A Tribute to Cal Ripken Jr.



-2 Time AL MVP ('83 and '91)
-2632 Consecutive Games Played*
-8 Career Grand Slams
-345 HR by a shortstop*
-17 Consecutive All-Star Games*
-16 Consecutive All-Star Game Starts
-Has been Leading Vote Getter for All-Star Game 4 Times
-972 Extra Base Hits as a Shortstop*
-At Least 20 HR in Each of First 10 Seasons
-Hit for the Cycle 5/6/84
-Highest Fielding Percentage in a Season by a Shortstop (.996) 1990
-Fewest Errors by a Shortstop in a Season (3) 1990
-Most Consecutive Errorless Games by a Shortstop (95) 1990
-Most Consecutive Chances Without an Error by a Shortstop (428) 1990
-Most Years Leading League in Double Plays by a Shortstop (8)
-Most Years Leading League in Assists by a Shortstop (6)tied
-2 Gold Gloves ('91 and '92)
-1st to Win ROY and MVP in Back-to-back Years
-THE SPORTING NEWS PLAYER OF THE YEAR ('83 and '91)
-AP MAJOR LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD ('91)
-SPORTS ILLUSTRATED ALL-TIME DREAM TEAM: (October, ’92)
-EIGHT TSN AL ALL-STAR TEAMS: (1983-’86, ’89, ’91,’93, ’95)
-EIGHT TSN/HILLERICH & BRADSBY SILVER SLUGGER TEAMS: (1983-’86, ’89, ’91,’93, ’94)
-SIX AP MAJOR LEAGUE ALL-STAR TEAMS: (1983-’86, ’89, ’91)
-ROBERTO CLEMENTE AWARD: (’92)
-LOU GEHRIG AWARD: (’92)
-BART GIAMATTI CARING AWARD: (’89)
-FOUR MOST VALUABLE ORIOLE AWARDS: ('90 and '91, outright, and co-winner with Eddie Murray in ’83 & ’88)
-1995 MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: AP and United Press International
-1995 TSN SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR
-ML Record 11 Combined Errors by Cal and Bill Ripken [the fewest in major league history by a qualifying (each playing 2/3 of their club’s games at their respective positions) keystone combination.]
-Ripken holds what is believed to be the major league record with a streak of 8,243 straight innings, spanning 904 games from '82-'87
Major League Statistics
YrTeam Gms.ABRH 2B3BHRRBIAvg. SHSFSBCSBBIBBHBPSO
81 BAL 23 39 1 5 0 0 0 0 .128 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8
82 BAL 160 598 90 158 32 5 28 93 .264 2 6 3 3 46 3 3 95
83 BAL 162 663 121 211 47 2 27 102 .318 0 5 0 4 58 0 0 97
84 BAL 162 641 103 195 37 7 27 86 .304 0 2 2 1 71 1 2 89
85 BAL 161 642 116 181 32 5 26 110 .281 0 8 2 3 67 1 1 68
86 BAL 162 627 98 177 35 1 25 81 .282 0 6 4 2 70 5 4 60
87 BAL 162 624 97 157 28 3 27 98 .251 0 11 3 5 81 0 1 77
88 BAL 161 575 87 152 25 1 23 81 .264 0 10 2 2 102 7 2 69
89 BAL 162 646 80 166 30 0 21 93 .256 0 6 3 2 57 5 3 72
90 BAL 161 600 78 150 28 4 21 84 .249 1 7 3 1 82 18 5 66
91 BAL 162 650 99 210 46 5 34 114 .323 0 9 6 1 53 15 5 46
92 BAL 162 637 73 160 29 1 14 72 .251 0 7 4 3 64 14 7 50
93 BAL 162 641 87 165 26 3 24 90 .257 0 6 1 4 65 19 6 58
94 BAL 112 444 71 140 19 3 13 75 .315 0 4 1 0 32 3 4 41
95 BAL 144 550 71 144 33 2 17 88 .261 1 8 0 1 52 6 2 59
96 BAL 163 640 94 178 40 1 26 102 .278 0 4 1 2 59 3 4 78
97 BAL 162 615 79 166 30 0 17 84 .269 0 10 1 0 56 3 5 73
98 BAL 161 601 65 163 27 1 14 61 .271 1 2 0 2 51 0 4 68
99 BAL 86 332 51 113 27 0 18 57 .340 ? ? 0 1 13 ? ? 31
ML TOTALS BAL 2790 10765 1561 2991 571 44 402 1571 .278 ? ? 36 37 1080 ? ? 1205
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