Cal Ripken Jr.

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Hall of Famer Major League Baseball player baseball player human

Cal Ripken Jr. is a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball shortstop and third baseman best known for breaking Lou Gehrig’s record by playing in 2,632 consecutive games.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr. 1
Ripken 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hall of Famer ⓘ
Major League Baseball player ⓘ
baseball player ⓘ
human ⓘ
AllStarSelectionCount 19 ⓘ
AmericanLeagueMVP 1983 ⓘ
1991 ⓘ
bats right ⓘ
brokeRecordOf Lou Gehrig ⓘ
brother Billy Ripken ⓘ
careerBattingAverage .276 ⓘ
careerGamesPlayed 3001 ⓘ
careerHits 3184 ⓘ
careerHomeRuns 431 ⓘ
careerRBIs 1695 ⓘ
child Rachel Ripken ⓘ
Ryan Ripken ⓘ
consecutiveGamesPlayed 2632 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1960-08-24 ⓘ
familyName Cal Ripken Jr. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ripken
father Cal Ripken Sr. ⓘ
finalMLBGameDate 2001-10-06 ⓘ
finalMLBTeam Baltimore Orioles ⓘ
founded Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation ⓘ
fullName Cal Ripken Jr. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr.
givenName Calvin ⓘ
GoldGloveAwards 2 ⓘ
HallOfFame National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ⓘ
HallOfFameInductionYear 2007 ⓘ
HallOfFameVotePercentage 98.53 ⓘ
height 6 ft 4 in ⓘ
heightInMeters 1.93 ⓘ
honor Statue at Oriole Park at Camden Yards ⓘ
jerseyNumber 8 ⓘ
MLBDebutDate 1981-08-10 ⓘ
MLBDebutTeam Baltimore Orioles ⓘ
nickname Ironman ⓘ
surface form: Iron Man
notableEvent 2131st consecutive game played on 1995-09-06 ⓘ
notableWork The Only Way I Know ⓘ
numberRetired 8 ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
sports executive ⓘ
placeOfBirth Havre de Grace, Maryland ⓘ
surface form: Havre de Grace, Maryland, United States
playedFor Baltimore Orioles ⓘ
primaryPosition shortstop ⓘ
third baseman ⓘ
recordBroken most consecutive games played in Major League Baseball ⓘ
SilverSluggerAwards 8 ⓘ
spouse Kelly Ripken ⓘ
teamRetiredNumberBy Baltimore Orioles ⓘ
throws right ⓘ
WorldSeriesChampion 1983 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

subject surface form: Lou Gehrig
Cal Ripken Jr. → familyName → Cal Ripken Jr. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ripken
Cal Ripken Jr. → fullName → Cal Ripken Jr. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr.
Baltimore Orioles → notablePlayer → Cal Ripken Jr. ⓘ