By: Brett Hower
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Description
One
Title Page
Two
Table of Contents
Three
Background Info
Four
Playing Career
Five
Stats, Honors, and Awards
Six
Consecutive Games Streak
Seven
Legacy
Eight
Sources
 Born
in Aberdeen, Maryland in 1961
 Father, Cal Ripken Sr., was baseball
manager
 Played baseball and basketball at
Aberdeen High School, along with his
brother, Billy
 Was drafted out of high school in the
second round by the Baltimore Orioles
 Came
up to the Orioles in 1981-1982
 Won Rookie of the Year, leading Orioles
in hitting
 Helped lead team to World Series in
1983, being named to first all-star team
and winning MVP
 In 1987, played alongside his brother,
Billy, and was managed by father, Cal Sr.
 2-Time
American League MVP
 19 time All-Star Selection
 Has jersey number 8 retired by Orioles
 Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007,
98% of voters elected him, highest ever
 Orioles’ all-time leader in:
• Games played, hits, runs, RBI, extra base hits,
doubles, home runs, and walks
 In
1995, played in his 2131st consecutive
game
 Broke Lou Gehrig’s record of 2130
consecutive games
 Hit a home run in the game, in front of
sellout crowd at Camden Yards
 22 minute standing ovation after he had
broken the record
 Here
is a link to a video about Cal Ripken
Jr. breaking the consecutive games
played record:
 http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?conte
nt_id=3251272&topic_id=&c_id=mlb&tci
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 At
6’4”, was one of biggest shortstops to play
in MLB
 Paved way for other big, power-hitting
shortstops like Derek Jeter, Nomar
Garciaparra, and Miguel Tejada
 His breaking of consecutive games streak
was voted Baseball’s most memorable
moment
 Now owns 3 minor league baseball teams,
started organization in Baltimore to promote
baseball to keep kids out of trouble
 www.ripkenbaseball.com
 http://www.baseball-
reference.com/players/r/ripkeca01.shtm
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 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Ripken
,_Jr.
 www.images.google.com
 http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?conte
nt_id=3251272&topic_id=&c_id=mlb&tci
d=vpp_copy_3251272&v=3