Happy Birthday: Cal Ripken Jr.

August 24, 1960 - Calvin Edwin "Cal" Ripken, Jr., nicknamed "The Ironman", is an American former baseball shortstop and third baseman who played 21 years in Major League Baseball for the Baltimore Orioles (1981–2001). A 19-time All-Star shortstop and third-baseman, Cal Ripken Jr. holds the MLB record for consecutive games played at 2,632, breaking the previous mark held by Lou Gehrig. Ripken won two American League Most Valuable Player Awards (1983 and 1991). An eight-time Silver Slugger Award winner as the best offensive player at his position, Ripken was selected to Major League Baseball’s All-Century Team. He was a member of the Orioles’ team that won the 1983 World Series. In the late 1980s, Ripken’s father, Cal Sr., coached the team and his brother, Billy, played alongside him at second base. Cal was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007 with more than 400 career home runs and 3,000 career base hits.

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