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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jun 15)

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	9 (8)	Apr 14	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
2	10	Apr 15	BAL	@	BOS	W,12-4	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
3	12 (1)	Apr 18	BAL		KCR	L,4-7	GF	22	4.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
4	13	Apr 19	BAL		KCR	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	2B
5	14	Apr 20	BAL		KCR	W,2-0	GS	25	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
6	15	Apr 21	BAL		MIN	L,1-7	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
7	16	Apr 22	BAL		MIN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
8	17	Apr 23	BAL		MIN	W,3-0	CG	27	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
9	18	Apr 24	BAL	@	CAL	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
10	19	Apr 25	BAL	@	CAL	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
11	20	Apr 26	BAL	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
12	21	Apr 27	BAL	@	OAK	L,4-9	GS	38	7.0	1	2	0	3	2	2B
13	22	Apr 28	BAL	@	SEA	L,5-11	CG	41	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
14	23	Apr 29	BAL	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
15	24	Apr 30	BAL	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	5	4	1	10	2	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	25	May 2	BAL		CAL	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	2	2B
17	26	May 3	BAL		CAL	L,0-2	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
18	27	May 6 (1)	BAL		SEA	L,1-2	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
19	28	May 6 (2)	BAL		SEA	L,5-6	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
20	29	May 7	BAL		SEA	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
21	30	May 8	BAL		OAK	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	8	6	0	14	4	2B
22	31	May 11	BAL		OAK	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
23	32	May 12	BAL		CHW	W,9-6	CG	44	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
24	33	May 13	BAL		CHW	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
25	34	May 14	BAL		CHW	L,5-8	GS	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
26	35	May 17	BAL	@	TEX	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
27	36	May 18	BAL		CLE	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
28	37	May 19	BAL		CLE	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
29	38	May 20	BAL		CLE	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
30	39	May 21	BAL		CLE	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
31	40	May 22	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
32	41	May 23	BAL	@	CHW	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	2B
33	42	May 24	BAL	@	CHW	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
34	43	May 26	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
35	44	May 27	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
36	45	May 28	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	30	8.2	2	1	0	3	1	2B
37	46	May 29	BAL		TEX	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
38	47	May 30	BAL		TEX	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	2B
39	48	May 31	BAL		TEX	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	49	Jun 1	BAL	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	2B
41	50	Jun 2	BAL	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
42	51	Jun 3	BAL	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
43	52	Jun 4	BAL	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
44	53	Jun 5	BAL	@	NYY	W,16-3	CG	46	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	2B
45	54	Jun 6	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
46	55	Jun 8	BAL		MIL	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
47	56	Jun 9	BAL		MIL	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
48	57	Jun 10	BAL		MIL	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	2B
49	59 (1)	Jun 13	BAL		NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
50	60	Jun 14	BAL		NYY	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	6	5	0	11	2	2B
51	61	Jun 15	BAL		NYY	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
52	62	Jun 16 (1)	BAL		OAK	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
53	64 (1)	Jun 17	BAL		OAK	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	1	8	1	2B
54	65	Jun 18	BAL		OAK	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
55	66	Jun 19	BAL	@	SEA	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
56	67	Jun 20	BAL	@	SEA	W,8-6	CG	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	1	2B
57	68	Jun 21	BAL	@	SEA	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
58	69	Jun 22	BAL	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
59	70	Jun 23	BAL	@	CAL	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
60	71	Jun 24	BAL	@	CAL	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
61	73 (1)	Jun 27	BAL		TOR	W,16-6	GF	21	5.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
62	74	Jun 28	BAL		TOR	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
63	75	Jun 29	BAL		TOR	L,1-11	CG	47	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	77 (1)	Jul 1	BAL		DET	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
65	78	Jul 2	BAL		DET	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
66	79	Jul 3	BAL		DET	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
67	80	Jul 4	BAL	@	TOR	W,8-0	CG	28	9.0	1	9	0	10	1	2B
68	81	Jul 5	BAL	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	3	2B
69	82	Jul 6	BAL	@	TOR	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
70	83	Jul 7	BAL	@	MIL	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
71	84	Jul 8	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	2B
72	87 (2)	Jul 14	BAL		CAL	W,6-4	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
73	88	Jul 15	BAL		CAL	W,11-9	GS	32	7.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
74	89	Jul 16	BAL		CAL	W,3-2	CG	46	11.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
75	90	Jul 17	BAL		SEA	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	6	3	0	9	2	2B
76	91	Jul 18	BAL		SEA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
77	92	Jul 19	BAL		SEA	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
78	93	Jul 20	BAL	@	OAK	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
79	94	Jul 21	BAL	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
80	95	Jul 22	BAL	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
81	96	Jul 23	BAL	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
82	97	Jul 25	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	3	5	1	9	0	2B
83	98	Jul 26	BAL	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	38	8.1	0	3	0	3	0	2B
84	99	Jul 27	BAL	@	MIN	L,6-10	CG	42	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
85	100	Jul 28	BAL	@	KCR	W,4-3	CG	55	13.0	2	7	0	9	0	2B
86	101	Jul 29	BAL	@	KCR	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
87	103 (1)	Jul 31	BAL	@	BOS	L,6-9	GS	39	7.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	104	Aug 1 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	6	3	0	9	1	2B
89	105	Aug 1 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-6	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
90	106	Aug 2	BAL	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
91	107	Aug 4	BAL		TEX	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
92	108	Aug 5	BAL		TEX	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
93	109	Aug 6	BAL		TEX	W,3-2	GS	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
94	110	Aug 7	BAL		MIN	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
95	113 (2)	Aug 11 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
96	115 (1)	Aug 12	BAL		BOS	L,8-10	CG	68	13.0	9	6	1	16	3	2B
97	116	Aug 13	BAL		BOS	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
98	117	Aug 14	BAL	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	36	10.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
99	118	Aug 15	BAL	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
100	119	Aug 16	BAL	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
101	120	Aug 17	BAL		TOR	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
102	121	Aug 18	BAL		TOR	L,2-9	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
103	122	Aug 19	BAL		TOR	L,1-5	GS	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
104	124 (1)	Aug 21	BAL		MIL	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	7	4	0	11	1	2B
105	125	Aug 22	BAL		MIL	W,4-2	GS	19	5.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	142 (16)	Sep 7 (2)	BAL	@	TEX	W,9-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
107	144 (1)	Sep 9	BAL	@	TEX	W,4-2		14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
108	145	Sep 10	BAL	@	TEX	L,1-8	GF	16	4.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
109	146	Sep 11	BAL		CHW	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
110	147	Sep 12	BAL		CHW	L,1-11	CG	48	9.0	2	8	0	10	3	2B
111	148	Sep 13	BAL		CHW	L,0-3	GS	35	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
112	149	Sep 15	BAL		KCR	W,5-2	GS	23	5.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
113	155 (5)	Sep 23	BAL		NYY	W,10-2	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
114	160 (4)	Sep 29	BAL	@	TOR	L,1-2	GF	18	3.2	3	1	0	4	0	2B
							114gm		904.2	255	335	9	599	81