Cal Ripken Jr.

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 200lb (193cm, 90kg)

Born: August 24, 1960 in Havre de Grace, MD us

Draft: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2nd round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from Aberdeen HS (Aberdeen, MD).

High School: Aberdeen HS (Aberdeen, MD)

Debut: August 10, 1981 (Age 20-351d, 14,462nd in major league history)
vs. KCR 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 6, 2001 (Age 41-043d)
vs. BOS 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2007. (Voted by BBWAA on 537/545 ballots)
View Cal Ripken Jr.'s Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1982 season

Agents: Ron Shapiro

Full Name: Calvin Edwin Ripken

Nicknames: Iron Man or Rip

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Relatives: Brother of Billy Ripken; Son of Cal Ripken Sr.

Hall of Fame
2x MVP
Rookie of the Year
19x All-Star
HR Derby Champ
1983 World Series
2x Gold Glove
8x Silver Slugger
2x AS MVP
2x ML PoY

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

95.9

11551

3184

431

.276

1647

RBI

1695

OBP

.340

SLG

.447

OPS

.788

OPS+

112

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jun 15)

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 3	BAL		BOS	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
2	2	Apr 6	BAL		BOS	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
3	3	Apr 7	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
4	4	Apr 8	BAL	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
5	5	Apr 9	BAL	@	MIN	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
6	6	Apr 10	BAL	@	KCR	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
7	7	Apr 11	BAL	@	KCR	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
8	8	Apr 12	BAL	@	KCR	W,5-4	CG	61	15.0	0	11	0	11	2	SS
9	9	Apr 14	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
10	10	Apr 15	BAL	@	BOS	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
11	11	Apr 17	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
12	12	Apr 18	BAL		KCR	L,4-7	CG	59	13.0	1	9	0	10	0	SS
13	13	Apr 19	BAL		KCR	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
14	14	Apr 20	BAL		KCR	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	SS
15	15	Apr 21	BAL		MIN	L,1-7	CG	38	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
16	16	Apr 22	BAL		MIN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
17	17	Apr 23	BAL		MIN	W,3-0	CG	27	9.0	3	8	0	11	4	SS
18	18	Apr 24	BAL	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
19	19	Apr 25	BAL	@	CAL	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
20	20	Apr 26	BAL	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
21	21	Apr 27	BAL	@	OAK	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
22	22	Apr 28	BAL	@	SEA	L,5-11	CG	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
23	23	Apr 29	BAL	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
24	24	Apr 30	BAL	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	25	May 2	BAL		CAL	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
26	26	May 3	BAL		CAL	L,0-2	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
27	27	May 6 (1)	BAL		SEA	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
28	28	May 6 (2)	BAL		SEA	L,5-6	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
29	29	May 7	BAL		SEA	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	0	8	0	8	0	SS
30	30	May 8	BAL		OAK	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
31	31	May 11	BAL		OAK	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
32	32	May 12	BAL		CHW	W,9-6	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
33	33	May 13	BAL		CHW	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
34	34	May 14	BAL		CHW	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
35	35	May 17	BAL	@	TEX	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
36	36	May 18	BAL		CLE	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
37	37	May 19	BAL		CLE	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
38	38	May 20	BAL		CLE	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
39	39	May 21	BAL		CLE	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
40	40	May 22	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
41	41	May 23	BAL	@	CHW	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	6	5	0	11	3	SS
42	42	May 24	BAL	@	CHW	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
43	43	May 26	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
44	44	May 27	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
45	45	May 28	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	30	8.2	2	2	0	4	1	SS
46	46	May 29	BAL		TEX	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
47	47	May 30	BAL		TEX	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	3	SS
48	48	May 31	BAL		TEX	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	49	Jun 1	BAL	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
50	50	Jun 2	BAL	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
51	51	Jun 3	BAL	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
52	52	Jun 4	BAL	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
53	53	Jun 5	BAL	@	NYY	W,16-3	CG	46	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
54	54	Jun 6	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
55	55	Jun 8	BAL		MIL	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
56	56	Jun 9	BAL		MIL	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
57	57	Jun 10	BAL		MIL	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
58	58	Jun 11	BAL		MIL	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
59	59	Jun 13	BAL		NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
60	60	Jun 14	BAL		NYY	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
61	61	Jun 15	BAL		NYY	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
62	62	Jun 16 (1)	BAL		OAK	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
63	63	Jun 16 (2)	BAL		OAK	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	3	SS
64	64	Jun 17	BAL		OAK	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	5	5	0	10	0	SS
65	65	Jun 18	BAL		OAK	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
66	66	Jun 19	BAL	@	SEA	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
67	67	Jun 20	BAL	@	SEA	W,8-6	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
68	68	Jun 21	BAL	@	SEA	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
69	69	Jun 22	BAL	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
70	70	Jun 23	BAL	@	CAL	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
71	71	Jun 24	BAL	@	CAL	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
72	72	Jun 25	BAL	@	CAL	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
73	73	Jun 27	BAL		TOR	W,16-6	CG	42	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	SS
74	74	Jun 28	BAL		TOR	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
75	75	Jun 29	BAL		TOR	L,1-11	CG	47	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
