Billy Ripken

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: December 16, 1964 in Havre de Grace, MD us

Draft: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 11th round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from Aberdeen HS (Aberdeen, MD).

High School: Aberdeen HS (Aberdeen, MD)

Debut: July 11, 1987 (Age 22-207d, 15,354th in major league history)
vs. MIN 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 13, 1998 (Age 33-209d)
vs. KCR 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season

Agents: Ron Shapiro

Full Name: William Oliver Ripken

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Relatives: Brother of Cal Ripken Jr.; Son of Cal Ripken Sr.

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.9

2729

674

.247

287

RBI

229

OBP

.294

SLG

.318

OPS

.612

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1988 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1988 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	BAL		MIL	L,0-12	CG	48	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	2B
2	2	Apr 6	BAL		MIL	L,1-3	CG	32	9.0	4	7	0	11	1	2B
3	3	Apr 8	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
4	4	Apr 9	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-12	CG	49	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
5	5	Apr 10	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
6	6	Apr 11	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	1	8	0	9	0	2B
7	7	Apr 12	BAL		KCR	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
8	8	Apr 13	BAL		KCR	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
9	9	Apr 14	BAL		KCR	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	2	6	1	9	0	2B
10	10	Apr 15	BAL		CLE	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	2B
11	11	Apr 16	BAL		CLE	L,0-1	CG	39	11.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
12	12	Apr 17	BAL		CLE	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
13	13	Apr 19	BAL	@	MIL	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
14	14	Apr 20	BAL	@	MIL	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
15	15	Apr 21	BAL	@	MIL	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
16	16	Apr 22	BAL	@	KCR	L,1-13	CG	45	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
17	17	Apr 23	BAL	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	2	5	0	7	2	2B
18	18	Apr 24	BAL	@	KCR	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
19	19	Apr 26	BAL	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
20	20	Apr 27	BAL	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
21	21	Apr 28	BAL	@	MIN	L,2-4	GS	29	6.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
22	22	Apr 29	BAL	@	CHW	W,9-0	GS	20	6.0	0	6	0	6	1	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	25 (2)	May 2	BAL		TEX	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	5	3	1	9	1	2B
24	26	May 3	BAL		TEX	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
25	27	May 4	BAL		MIN	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
26	28	May 7	BAL		CHW	L,7-11	CG	50	9.0	2	8	1	11	3	2B
27	29	May 8	BAL		CHW	W,6-5	GS	34	7.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
28	30	May 9	BAL		CHW	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	2	7	1	10	2	2B
29	31	May 10	BAL	@	TEX	L,5-13	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
30	32	May 11	BAL	@	TEX	L,0-8	CG	37	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
31	34 (1)	May 13	BAL		OAK	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
32	35	May 14	BAL		OAK	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
33	36	May 15	BAL		OAK	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
34	37	May 18	BAL		CAL	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
35	38	May 19 (1)	BAL		CAL	L,1-2	CG	39	10.0	1	4	0	5	3	2B
36	39	May 19 (2)	BAL		CAL	L,6-9	CG	49	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
37	40	May 20	BAL		SEA	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	2B
38	41	May 21	BAL		SEA	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
39	42	May 22	BAL		SEA	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
40	43	May 23	BAL	@	OAK	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	5	5	0	10	2	2B
41	44	May 24	BAL	@	OAK	L,0-6	CG	43	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
42	45	May 25	BAL	@	OAK	L,1-8	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
43	46	May 27	BAL	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	7	6	0	13	1	2B
44	47	May 28	BAL	@	CAL	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
45	48	May 29	BAL	@	CAL	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
46	50 (1)	May 31	BAL	@	SEA	W,12-5	GF	11	3.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	52 (1)	Jun 3	BAL		NYY	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
48	53	Jun 4	BAL		NYY	W,7-6	CG	62	14.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
49	54	Jun 5	BAL		NYY	L,2-9	CG	47	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
50	55	Jun 6	BAL		DET	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
51	56	Jun 7	BAL		DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
52	57	Jun 8	BAL		DET	L,4-12	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
53	58	Jun 10	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
54	59	Jun 11	BAL	@	NYY	L,6-8	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
55	60	Jun 12	BAL	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	39	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	2B
56	61	Jun 13	BAL	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
57	62	Jun 14	BAL	@	DET	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	4	6	0	10	1	2B
58	63	Jun 15	BAL	@	DET	L,0-1	GS	28	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
59	64	Jun 16	BAL		BOS	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
60	65	Jun 17	BAL		BOS	W,3-2	CG	39	11.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
61	66	Jun 18	BAL		BOS	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
62	67	Jun 19	BAL		BOS	L,7-15	CG	51	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	2B
63	68	Jun 20	BAL	@	TOR	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
64	69	Jun 21	BAL	@	TOR	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
65	70	Jun 22	BAL	@	TOR	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
66	71	Jun 23	BAL	@	TOR	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
67	72	Jun 24	BAL	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
68	73	Jun 25	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
69	74	Jun 26	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-10	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
