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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	33-24 / in Starts: 13-16
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 147 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	94 (50-33-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 147 PAs	18
Avg. Runners on Base	93 (46-31-16)

Most Driven In
B Surhoff	3
Self	2
M Devereaux	2
C Ripken	2
R Palmeiro	1
B Anderson	1
E Murray	1
J Hammonds	0

Most Driven In By
B Bonilla	4
R Alomar	3
B Anderson	3
L Polonia	2
Self	2
R Palmeiro	2
J Hammonds	1
E Murray	1

1996 Batting Game Log

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1996 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	758	8 (7)	Apr 11	BAL		CLE	W,14-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.20	3B
2	759	15 (6)	Apr 19	BAL	@	TEX	L,7-26	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.41	PH
3	760	17 (1)	Apr 21	BAL	@	TEX	L,6-9	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.73	-0.039	.90	-0.03%	-0.50	3B
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	761	30 (12)	May 5	BAL		MIL	L,1-13	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	.03	-0.001	.04	0.00%	-0.28	2B
5	762	33 (2)	May 9	BAL	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.222	.375	.597	9	.62	0.039	.67	0.03%	0.73	2B
6	763	34	May 10	BAL	@	MIL	W,10-7	6-GF(12)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.231	.333	.564	8	1.74	-0.096	1.99	-0.07%	-1.36	PH 2B
7	764	35	May 11	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.250	.286	.536	8	1.47	-0.009	1.68	-0.01%	0.09	2B
8	765	36	May 12	BAL	@	MIL	L,4-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.176	.211	.235	.446	9	1.93	-0.280	2.35	-0.20%	-2.41	2B
9	766	39 (2)	May 17	BAL		SEA	W,14-13	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.200	.222	.422	6	2.86	-0.089	3.68	-0.07%	-0.84	PH
10	767	41 (1)	May 19	BAL		SEA	W,8-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.200	.222	.422	5						3B
11	768	42	May 20	BAL		CAL	W,13-1	7-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.238	.263	.501	3	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.40	PH 2B
12	769	43	May 21	BAL		CAL	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.200	.217	.417	9	1.16	-0.121	1.53	-0.10%	-1.07	3B
13	770	44	May 22	BAL		CAL	W,10-5	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.276	.240	.516	8	.29	0.008	.36	0.01%	0.85	3B
14	771	45	May 24	BAL		OAK	W,5-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.242	.207	.449	9	1.87	-0.200	2.45	-0.16%	-1.36	3B
15	772	46	May 25	BAL		OAK	L,3-6	GS-8	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.250	.250	.500	9	.79	0.025	1.05	0.02%	0.31	3B
16	773	47	May 26	BAL		OAK	W,6-1	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.275	.306	.581	8	.63	0.074	.81	0.06%	1.05	3B
17	774	48	May 28	BAL	@	SEA	W,12-8	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.289	.375	.664	9	.80	-0.033	1.06	-0.03%	0.32	3B
18	775	49	May 29	BAL	@	SEA	L,8-9	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.306	.409	.715	9	1.22	0.017	1.62	0.01%	0.38	3B
19	776	50	May 31	BAL	@	CAL	L,3-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.302	.396	.698	9	.26	-0.014	.34	-0.01%	0.32	3B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	777	51	Jun 1	BAL	@	CAL	L,3-8	CG	4	4	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.333	.481	.814	9	.41	0.095	.53	0.07%	1.72	3B
21	778	52	Jun 2	BAL	@	CAL	W,14-1	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.306	.439	.745	9	.20	-0.030	.26	-0.02%	-1.31	3B
22	779	53	Jun 4	BAL		DET	W,10-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.303	.426	.729	9	.45	0.061	.57	0.05%	1.05	3B
23	780	54	Jun 5	BAL		DET	W,6-4	CG	4	4	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.329	.492	.821	9	1.12	0.187	1.43	0.14%	1.94	3B
24	781	55	Jun 6	BAL		DET	W,13-6	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.320	.464	.784	9	.31	-0.044	.40	-0.03%	-0.75	3B
25	782	58 (2)	Jun 9	BAL		CHW	L,9-12	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.313	.446	.758	2	1.24	-0.107	1.74	-0.09%	-0.87	2B
26	783	61 (2)	Jun 12	BAL	@	DET	W,10-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.309	.440	.749	2	.86	-0.037	1.04	-0.03%	-0.48	PH 3B
27	784	62	Jun 13	BAL	@	KCR	L,2-10	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.305	.434	.739	3	.06	-0.002	.08	0.00%	-0.36	2B
28	785	64 (1)	Jun 15	BAL	@	KCR	L,6-7	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.306	.430	.736	2	1.06	0.003	1.41	0.00%	0.18	2B
