Preferred Bat: Black Louisville Slugger P72 (More info on Game Used Bats)
Cal Ripken
Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr. (Iron Man)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: August 24, 1960 in Havre De Grace, MD
High School: Aberdeen (Aberdeen, MD)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 1978. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 10, 1981
Final Game: October 6, 2001
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 2007 (537/545 ballots).
Relatives: Brother of Billy Ripken and Son of Cal Ripken
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B-R Play Index: Each of 2632 Consecutive Games Played (1.0 MB) / Each of 431 Career Home Runs

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
1981 BAL AL 20 SS 12 8 69.0 37 11 24 2 5 .946 -0.7 -12.2 -0.7 0.3 -1.0 0 4.57 2.92 .968 5.00 4.19
1981 BAL AL 20 3B 6 1 17.0 9 2 6 1 1 .889 1.0 70.6 1.0 -0.1 1.1 0 4.24 1.33 .956 2.96 2.52
1982 BAL AL 21 SS 94 91 813.1 457 155 289 13 47 .972 3.1 4.6 3.1 0.4 2.7 0 4.91 4.72 .965 4.87 4.17 MVP-30,RoY-1
1982 BAL AL 21 3B 71 68 604.0 223 66 151 6 17 .973 3.1 6.2 3.1 0.8 2.2 0 3.23 3.06 .953 3.07 2.62 MVP-30,RoY-1
1983 BAL AL 22 SS 162 162 1452.1 831 272 534 25 113 .970 10.9 9.0 8.9 4.0 5.0 2 4.99 4.98 .963 4.75 4.15 AS,MVP-1,SS
1984 BAL AL 23 SS 162 162 1439.1 906 297 583 26 122 .971 23.4 19.5 20.4 4.0 16.3 3 5.50 5.43 .962 4.76 3.93 AS,MVP-27,SS
1985 BAL AL 24 SS 161 161 1427.1 786 286 474 26 123 .967 0.0 0.0 -4.0 -4.5 0.5 4 4.79 4.72 .964 4.64 3.93 AS,MVP-17,SS
1986 BAL AL 25 SS 162 162 1436.2 735 240 482 13 105 .982 15.6 13.0 12.6 12.1 0.5 3 4.52 4.46 .967 4.53 3.94 AS,SS
1987 BAL AL 26 SS 162 162 1430.2 740 240 480 20 103 .973 0.0 0.0 -3.0 1.1 -4.0 3 4.53 4.44 .970 4.59 4.02 AS
1988 BAL AL 27 SS 161 161 1409.0 785 284 480 21 119 .973 -5.6 -4.8 -10.6 -13.1 2.5 5 4.88 4.75 .971 4.69 4.14 AS
1989 BAL AL 28 SS 162 162 1433.1 815 276 531 8 119 .990 20.5 17.2 17.5 7.7 9.8 3 5.07 4.98 .970 4.79 4.11 AS,MVP-3,SS
1990 BAL AL 29 SS 161 161 1406.1 680 242 435 3 94 .996 22.0 18.8 21.0 4.8 16.2 1 4.33 4.20 .972 4.74 4.00 AS,MVP-24
1991 BAL AL 30 SS 162 162 1427.2 806 267 528 11 114 .986 22.5 18.9 19.5 9.5 10.0 3 5.01 4.91 .971 4.67 3.95 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
1992 BAL AL 31 SS 162 162 1440.0 744 287 445 12 119 .984 12.3 10.3 9.3 -1.0 10.3 3 4.58 4.52 .969 4.71 4.13 AS,GG
1993 BAL AL 32 SS 162 162 1425.2 738 226 495 17 101 .977 11.4 9.6 9.4 4.0 5.4 2 4.55 4.45 .973 4.69 4.13 AS,MVP-19,SS
1994 BAL AL 33 SS 112 112 986.2 460 132 321 7 72 .985 16.8 20.4 15.8 7.2 8.6 1 4.13 4.04 .968 4.64 4.22 AS,MVP-12,SS
1995 BAL AL 34 SS 144 144 1250.0 622 206 409 7 100 .989 21.9 21.0 18.9 6.7 12.2 3 4.43 4.27 .974 4.71 4.16 AS,MVP-19
1996 BAL AL 35 SS 158 157 1379.2 709 228 467 14 109 .980 1.9 1.7 -1.1 0.1 -1.2 3 4.53 4.40 .971 4.66 4.19 AS
1996 BAL AL 35 3B 6 6 49.0 21 5 16 0 1 1.000 1.3 31.8 1.3 0.4 0.9 0 3.86 3.50 .952 2.57 2.18 AS
1997 BAL AL 36 3B 162 162 1401.0 434 98 314 22 25 .949 -3.0 -2.6 -4.0 0.7 -4.7 1 2.65 2.54 .953 2.67 2.32 AS
1997 BAL AL 36 SS 3 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -72.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 3.60 0.67 .950 4.50 4.03 AS
