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.

1991 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1991 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	BAL		CHW	L,1-9	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
2	2	Apr 10	BAL		CHW	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
3	3	Apr 12	BAL	@	TEX	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
4	4	Apr 13	BAL	@	TEX	W,11-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
5	6 (1)	Apr 15	BAL	@	MIL	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
6	7	Apr 17	BAL	@	MIL	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
7	8	Apr 18	BAL	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	47	10.2	1	8	0	9	0	2B
8	9	Apr 19	BAL		TEX	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	6	6	0	12	2	2B
9	10	Apr 20	BAL		TEX	L,0-1	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
10	11	Apr 22	BAL	@	CHW	L,7-8	GS	30	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
11	12	Apr 23	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-10	GS	28	5.0	1	5	1	7	1	2B
12	13	Apr 24	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-1	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
13	14	Apr 26	BAL		MIL	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
14	15	Apr 27	BAL		MIL	L,2-5	GS	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
15	16	Apr 28	BAL		MIL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
16	17	Apr 29	BAL		SEA	L,1-10	CG	44	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	19 (1)	May 1	BAL		SEA	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
18	20	May 3	BAL	@	CAL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
19	21	May 4	BAL	@	CAL	L,3-6	GS	32	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
20	22	May 5	BAL	@	CAL	L,4-6	GS	20	4.0	0	0	1	1	0	2B
21	26 (3)	May 10	BAL	@	SEA	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	5	3	1	9	2	2B
22	27	May 11	BAL	@	SEA	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
23	28	May 12	BAL	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
24	29	May 14	BAL		OAK	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
25	30	May 15	BAL		OAK	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	6	2	0	8	3	2B
26	31	May 16	BAL		OAK	L,5-11	GS	37	7.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
27	32	May 17	BAL		CAL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
28	33	May 18	BAL		CAL	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
29	34	May 19	BAL		CAL	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	4	5	1	10	0	2B
30	35	May 20	BAL	@	DET	L,5-11	CG	43	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
31	36	May 21	BAL	@	DET	W,5-4	GS	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
32	38 (1)	May 24	BAL		NYY	L,1-7	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
33	39	May 25	BAL		NYY	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
34	40	May 26	BAL		NYY	L,1-2	CG	47	11.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
35	42 (1)	May 28	BAL		CLE	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
36	43	May 29	BAL		CLE	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
37	44	May 30	BAL	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	0	2B
38	45	May 31	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	48 (2)	Jun 3	BAL	@	MIN	L,2-3	GS	30	7.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
40	49	Jun 4	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-4	GS	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
41	53 (3)	Jun 8	BAL		TOR	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
42	54	Jun 9	BAL		TOR	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	2B
43	55	Jun 11	BAL		KCR	L,0-11	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
44	60 (4)	Jun 16	BAL	@	TOR	W,13-8	CG	45	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
45	61	Jun 17	BAL		MIN	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	2B
46	62	Jun 18	BAL		MIN	L,2-9	GS	35	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
47	63	Jun 19	BAL		MIN	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
48	64	Jun 20	BAL	@	KCR	L,2-3	GS	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
49	65	Jun 22	BAL	@	KCR	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
50	66	Jun 23 (1)	BAL	@	KCR	W,11-8	GS	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
51	68 (1)	Jun 25	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS	43	9.0	5	5	0	10	1	2B
52	69	Jun 26	BAL	@	CLE	L,4-10	GS	31	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
53	70	Jun 27	BAL	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
54	71	Jun 28	BAL		BOS	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
55	72	Jun 29	BAL		BOS	W,7-3	GF	12	3.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
56	73	Jun 30	BAL		BOS	W,6-4	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	74	Jul 1	BAL		DET	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
58	76 (1)	Jul 3	BAL		DET	L,2-8	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
59	77	Jul 4	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
60	78	Jul 5	BAL	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
61	80 (1)	Jul 7	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
62	81	Jul 11	BAL	@	OAK	L,1-8	GS	35	7.0	1	2	0	3	2	2B
63	82	Jul 12	BAL	@	OAK	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
64	83	Jul 13	BAL	@	OAK	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
65	84	Jul 14	BAL	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS	27	8.0	4	4	0	8	3	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	117 (32)	Aug 17	BAL	@	MIL	L,6-7		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
67	118	Aug 18	BAL	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	4	6	0	10	2	2B
68	119	Aug 19	BAL	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
69	120	Aug 20	BAL	@	TEX	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
70	121	Aug 21	BAL	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
71	122	Aug 23	BAL		MIN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
72	123	Aug 24	BAL		MIN	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
73	125 (1)	Aug 26	BAL		TOR	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
74	126	Aug 27	BAL		TOR	L,1-6	GS	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
75	127	Aug 28	BAL		TOR	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
76	128	Aug 30	BAL	@	MIN	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
77	129	Aug 31	BAL	@	MIN	L,2-5	GS	30	7.0	6	3	0	9	3	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	132 (2)	Sep 3	BAL	@	TOR	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
79	133	Sep 4	BAL	@	TOR	L,1-3	GS	27	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
80	134	Sep 6	BAL		KCR	W,6-2	GS	25	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
81	136 (1)	Sep 8	BAL		KCR	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
82	137	Sep 9	BAL		NYY	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
83	138	Sep 10	BAL		NYY	W,6-3	GS	32	7.0	2	2	1	5	1	2B
84	139	Sep 11	BAL		NYY	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
85	140	Sep 12	BAL		CLE	L,5-6	GS	35	8.0	5	5	0	10	3	2B
86	141	Sep 13	BAL		CLE	W,5-4	GS	33	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
87	142	Sep 14	BAL		CLE	L,5-6	GS	32	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
88	144 (1)	Sep 16	BAL	@	BOS	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
89	145	Sep 17	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
90	146	Sep 18	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
91	147	Sep 20	BAL	@	CLE	W,2-1	GS	25	7.0	0	4	0	4	2	2B
92	148	Sep 21	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-10	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
93	149	Sep 22	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-2	GF	11	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	2B
94	150	Sep 23	BAL		BOS	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
95	151	Sep 26 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
96	152	Sep 26 (2)	BAL		BOS	W,6-5	GS	30	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
97	154 (1)	Sep 28	BAL	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	25	7.0	2	1	1	4	1	2B
98	155	Sep 29	BAL	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
99	156	Sep 30	BAL	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
100	157	Oct 1	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
101	158	Oct 2	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
102	159	Oct 3	BAL	@	NYY	L,6-9	CG	35	8.0	2	6	1	9	1	2B
103	162 (2)	Oct 6	BAL		DET	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
							103gm		827.0	201	284	7	492	75