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Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr. (born August 24, 1960), nicknamed "the Iron Man", [1] is an American former baseball shortstop and third baseman who played his entire 21-season career in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles (1981–2001).
The record—2,632 consecutive games, a streak compiled over more than 16 years—is held by Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles, and is considered to be one of the league's unbreakable records. Ripken surpassed Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees, whose record of 2,130 consecutive
These are the individual records for Batting [5] and Pitching [6] over the course of player's careers with the franchise.. Statistics are current through 2022 season.. Cal Ripken Jr. is the Orioles All-Time leader in hits, runs, RBIs, and home runs and more
Rickey Henderson, Eddie Murray, Stan Musial, Albert Pujols, Willie Mays, and Cal Ripken Jr. are the only other players to play in over 3,000 career games. As of September 27, 2024, no active players are in the top 100 for career games played. The active leader is Andrew McCutchen in 181st with 2,127.
He set several major-league records during his career, [5] including the most career grand slams (23; since broken by Alex Rodriguez) [6] [7] and most consecutive games played (2,130), a record that stood for fifty-six years and was long considered unbreakable until it was surpassed by Cal Ripken Jr. in 1995. [8]
With the first-inning blast, Henderson topped Cal Ripken Jr. and Miguel Tejada for the most home runs in a season by a shortstop in Orioles history. The three players entered Wednesday tied for ...
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Ripken managed Cal Jr. and Billy for the first time on July 11, in a 2–1 loss to the Minnesota Twins. The Havre de Grace Record wrote, "The Ripkens of Aberdeen became the first family of sports." [ 27 ] On September 14, during a 17–3 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays , Ripken substituted Cal Jr. with Ron Washington after the eighth inning ...