76	76	Jun 30	BAL		DET	L,5-16	CG	49	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	77	Jul 1	BAL		DET	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
78	78	Jul 2	BAL		DET	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
79	79	Jul 3	BAL		DET	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
80	80	Jul 4	BAL	@	TOR	W,8-0	CG	28	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
81	81	Jul 5	BAL	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	7	0	8	3	SS
82	82	Jul 6	BAL	@	TOR	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
83	83	Jul 7	BAL	@	MIL	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
84	84	Jul 8	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
85	85	Jul 9	BAL	@	MIL	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
86	86	Jul 13	BAL		CAL	L,5-13	CG	52	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
87	87	Jul 14	BAL		CAL	W,6-4	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
88	88	Jul 15	BAL		CAL	W,11-9	CG	44	9.0	4	5	0	9	3	SS
89	89	Jul 16	BAL		CAL	W,3-2	CG	46	11.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
90	90	Jul 17	BAL		SEA	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
91	91	Jul 18	BAL		SEA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
92	92	Jul 19	BAL		SEA	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	1	7	1	9	2	SS
93	93	Jul 20	BAL	@	OAK	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
94	94	Jul 21	BAL	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	37	8.1	1	5	0	6	0	SS
95	95	Jul 22	BAL	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
96	96	Jul 23	BAL	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
97	97	Jul 25	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
98	98	Jul 26	BAL	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	38	8.1	2	2	0	4	0	SS
99	99	Jul 27	BAL	@	MIN	L,6-10	CG	42	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
100	100	Jul 28	BAL	@	KCR	W,4-3	CG	55	13.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
101	101	Jul 29	BAL	@	KCR	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
102	102	Jul 30	BAL	@	KCR	L,6-7	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
103	103	Jul 31	BAL	@	BOS	L,6-9	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	104	Aug 1 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
105	105	Aug 1 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
106	106	Aug 2	BAL	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
107	107	Aug 4	BAL		TEX	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
108	108	Aug 5	BAL		TEX	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
109	109	Aug 6	BAL		TEX	W,3-2	CG	43	10.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
110	110	Aug 7	BAL		MIN	L,2-4	GS	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
111	111	Aug 8	BAL		MIN	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
112	112	Aug 9	BAL		MIN	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
113	113	Aug 11 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
114	114	Aug 11 (2)	BAL		BOS	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
115	115	Aug 12	BAL		BOS	L,8-10	CG	68	13.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
116	116	Aug 13	BAL		BOS	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
117	117	Aug 14	BAL	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	36	10.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
118	118	Aug 15	BAL	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
119	119	Aug 16	BAL	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
120	120	Aug 17	BAL		TOR	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
121	121	Aug 18	BAL		TOR	L,2-9	CG	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
122	122	Aug 19	BAL		TOR	L,1-5	CG	34	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
123	123	Aug 20	BAL		TOR	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
124	124	Aug 21	BAL		MIL	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
125	125	Aug 22	BAL		MIL	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
126	126	Aug 23	BAL		MIL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
127	127	Aug 24 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
128	128	Aug 24 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
129	129	Aug 25	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
130	130	Aug 26	BAL	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	SS
131	131	Aug 27	BAL	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	3	7	0	10	1	SS
132	132	Aug 29	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	35	8.1	2	1	0	3	1	SS
133	133	Aug 30	BAL	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
134	134	Aug 31	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-11	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
135	135	Sep 1	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-10	CG	39	8.0	4	2	0	6	2	SS
136	136	Sep 2	BAL	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
137	137	Sep 3	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
138	138	Sep 4	BAL		CLE	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
139	139	Sep 5	BAL		CLE	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
140	140	Sep 6	BAL		CLE	L,0-9	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
141	141	Sep 7 (1)	BAL	@	TEX	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
142	142	Sep 7 (2)	BAL	@	TEX	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
143	143	Sep 8	BAL	@	TEX	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
144	144	Sep 9	BAL	@	TEX	W,4-2	CG	40	10.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
145	145	Sep 10	BAL	@	TEX	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
146	146	Sep 11	BAL		CHW	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
147	147	Sep 12	BAL		CHW	L,1-11	CG	48	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
148	148	Sep 13	BAL		CHW	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
149	149	Sep 15	BAL		KCR	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
150	150	Sep 16	BAL		KCR	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
151	151	Sep 17	BAL		KCR	L,0-7	GS	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
152	152	Sep 19	BAL		DET	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
153	153	Sep 20	BAL		DET	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
154	154	Sep 22	BAL		NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
155	155	Sep 23	BAL		NYY	W,10-2	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
156	156	Sep 24	BAL		NYY	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	10	1	12	2	SS
157	157	Sep 25	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
158	158	Sep 26	BAL	@	MIL	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
159	159	Sep 27	BAL	@	MIL	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	1	9	0	10	2	SS
160	160	Sep 29	BAL	@	TOR	L,1-2	CG	46	10.2	2	4	0	6	0	SS
161	161	Sep 30	BAL	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
162	162	Oct 1	BAL	@	TOR	W,7-5	GS	14	3.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
							162gm		1433.1	276	531	8	815	119