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Cal
Ripken Jr.		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 230
 
Born: August 24, 1960 in Usa, MD, HAVRE DE GRAC
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1983   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 20 CLN NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 5 4 5 8 7 7
1982 21 SDP NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 5 4 4 7 7 7
1983 22 SDP NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 4 4 7 6 6
1984 23 SDP NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 6 5 5 7 7 7 5 4 5 7 6 7
1985 24 SDP NL $ 1,208,571   4 4 5 6 5 5 7 7 7 5 4 4 7 7 7
1986 25 SDP NL $ 1,208,571   4 4 5 6 5 5 7 6 7 5 4 4 7 7 7
1988 27 MIA NL $ 5,500,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 7 6 7 5 4 4 7 7 7
1989 28 OAK AL $ 1,500,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1990 29 OAK AL $ 1,500,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 5 6 5 5 7 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,500,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 4 5 8 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1981 20 CLN NL 26 92 12 21 1 0 4 14 0 0 4 8 .228 .260 .370 .630 9.0 1.0
    AAA   25 102 12 18 3 0 4 8 0 0 9 13 .176 .243 .324 .567 8.4  
    AA   108 451 66 110 27 1 15 45 2 1 49 40 .244 .318 .408 .726 59.5  
1982 21 SDP NL 127 431 34 96 19 0 8 48 1 1 24 47 .223 .262 .323 .585 32.4 1.5
    AAA   25 90 6 27 6 0 1 10 0 0 7 9 .300 .351 .400 .751 12.1  
1983 22 SDP NL 149 473 37 86 18 2 10 40 1 0 25 87 .182 .223 .292 .515 26.2 0.0
1984 23 SDP NL 117 343 51 78 8 1 15 50 0 3 29 59 .227 .287 .388 .675 39.8 6.9
1985 24 SDP NL 96 234 30 58 14 0 4 29 1 0 20 31 .248 .305 .359 .664 22.7 3.2
1986 25 SDP NL 110 270 29 62 16 1 3 25 0 0 16 33 .230 .271 .330 .600 23.0 1.6
1987 26 AAA   87 129 21 33 3 0 5 27 1 0 21 17 .256 .360 .395 .755 20.0  
1988 27 MIA NL 154 472 44 96 22 1 5 38 0 0 29 81 .203 .252 .286 .538 32.8 0.0
1989 28 OAK AL 49 109 12 29 6 0 1 14 0 0 7 17 .266 .310 .349 .659 10.4 1.5
1990 29 OAK AL 114 280 30 63 15 4 6 26 0 3 20 46 .225 .277 .371 .648 26.3 2.7
9 Years Sim 942 2704 279 589 119 9 56 284 3 7 174 409 .218 .265 .331 .595 222.4 18.5
3 Years AAA 137 321 39 78 12 0 10 45 1 0 37 39 .243 .325 .374 .699 40.5  
1 Years AA 108 451 66 110 27 1 15 45 2 1 49 40 .244 .319 .408 .727 59.5  
4 Years Minors 245 772 105 188 39 1 25 90 3 1 86 79 .244 .321 .394 .715 100.0  
162 Game Average 465 47 101 20 1 9 48 0 1 29 70 .218 .265 .331 .595 38.2  
Career Highs 154 473 51 96 22 4 15 50 1 3 29 87 .266 .310 .388 .675 39.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1745 168 354 79 5 30 162 3 4 101 266 .203 .246 .305 .551 125.3
vs LH   959 111 235 40 4 26 122 0 3 73 143 .245 .298 .376 .675 107.3
Home 470 1338 126 271 47 5 19 118 1 2 78 209 .203 .246 .288 .534 90.0
Away 472 1366 153 318 72 4 37 166 2 5 96 200 .233 .283 .373 .655 142.6
RISP   649 0 144 23 2 19 219 0 0 48 96 .222 .270 .351 .621 63.8
Pinch Hitting   30 7 8 1 0 1 11 0 0 4 2 .267 .353 .400 .753 4.4
Close/Late   328 23 79 16 0 8 41 0 0 29 50 .241 .303 .363 .665 36.5
Mar/Apr 122 352 44 83 12 0 10 36 0 0 25 50 .236 .285 .355 .640 36.2
May 151 417 41 83 17 0 6 42 1 3 30 67 .199 .253 .283 .536 28.2
June 153 441 41 92 16 1 8 46 1 0 28 66 .209 .255 .304 .559 33.8
July 154 426 50 88 24 1 6 37 0 1 25 69 .207 .251 .310 .561 31.2
August 173 504 45 120 29 4 10 60 1 0 30 81 .238 .281 .371 .652 51.5