70	75	Jun 27	BAL		TOR	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
71	76	Jun 28	BAL		TOR	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
72	77	Jun 29	BAL		TOR	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	3	3	1	7	2	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	78	Jul 1	BAL	@	TEX	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	2B
74	79	Jul 2	BAL	@	TEX	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	2B
75	80	Jul 3	BAL	@	TEX	L,1-13	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
76	81	Jul 4	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
77	82	Jul 5	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
78	83	Jul 6	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
79	84	Jul 7	BAL		TEX	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
80	85	Jul 8	BAL		TEX	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	4	5	0	9	0	2B
81	86	Jul 9	BAL		TEX	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	3	2B
82	87	Jul 10	BAL		TEX	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
83	88	Jul 14 (1)	BAL		MIN	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	5	4	0	9	3	2B
84	89	Jul 14 (2)	BAL		MIN	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
85	90	Jul 15	BAL		MIN	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
86	91	Jul 16	BAL		MIN	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
87	92	Jul 17	BAL		MIN	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
88	93	Jul 19 (1)	BAL		CHW	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	2B
89	94	Jul 19 (2)	BAL		CHW	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	3	2B
90	95	Jul 22	BAL	@	MIN	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
91	96	Jul 23	BAL	@	MIN	W,11-8	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
92	97	Jul 24	BAL	@	MIN	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
93	98	Jul 26	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
94	99	Jul 27	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-12	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
95	100	Jul 28	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
96	101	Jul 29	BAL		KCR	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
97	102	Jul 30	BAL		KCR	L,7-8	GS	35	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
98	103	Jul 31	BAL		KCR	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	104	Aug 2	BAL		CLE	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
100	105	Aug 3	BAL		CLE	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
101	106	Aug 4	BAL		CLE	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
102	107	Aug 5 (1)	BAL		MIL	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
103	108	Aug 5 (2)	BAL		MIL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	4	6	0	10	1	2B
104	109	Aug 6	BAL		MIL	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
105	110	Aug 7	BAL		MIL	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
106	111	Aug 9	BAL	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	41	8.1	4	4	0	8	1	2B
107	112	Aug 10	BAL	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	6	1	9	0	2B
108	113	Aug 11	BAL	@	KCR	L,5-6	GS	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
109	114	Aug 12	BAL	@	MIL	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
110	115	Aug 13	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	6	4	0	10	2	2B
111	116	Aug 14	BAL	@	MIL	W,11-9	CG	46	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
112	117	Aug 15	BAL	@	MIL	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B
113	118	Aug 16	BAL		OAK	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
114	119	Aug 17	BAL		OAK	L,4-10	CG	47	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
115	120	Aug 18	BAL		OAK	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
116	121	Aug 19	BAL		CAL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
117	122	Aug 20	BAL		CAL	W,3-2	CG	47	11.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
118	123	Aug 21	BAL		CAL	L,2-3	GS	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B 3B
119	124	Aug 22	BAL		SEA	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
120	125	Aug 24 (1)	BAL		SEA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	2B
121	126	Aug 24 (2)	BAL		SEA	W,4-3	CG	48	12.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
122	127	Aug 26	BAL	@	OAK	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
123	128	Aug 27	BAL	@	OAK	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
124	129	Aug 28	BAL	@	OAK	W,2-1	GS	39	11.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B 3B
125	130	Aug 29	BAL	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	3	3	1	7	0	2B
126	131	Aug 30	BAL	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
127	132	Aug 31	BAL	@	CAL	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
128	133	Sep 2	BAL	@	SEA	W,4-3	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
129	134	Sep 3	BAL	@	SEA	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
130	135	Sep 4	BAL	@	SEA	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
131	136	Sep 5	BAL		BOS	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
132	137	Sep 6	BAL		BOS	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
133	138	Sep 7	BAL		BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
134	139	Sep 9	BAL		TOR	L,1-8	GS	32	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
135	140	Sep 10	BAL		TOR	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	2B
136	141	Sep 11	BAL		TOR	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
137	142	Sep 12	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-6	GS	28	6.0	0	4	0	4	2	2B
138	143	Sep 13	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-6	GS	25	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
139	144	Sep 14	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
140	145	Sep 16	BAL	@	DET	L,7-8	GS	32	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
141	146	Sep 17	BAL	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
142	147	Sep 18	BAL	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
143	148	Sep 19	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	39	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	2B
144	149	Sep 20	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
145	150	Sep 21	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	42	11.1	6	2	0	8	1	2B
146	151	Sep 22	BAL		DET	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
147	152	Sep 23	BAL		DET	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
148	153	Sep 25 (1)	BAL		DET	L,1-2	GS	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
149	157 (3)	Sep 28	BAL		NYY	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
							151gm		1269.1	310	440	12	762	110