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.

1997 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1997 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 4	TEX		BAL	L,4-5	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
2	6 (3)	Apr 10	TEX	@	MIL	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
3	8 (1)	Apr 13	TEX	@	BAL	L,0-9	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
4	9	Apr 14	TEX		CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
5	11 (1)	Apr 16	TEX	@	KCR	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
6	12	Apr 17	TEX	@	KCR	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	2B
7	16 (3)	Apr 21	TEX		DET	L,6-7		9	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
8	18 (1)	Apr 24	TEX		DET	W,4-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
9	22 (3)	Apr 28	TEX	@	MIL	L,8-14	GS	36	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	26 (3)	May 3	TEX		BOS	W,7-6	GS	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	3	2B SS
11	27	May 4	TEX		BOS	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
12	29 (1)	May 7	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-5	GF	17	5.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
13	30	May 8	TEX	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
14	31	May 9	TEX	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
15	32	May 10	TEX	@	BOS	W,11-5	GS	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B SS
16	33	May 11	TEX	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
17	35 (1)	May 13	TEX		CLE	L,3-7	GF	8	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
18	36	May 14	TEX		CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	10.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
19	37	May 15	TEX		NYY	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	0	7	1	8	1	2B
20	38	May 16	TEX		NYY	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
21	39	May 17	TEX		NYY	L,5-11	GF	12	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
22	40	May 18	TEX		NYY	W,4-2	GF	33	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
23	41	May 20	TEX		OAK	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
24	42	May 21	TEX		OAK	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
25	43	May 22	TEX		OAK	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
26	45 (1)	May 24	TEX	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
27	48 (2)	May 27	TEX	@	TOR	W,15-5	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
28	49	May 28	TEX	@	SEA	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
29	50	May 29	TEX	@	SEA	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
30	51	May 30	TEX		KCR	L,2-3	GS	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	53 (1)	Jun 1	TEX		KCR	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
32	55 (1)	Jun 3	TEX		MIN	L,4-5	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
33	57 (1)	Jun 6	TEX	@	KCR	L,1-2	GS	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B SS
34	59 (1)	Jun 8	TEX	@	KCR	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
35	61 (1)	Jun 11	TEX	@	MIN	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
36	62	Jun 12	TEX		SFG	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
37	63	Jun 13	TEX		SFG	W,6-5	GS	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS 3B
38	64	Jun 14	TEX		SDP	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
39	65	Jun 15	TEX		SDP	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	3	4	1	8	3	SS
40	66	Jun 17	TEX	@	COL	W,10-8	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	89 (22)	Jul 13	TEX	@	SEA	W,4-2	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS 1B
42	90	Jul 14	TEX	@	ANA	L,5-6	GS	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
43	92 (1)	Jul 16	TEX		TOR	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
44	93	Jul 17	TEX		TOR	L,1-9	GS	43	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS 3B
45	95 (1)	Jul 19	TEX		DET	L,5-6	GS	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
46	97 (1)	Jul 21	TEX		BAL	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
47	98	Jul 22	TEX		BAL	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	116 (17)	Aug 9 (2)	TEX	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS	22	6.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
49	120 (3)	Aug 13	TEX	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
50	122 (1)	Aug 16	TEX	@	NYY	W,8-5	GS	43	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B 3B
51	123	Aug 17	TEX	@	NYY	L,0-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
52	125 (1)	Aug 18 (2)	TEX		MIL	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
53	127 (1)	Aug 20	TEX		MIL	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
54	129 (1)	Aug 23	TEX		CHW	W,13-8	GS	31	7.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
55	130	Aug 24	TEX		CHW	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
56	131	Aug 25	TEX	@	MIL	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
57	132	Aug 26	TEX	@	MIL	L,10-11	GF	18	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
58	134 (1)	Aug 28	TEX	@	SFG	W,11-5	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
59	137 (2)	Aug 31	TEX	@	SDP	L,3-5	GS	27	6.0	2	1	0	3	2	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	142 (4)	Sep 6	TEX	@	TOR	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
61	145 (2)	Sep 9	TEX	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
62	147 (1)	Sep 12	TEX		MIN	W,6-5	GS	33	7.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
63	149 (1)	Sep 14	TEX		MIN	L,1-11	GS	52	9.0	7	2	0	9	2	2B 1B
64	152 (2)	Sep 17	TEX		SEA	W,5-4	GS	32	8.0	2	2	1	5	1	2B
65	153	Sep 18	TEX		SEA	L,3-6	GS	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
66	157 (3)	Sep 23	TEX	@	OAK	W,14-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
67	158	Sep 24	TEX	@	OAK	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
68	159	Sep 25	TEX	@	ANA	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
69	160	Sep 26	TEX	@	ANA	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
70	161	Sep 27	TEX	@	ANA	L,7-8	CG	40	8.1	2	4	0	6	3	SS
							78gm		515.1	116	158	5	279	39