Sep/Oct 189 564 58 123 21 3 16 63 0 3 36 76 .218 .265 .351 .616 51.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1981 20 CLN NL 2B 26 26 221.7 43 103 3 21 .980 5.93   0.6
1982 21 SDP NL SS 73 73 600.0 105 273 12 57 .969 5.67   2.9
    2B 5 0 8.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
    CF 1 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 .500 2.25   0.0
1983 22 SDP NL SS 147 146 1210.3 190 564 20 107 .974 5.61   4.0
1984 23 SDP NL SS 116 115 966.0 181 473 15 92 .978 6.09   4.3
1985 24 SDP NL SS 63 40 401.0 51 176 6 26 .974 5.09   2.2
    2B 28 22 217.0 42 106 1 20 .993 6.14   1.0
    3B 5 1 22.0 3 5 0 2 1.000 3.27   0.1
1986 25 SDP NL SS 69 56 514.3 91 221 10 50 .969 5.46   2.2
    2B 23 10 115.3 23 53 0 13 1.000 5.93   0.6
    3B 18 8 82.3 4 22 0 1 1.000 2.84   0.4
1988 27 MIA NL SS 153 151 1275.3 200 516 25 92 .966 5.05   9.2
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1989 28 OAK AL 3B 13 6 69.7 7 17 1 1 .960 3.10   0.3
    SS 9 8 68.0 15 39 1 10 .982 7.15   0.6
    2B 9 6 54.3 16 24 1 3 .976 6.63   0.2
1990 29 OAK AL 2B 48 42 345.0 79 152 1 36 .996 6.03   1.9
    3B 33 11 144.0 10 33 0 3 1.000 2.69   0.7
    SS 24 10 110.7 15 52 2 11 .971 5.45   0.8
    RF 7 6 56.7 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.38   0.1
  SS 654 599 5145.7 848 2314 91 445 .972 5.53   26.1
  2B 140 106 963.3 205 441 6 94 .991 6.04   4.3
  3B 69 26 318.0 24 77 1 7 .990 2.86   1.5
  RF 7 6 56.7 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.38   0.1
  CF 1 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 .500 2.25   0.0
Career Totals   871 737 6487.6 1093 2832 99 546 .975 5.44   32.1
Career Highs   154 151 1277.3 200 564 25 107 .992 6.09    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1985 24 SDP NL 3 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .286 .375 .286 .661
Career Post-Season Batting 3 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .286 .375 .286 .661
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  1. Tim Teufel (967)
  2. Billy Rogell (939)
  3. Paul Runge (935)
  4. Ed Montague (929)
  5. Sergio Ferrer (929)
  6. Al Kozar (924)
  7. Bobby Knoop (923)
  8. Jerry Lumpe (920)
  9. Randy Ready (919)
  10. Mickey Haslin (918)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Cleveland (N) in 1981
4/3/1981: Signed a minor league contract extension with Cleveland (N)
Injured on 5/9/1981 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Had first career hit on 9/1/1981, off Jon Matlack (MIA)
Hit first career homerun on 9/16/1981, off Don Sutton (BSN)
Traded from Cleveland (N) to San Diego on 3/4/1982 (Going to SDP: SS Cal Ripken jr., CF Jim Eisenreich, C Mike Scioscia, P Greg Harris, P Jerry don Gleaton. Going to CLN: 1B Mike Hargrove, RF Mike Adams)
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1983
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,208,571 through salary arbitration
2/2/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,208,571 through salary arbitration
2/2/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,208,571 through salary arbitration
Released by San Diego on 10/31/1987
Signed as a free agent by Miami on 2/10/1988 to a 3-year deal worth $5,500,000 per year
Released by Miami on 2/14/1989
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/26/1989 to a 3-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year
 
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