Cal Ripken

Full Name: Calvin Edwin Ripken, Jr.	Primary Position: SS,3B
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/200	First Game: August 10, 1981
Birthdate: August 24, 1960	Final Game: October 6, 2001
Birthplace: Havre de Grace, Maryland	MLB Experience: 21 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Cal Ripken (Calvin Edwin Ripken, Jr.) was born on August 24, 1960 in Havre de Grace, Maryland. He made his Major League debut on August 10, 1981 for the Baltimore Orioles. In 1982, his rookie year, he hit .264 with 28 home runs and 93 RBI. Ripken played for the Baltimore Orioles for his entire 21 year career.

Most people believe that Cal Ripken's best season was 1991, when he slugged 34 home runs, hit for a .323 average and knocked in 114 runs.

[edit] Career Highlights

All-Star Games: 1983-2001
World Series Champion: 1983
1982 American League Rookie of the Year
Two-time American League MVP (1983, 1991)
1991 All-Star MVP
1992 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
1992 Roberto Clemente Award
1991-92 AL SS Gold Glove Award
1983-86, 1989, 1991, 1993-94 American League Shortstop Silver Slugger Award
Led American League in runs, runs created, extra-base hits, doubles, and hits in 1983 (121, 128, 76, 47, 211)
Led AL in total bases and extra-base hits in 1991 (386, 85)

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1981	BAL	A	23	39	1	5	0	0	.128	.150	.128	0	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	4
1982	BAL	A	160	598	90	158	28	93	.264	.317	.475	32	5	46	95	3	2	3	3	16
1983	BAL	A	162	663	121	211	27	102	.318	.371	.517	47	2	58	97	0	0	0	0	24
1984	BAL	A	162	641	103	195	27	86	.304	.374	.510	37	7	71	89	2	0	2	1	16
1985	BAL	A	161	642	116	181	26	110	.282	.347	.469	32	5	67	68	1	0	2	1	32
1986	BAL	A	162	627	98	177	25	81	.282	.355	.461	35	1	70	60	4	0	4	5	19
1987	BAL	A	162	624	97	157	27	98	.252	.333	.436	28	3	81	77	1	0	3	0	19
1988	BAL	A	161	575	87	152	23	81	.264	.372	.431	25	1	102	69	2	0	2	7	10
1989	BAL	A	162	646	80	166	21	93	.257	.317	.401	30	0	57	72	3	0	3	5	22
1990	BAL	A	161	600	78	150	21	84	.250	.341	.415	28	4	82	66	5	1	3	18	12
1991	BAL	A	162	650	99	210	34	114	.323	.374	.566	46	5	53	46	5	0	6	15	19
1992	BAL	A	162	637	73	160	14	72	.251	.323	.366	29	1	64	50	7	0	4	14	13
1993	BAL	A	162	641	87	165	24	90	.257	.329	.420	26	3	65	58	6	0	1	19	17
1994	BAL	A	112	444	71	140	13	75	.315	.364	.459	19	3	32	41	4	0	1	3	17
1995	BAL	A	144	550	71	144	17	88	.262	.324	.422	33	2	52	59	2	1	0	6	15
1996	BAL	A	163	640	94	178	26	102	.278	.341	.466	40	1	59	78	4	0	1	3	28
1997	BAL	A	162	615	79	166	17	84	.270	.331	.402	30	0	56	73	5	0	1	3	19
1998	BAL	A	161	601	65	163	14	61	.271	.331	.389	27	1	51	68	4	1	0	0	9
1999	BAL	A	86	332	51	113	18	57	.340	.368	.584	27	0	13	31	3	3	0	3	14
2000	BAL	A	83	309	43	79	15	56	.256	.310	.453	16	0	23	37	3	0	0	0	10
2001	BAL	A	128	477	43	114	14	68	.239	.276	.361	16	0	26	63	2	2	0	1	15
Total			3001	11551	1647	3184	431	1695	.276	.340	.447	603	44	1129	1305	66	10	36	107	350

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1981	BAL	A	3B	6	1	17	2	6	1	1	0	.889
1981	BAL	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1981	BAL	A	SS	12	8	69	11	24	2	5	0	.946
1982	BAL	A	3B	70	68	604	66	151	6	17	0	.973
1982	BAL	A	SS	94	91	813.1	155	289	13	47	0	.972
1983	BAL	A	SS	162	162	1452.1	272	534	25	113	0	.970
1984	BAL	A	SS	162	162	1439.1	297	583	26	122	0	.971
1985	BAL	A	SS	161	161	1427.1	286	474	26	123	0	.967
1986	BAL	A	SS	162	162	1436.2	240	482	13	105	0	.982
1987	BAL	A	SS	162	162	1430.2	240	480	20	103	0	.973
1988	BAL	A	SS	161	161	1409	284	480	21	119	0	.973
1989	BAL	A	SS	162	162	1433.1	276	531	8	119	1	.990
1990	BAL	A	SS	161	161	1406.1	242	435	3	94	1	.996
1991	BAL	A	SS	162	162	1427.2	267	528	11	114	0	.986
1992	BAL	A	SS	162	162	1440	287	445	12	119	0	.984
1993	BAL	A	SS	162	162	1425.2	226	495	17	101	0	.977
1994	BAL	A	SS	112	112	986.2	132	321	7	72	0	.985
1995	BAL	A	SS	144	144	1250	206	409	7	100	0	.989
1996	BAL	A	SS	158	157	1379.2	228	467	14	109	0	.980
1996	BAL	A	3B	6	6	49	5	16	0	1	0	1.000
1997	BAL	A	SS	3	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	1.000
1997	BAL	A	3B	162	162	1401	98	314	22	25	0	.949
1998	BAL	A	3B	161	161	1365.2	101	265	8	22	0	.979
1999	BAL	A	3B	85	85	700	36	142	13	11	0	.932
2000	BAL	A	3B	73	73	608.1	56	134	5	17	0	.974
2000	BAL	A	DH	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2001	BAL	A	DH	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2001	BAL	A	3B	111	111	981.2	97	209	14	23	0	.956
Total			SS	2302	2291	20232	3651	6977	225	1565	2	.979
Total			3B	674	667	5726.2	461	1237	69	117	0	.961
Total			DH	25	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

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Selected by Baltimore Orioles in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1978 - signed June 13, 1978).
Granted free agency (November 16, 2001).

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