B 6 8 2 -0 3 3
1992 BAL AL 27 2B 8 10 8 6 2 0
1993 TEX AL 28 2B 2 8 2 1 1 0
1993 TEX AL 28 SS 2 20 2 1 1 0
1993 TEX AL 28 3B -0 -240 -0 0 -0 0
1994 TEX AL 29 3B 2 21 1 -1 2 1
1994 TEX AL 29 2B -2 -40 -2 -2 -0 0
1994 TEX AL 29 SS -0 -206 -0 0 -0 0
1994 TEX AL 29 1B 1 210 1 1 0 0
1995 CLE AL 30 2B -1 -25 -1 -1 0 0
1995 CLE AL 30 3B -0 -80 -0 0 -0
1996 BAL AL 31 2B 0 4 0 2 -1 0
1996 BAL AL 31 3B 2 19 2 1 1 0
1996 BAL AL 31 1B 0 0 0 0 0
1997 TEX AL 32 SS 0 2 0 2 -2 0
1997 TEX AL 32 2B 1 7 1 2 -0 0
1997 TEX AL 32 3B -2 -25 -2 -0 -1 0
1997 TEX AL 32 1B 2 58 2 1 1 0
1998 DET AL 33 SS -1 -9 -1 -2 0 0
1998 DET AL 33 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 DET AL 33 2B 0 35 0 0 0 0
1998 DET AL 33 3B 1 104 1 1 0 0
12 Seasons 2B 22 4 8 17 -9 14
4 Seasons SS 1 2 1 2 -0 0
7 Seasons 3B 4 12 3 1 1 1
4 Seasons 1B 2 67 2 2 1 0
12 Seasons TOT 29 5 14 21 -7 15
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

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 1 0 1
1989 BAL AL 24 115 100 115 114 0 0 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 2 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 5 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 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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 2160 61% 81% 28% 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 5488 56% 84% 32% 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 3843 56% 84% 33% 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 4481 53% 82% 32% 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 3539 56% 82% 33% 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 3793 57% 81% 30% 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 1057 66% 79% 32% 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 29 317 51% 81% 37% 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 30 150 39% 83% 35% 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 31 726 59% 76% 30% 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 32 834 53% 82% 37% 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 71 59% 77% 28% 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 26459 56% 82% 32% 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 58% 79% 32% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1993 TEX AL 28 559 67% 80% 33% 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 12 67% 92% 25% 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 32 926 52% 77% 30% 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 33 708 49% 76% 28% 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 2205 55% 77% 30% 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 58% 79% 32% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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 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 29 506 59% 78% 37% 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 12 58% 92% 42% 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 31 662 69% 77% 33% 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 32 331 65% 80% 30% 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 67 54% 81% 36% 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 1607 64% 78% 34% 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 58% 79% 32% 86% 67%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
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 32 156 54% 83% 33% 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 190 56% 81% 33% 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 58% 79% 32% 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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1988 AL  149 (5th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1988 AL  309 (4th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1988 AL  440 (2nd)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1988 AL  12 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1989 AL  8 (3rd)
1991 AL  6 (5th)
1992 AL  8 (3rd)
Career  22 (63rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
1988 AL  5.33 (5th)
1989 AL  5.87 (1st)
1991 AL  5.28 (3rd)
Career  5.34 (21st)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1988 AL  5.03 (2nd)
1989 AL  5.18 (4th)
1992 AL  4.94 (5th)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1989 AL  .985 (3rd)
1991 AL  .986 (5th)
1992 AL  .993 (1st)
Career  .987 (20th)

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