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Career Notes 1996 Set career highs with three HR, including a grand slam, and eight RBIs as the Orioles outslugged the Seattle Mariners 12-8 on May 28 ... Ripken played in his 2,216th consecutive game on June 14 at Kansas City, breaking the world record held by Japan's Sachio Kinugasa for the most consecutive games played by a professional ... Started at third base for the first time in more than 14 years on July 15 ... Became the O's all-time leader in extra-base hits when he moved past Brooks Robinson on May 13 vs. the Twins. 1995 On September 5th and 6th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards against the California Angels, Cal became baseball's all-time "Iron Man" tying and breaking Lou Gehrig's consecutive games record of 2,130 ... Enters the 1996 season having not committed an error in 70 consecutive games ... Already holds the major league record for consecutive errorless games at shortstop, 95 in 1990 ... This season Cal led all AL shortstops with a .989 fielding percentage, 144 games played and 100 double plays turned ... On Sept. 3 drew his 890th career base on balls, surpassing Boog Powell to become the Orioles all-time leader ... Finished the year with 900 career walks ... Enters the '96 season needing six homers to tie Eddie Murray (333) and three extra base hits to tie Brooks Robinson (818) for first on the Orioles all-time lists ... Enters '96 among the active career batting leaders in the following categories: Games (8th, 2,218). Runs (10th, 1,272). RBI (4th, 1,267). Hits (8th, 2,371). Home Runs (T4th, 327). Doubles (6th, 447) and Walks (13th, 901) ... On July 11 in Arlington, Texas Cal extended his AL record for shortstops with his 13th All-Star appearance (all consecutive). 1994 Hit .315 to rebound from two consecutive years with a sub-par average ... Extended his consecutive games played streak to 2,009, only 121 shy of Lou Gehrig's record ... Extended his major league record for most years leading the league in games played by a shortstop to 10 ... Established a new major league record for most consecutive years leading the league in double plays by a shortstop with 7 ... Led major league shortstops in fielding percentage at .985 ... Hit 11 of his 13 homers off right-handed pitching ... Hit his 300th career homer May 24 vs. the Brewers ... Hit club's only grand slam of season July 3. 1993 Hit his 278th career homer while playing shortstop July 15, surpassing Ernie Banks' major-league position record ... Collected his 2,000th career hit, a single, July 10 off Chicago's Wilson Alvarez ... Led the majors in at-bats despite receiving a career-high 19 intentional walks (sixth in the league) ... Batted .302 in the last 79 games after his average sank to .215 on July 6 ... Batted .310 on no-ball, two-strike counts, fifth in the AL ... Led AL shortstops in assists (495) for the seventh time in his career, tying a league record, and in chances (738), setting the pace for the fifth time in that category ... Had exactly 12 homers and 45 RBI both before and after the All-Star break, but batted .229 before the mid-summer classic and .292 after. 1992 Went from career highs in homers, RBI and extra-base hits in 1991 to career lows in those categories ... His two home runs against Milwaukee June 23 gave him 269 for his career, vaulting him ahead of Brooks Robinson as the most prolific right-handed power hitter in club history ... Following that game, he suffered through a career-long 73-game streak without a homer ... Got his 1,000th RBI with a two-run single Aug. 31 vs. Oakland's Kelly Downs ... Closed the season on a 27-for-81(.333) tear over the last 20 games, raising his season average from .239 to .251. 1991 Became the first player to win the league Most Valuable Player award, the Major League Player of the Year (The Sporting News, Associated Press, Baseball Digest), the All-Star Game MVP and a Gold Glove in the same season since Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills did it in 1962 ... Finished third in the AL in homers with 34, the most by a shortstop in 22 years ... Became only the 10th player in AL history to hit more than 30 homers while striking out less than 50 times ... Led the majors with 85 extra-base hits, equaling a club record and becoming one of only 10 American Leaguers in 52 years to reach the standard ... Led the major leagues with a club-record 368 total bases, becoming one of six American Leaguers in the previous 52 years to reach the mark ... His career-high .323 batting average was second highest in team history ... Led the majors with 73 multi-hit games and a .358 road average ... Was the only AL player to finish in the top 10 in hits, homers, average and RBI. 1990 Hit for his lowest average for a full season in the majors (.250) ... Still led the team in nine offensive categories, including runs (78), homers (21) and RBI (84) ... His off year at the plate didn't detract from his play in the field. He set an all-time standard for shortstops with only three errors in 161 games (681 chances) and a fielding percentage of .996 ... His streaks of 95 errorless games and 431 errorless chances set all-time records for shortstops ... Played in his 1,308th consecutive game on June 12, moving ahead of Everett Scott and behind only Gehrig on the all-time list. 1989 Led the Orioles in hits (166), doubles (30) and RBI (93) ... Combined with brother and teammate Billy Ripken for seven hits (three were Cal's) Aug. 2 at Boston. 1988 Shared Most Valuable Oriole honors with Eddie Murray for the second time ... Ranked third in the league with a career-high 102 walks ... Batted .527 (29-for-55) April 19-May 8, raising his average from .047 to .316. 1987 Became the first Oriole besides Murray to lead the team in RBI during the 1980s, with 98 ... Batted .295 with runners in scoring position but only .252 average overall ... During a six-game stretch April 29-May 6, hit .360 (9-for-25) with every hit going for extra bases (four doubles, one triple, four homers). 1986 Tied for AL lead in game-winning RBI, matching Don Mattingly's 15 ... Led AL shortstops in homers, RBI, runs and slugging percentage for the fourth straight year ... Trailed only Tony Fernandez in fielding percentage (.983 to .982) for AL shortstops ... His 25 homers broke Murray's six-year chokehold on the team title. 1985 Finished second in the league in runs scored with 116, his third consecutive 100+ season ... Batted .321 with men in scoring position ... Was first or second on the club in 12 offensive categories. 1984 Batted better than .300 for the second straight year ... Set AL record for shortstop assists (583) ... Had only one three-game hitless stretch ... Batted .311 with runners in scoring position ... Hit .355 over 60 games June 27-Sept. 1. 1983 Led Baltimore to the World Series title, earning AL MVP and The Sporting News Player of the Year honors ... Led the majors with a career-high, club-record 211 hits ... Led the AL in runs (121), doubles (47) and games ... During 44 games from Aug. 13 through Sept. 25, a period in which the Orioles went 34-10 to clinch the Eastern Division, Ripken hit .391 (75-for-192) with 14 doubles, nine homers, 30 RBI and 40 runs scored ... Batted .273 in nine postseason games, including .400 in the AL Championship Series against Chicago. 1982 Named the AL Rookie of the Year ... Led major-league rookies in doubles, homers, RBI, total bases (284), game-winning RBI (11, tied with Von Hayes), games (160), at-bats (663, led AL) and runs ... His consecutive games streak began May 30 ... Stole his first big-league base by taking home on a double steal against Texas May 31 ... Hit first major-league double, homer and RBI on Opening Day against Kansas City. 1981 Broke into the majors Aug. 8 at the close of the players strike ... Debuted as a pinch runner Aug. 10 vs. Kansas City ... Got his first hit, a single, off Chicago's Dennis Lamp Aug.16.
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