1998 BAL AL 37 3B 161 161 1365.2 374 101 265 8 22 .979 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2 -3.1 2.9 0 2.41 2.27 .946 2.55 2.23 AS
1999 BAL AL 38 3B 85 85 700.0 191 36 142 13 11 .932 -1.0 -1.7 -1.0 0.5 -1.5 0 2.29 2.09 .951 2.58 2.21 AS
2000 BAL AL 39 3B 73 73 608.1 195 56 134 5 17 .974 4.8 9.5 4.8 0.8 4.0 0 2.81 2.60 .946 2.67 2.31 AS
2000 BAL AL 39 DH 10 AS
2001 BAL AL 40 3B 111 111 981.2 320 97 209 14 23 .956 -1.0 -1.2 -1.0 -5.5 4.5 0 2.81 2.76 .947 2.73 2.41 AS
2001 BAL AL 40 DH 14 AS
17 Seasons SS 2302 2291 20232.0 10853 3651 6977 225 1565 .979 175.7 10.4 136.7 43.0 93.8 39 4.73 4.62 .968 4.69 4.07
8 Seasons 3B 675 667 5726.2 1767 461 1237 69 117 .961 5.0 1.0 4.0 -5.5 9.4 1 2.67 2.52 .949 2.68 2.33
2 Seasons DH 24
21 Seasons TOT 2977 2958 25958.2 12620 4112 8214 294 1682 .977 180.7 8.4 140.7 37.5 103.2 40 4.27 4.14 .942 4.25 3.68
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
1981 BAL AL 20 23 9 23 17 0 0 0 0 6 12 0 0 0 0 0 4 6
1982 BAL AL 21 160 159 160 159 0 0 0 0 70 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 BAL AL 22 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 BAL AL 23 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 BAL AL 24 161 161 161 161 0 0 0 0 0 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 BAL AL 25 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 BAL AL 26 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 BAL AL 27 161 161 161 161 0 0 0 0 0 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 BAL AL 28 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 BAL AL 29 161 161 161 161 0 0 0 0 0 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 BAL AL 30 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 BAL AL 31 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 BAL AL 32 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 BAL AL 33 112 112 112 112 0 0 0 0 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 BAL AL 34 144 144 144 144 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 BAL AL 35 163 163 163 163 0 0 0 0 6 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 BAL AL 36 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 0 162 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 BAL AL 37 161 161 161 161 0 0 0 0 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 BAL AL 38 86 85 86 85 0 0 0 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2000 BAL AL 39 83 83 83 73 0 0 0 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
2001 BAL AL 40 128 125 128 111 0 0 0 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 14 3 0
21 Seasons 3001 2982 3001 2966 0 0 0 0 674 2302 0 0 0 0 24 8 7
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
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 -- SS*

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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 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1981 BAL AL 20 299 60% 80% 26% 27 89% 0 12 5 7 0 24 21 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 5 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 4 1 0 1