29	786	65	Jun 16	BAL	@	KCR	W,13-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.302	.425	.727	4	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.20	2B
30	787	67 (1)	Jun 18	BAL		TEX	L,0-7	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.311	.429	.740	2	.34	0.021	.46	0.02%	0.11	2B
31	788	77 (9)	Jun 28	BAL	@	NYY	W,7-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.311	.429	.740	1						2B
32	789	78	Jun 29	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.309	.420	.729	2	.61	-0.033	1.15	-0.04%	-0.20	2B
33	790	79	Jun 30	BAL	@	NYY	W,9-1	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.305	.416	.721	1	.04	-0.001	.07	0.00%	-0.88	2B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	791	85 (5)	Jul 6	BAL		BOS	W,4-3	2-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.272	.306	.413	.719	1	.93	-0.026	1.36	-0.02%	-0.29	2B
35	792	86	Jul 7	BAL		BOS	L,5-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.294	.396	.690	9	.86	-0.095	1.26	-0.08%	-0.94	2B
36	793	88 (1)	Jul 13 (1)	BAL		NYY	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.295	.394	.689	9	1.35	-0.056	2.25	-0.06%	-0.88	2B
37	794	89	Jul 13 (2)	BAL		NYY	L,5-7	GS-6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.296	.386	.682	8	1.16	-0.015	1.72	-0.01%	-0.06	2B
38	795	90	Jul 14	BAL		NYY	L,1-4	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.291	.379	.670	2	1.44	-0.108	1.86	-0.08%	-0.97	2B
39	796	91	Jul 15	BAL		TOR	W,8-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.281	.364	.645	2	.84	-0.093	.80	-0.05%	-0.94	2B
40	797	93 (1)	Jul 17	BAL		TOR	W,11-10	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.276	.358	.634	8	1.03	-0.056	.93	-0.03%	-0.26	PH 2B
41	798	95 (1)	Jul 19	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-13	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.228	.264	.342	.607	2	.29	-0.039	.36	-0.03%	-1.34	2B 3B
42	799	103 (7)	Jul 27	BAL		CLE	W,14-2	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.260	.336	.596	7	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.55	PH 3B
43	800	105 (1)	Jul 30	BAL	@	MIN	W,16-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.258	.333	.591	3	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.28	1B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
44	801	108 (2)	Aug 2	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-11	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.258	.333	.591	5						3B
45	802	111 (2)	Aug 5	BAL	@	CLE	W,13-10	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.256	.331	.587	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.20	3B
46	803	112	Aug 6	BAL	@	MIL	W,13-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.256	.331	.587	6						2B
47	804	116 (3)	Aug 10	BAL	@	CHW	W,13-4	8-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.262	.331	.592	6	.40	0.013	.71	0.01%	1.00	3B
48	805	118 (1)	Aug 13	BAL		MIL	W,4-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.262	.331	.592	9						PR 3B
49	806	120 (1)	Aug 15	BAL	@	OAK	W,18-5	7-GF	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.273	.336	.610	9	.01	0.001	.02	0.00%	0.55	3B
50	807	121	Aug 16 (1)	BAL	@	OAK	W,14-3	8-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.279	.342	.621	1	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.52	2B
51	808	122	Aug 16 (2)	BAL	@	OAK	W,5-4	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.236	.286	.341	.627	8	.78	0.028	1.37	0.03%	0.24	3B
52	809	130 (7)	Aug 25	BAL		CAL	L,0-13	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.284	.339	.622	1	.01	0.000	.02	0.00%	-0.52	2B
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
53	810	139 (8)	Sep 3	BAL	@	CAL	L,2-10	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.281	.336	.617	3	.01	0.000	.03	0.00%	-0.13	2B
54	811	142 (2)	Sep 7	BAL		DET	W,6-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.281	.333	.614	9	.52	-0.040	1.25	-0.06%	-0.61	2B
55	812	150 (7)	Sep 15	BAL	@	DET	W,16-6	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.286	.333	.619	2	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.40	2B
56	813	161 (10)	Sep 27	BAL	@	TOR	L,2-3	1-GF	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.287	.341	.628	2	1.46	-0.062	1.30	-0.03%	-0.37	2B
57	814	163 (1)	Sep 29	BAL	@	TOR	L,1-4	3-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.281	.333	.614	5	1.41	-0.181	.00	0.00%	-1.69	2B
							33-24		147	135	19	31	8	0	2	12	9	0	18	1	1	1	2	4	0	0	.230	.281	.333	.614		.79	-1.335	1.01	-0.89%	-10.53

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