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Cal Ripken, Jr.

April 29, 2013 by · Comments Off on Cal Ripken, Jr. 

Cal Ripken, Jr., Calvin Edwin “Cal” Ripken, Jr. (born August 24, 1960), nicknamed “The Iron man”, which fans later voted the “Most Memorable Moment” in MLB history. Ripken voluntarily ended his 17-year streak at 2,632 games in 1998. One of his position’s most offensively productive players, Ripken tallied 3,184 hits, 431 home runs, and 1,695 runs batted in during his career, and he won two Gold Glove Awards for his defense.

Ripken is considered one of the best shortstops and third basemen in baseball history. At 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m), 225 lb. (102.27 kg), he pioneered the way for taller, larger shortstops to be successful at those positions. When inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007, he was a first ballot inductee with the third-highest voting percentage (98.53%) in Hall of Fame history, behind Tom Seaver (98.84%) and Nolan Ryan (98.79%).

He is a best-selling author and the President and CEO of Ripken Baseball, Inc., and focuses on several subsidiaries: Ripken Management and Design, Youth Camps and Clinics, Cal Ripken, Sr. foundation, Ripken Professional Baseball, with three minor-league teams-the Aberdeen IronBirds (affiliated with the Orioles);

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