1982 BAL AL 21 3528 63% 81% 25% 377 93% 0 153 90 49 14 291 229 57 0 1 14 0 14 0 11 46 16 2 15 2 6 42 18 24 4 3 1
1983 BAL AL 22 6312 61% 80% 26% 670 92% 2 274 135 110 29 531 402 116 2 10 24 3 20 1 17 114 45 9 31 14 5 108 55 50 3 1 2
1984 BAL AL 23 6303 58% 80% 27% 660 96% 1 292 128 124 40 579 460 106 1 13 26 0 23 3 22 125 35 15 37 9 11 115 50 58 7 5 2
1985 BAL AL 24 6403 52% 78% 24% 579 96% 1 284 147 113 24 473 356 103 0 6 26 1 21 4 20 122 42 15 33 9 12 113 57 54 7 3 4
1986 BAL AL 25 6417 58% 76% 25% 564 96% 10 242 108 100 35 490 389 78 2 4 13 2 10 1 10 104 38 10 28 8 9 98 48 45 5 0 5
1987 BAL AL 26 6501 58% 78% 27% 579 94% 2 244 117 94 33 478 365 99 2 9 20 1 19 0 18 103 49 5 20 15 6 98 55 42 3 0 2
1988 BAL AL 27 6374 53% 80% 31% 581 89% 2 272 119 120 33 483 374 88 1 11 21 0 12 9 16 119 37 8 38 4 19 109 46 61 9 4 4
1989 BAL AL 28 6354 56% 81% 32% 646 91% 4 283 125 118 41 532 378 137 1 8 8 1 5 2 6 122 56 8 35 9 5 116 64 50 5 4 1
1990 BAL AL 29 6219 51% 79% 31% 536 94% 3 240 115 99 26 439 343 84 2 5 3 0 2 1 3 94 36 9 30 6 3 91 45 39 1 1 0
1991 BAL AL 30 6339 53% 78% 32% 687 88% 3 268 128 106 34 528 404 112 0 11 11 0 6 5 8 114 51 11 24 9 7 104 63 40 6 0 5
1992 BAL AL 31 6309 55% 78% 30% 602 85% 2 287 144 116 27 446 320 106 0 12 12 0 5 7 9 119 46 4 37 12 10 110 50 59 7 2 1
1993 BAL AL 32 6304 62% 76% 32% 592 91% 4 227 111 85 31 490 368 104 1 8 17 0 11 6 14 101 43 5 34 9 4 97 49 47 3 1 2
1994 BAL AL 33 4333 61% 76% 31% 379 94% 8 128 61 47 20 322 226 79 1 7 7 0 3 4 7 72 39 6 13 2 3 65 45 18 6 4 2
1995 BAL AL 34 5486 54% 73% 30% 484 93% 13 202 96 75 31 409 315 72 0 3 7 2 3 2 4 100 41 6 25 11 4 89 47 40 7 4 3
1996 BAL AL 35 6259 59% 75% 31% 554 90% 2 228 102 106 20 469 373 84 0 5 14 0 9 5 11 108 33 7 42 7 11 102 40 60 5 2 3
1997 BAL AL 36 19 47% 74% 16% 3 67% 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Seasons 89759 57% 78% 29% 8520 92% 57 3638 1733 1469 438 6984 5323 1427 13 114 225 10 165 50 177 1568 607 120 444 128 115 1461 732 691 79 34 38
MLB Averages 56% 76% 30% 89%
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

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%
1981 BAL AL 20 64 69% 77% 30% 8 88% 0 2 1 0 1 6 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 100%
1982 BAL AL 21 2651 63% 81% 25% 219 92% 0 65 52 8 5 152 113 32 2 4 6 0 6 0 5 17 12 0 13 2 2 0 2 100%
1996 BAL AL 35 240 66% 78% 30% 20 100% 0 5 4 0 1 16 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1997 BAL AL 36 6198 57% 73% 30% 447 87% 1 95 83 3 9 315 242 64 4 1 22 0 15 7 20 26 20 2 24 1 1 0 16 56%
1998 BAL AL 37 6220 51% 75% 31% 392 85% 6 100 81 7 12 263 205 42 8 8 8 0 7 1 6 22 18 0 20 2 2 0 11 91%
1999 BAL AL 38 3137 50% 74% 32% 203 84% 0 37 31 2 4 140 118 20 0 2 13 0 12 1 12 11 6 1 9 2 1 1 8 50%
2000 BAL AL 39 2782 53% 74% 29% 184 96% 1 56 44 6 6 132 96 33 1 1 5 0 2 3 5 17 12 1 13 4 3 1 6 67%
2001 BAL AL 40 4497 52% 77% 29% 303 94% 3 97 82 4 11 209 148 52 4 3 14 0 6 8 14 23 18 0 18 4 2 2 7 71%
8 Seasons 25789 54% 75% 30% 1776 89% 11 457 378 30 49 1233 940 247 19 19 69 0 49 20 63 118 87 4 98 16 12 4 52 69%
MLB Averages 56% 76% 30% 88% 66%

* 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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