CAL RIPKEN JR. By: Brett Hower

TABLE OF CONTENTSSlide # Description

One Title Page

Two Table of Contents

Three Background Info

Four Playing Career

Five Stats, Honors, and Awards

Six Consecutive Games Streak

Seven Legacy

Eight Sources

The Background of Cal Ripken Jr.

Born in Aberdeen, Maryland in 1961 Father, Cal Ripken Sr., was baseball

manager Played baseball and basketball at

Aberdeen High School, along with his brother, Billy

Was drafted out of high school in the second round by the Baltimore Orioles

Ripken’s Playing Career Came up to the Orioles in 1981-1982 Won Rookie of the Year, leading

Orioles in hitting Helped lead team to World Series in

1983, being named to first all-star team and winning MVP

In 1987, played alongside his brother, Billy, and was managed by father, Cal Sr.

Stats, Honors, and Awards 2-Time American League MVP 19 time All-Star Selection Has jersey number 8 retired by

Orioles Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in

2007, 98% of voters elected him, highest ever

Orioles’ all-time leader in: • Games played, hits, runs, RBI, extra base

hits, doubles, home runs, and walks

Consecutive Games Streak In 1995, played in his 2131st

consecutive game Broke Lou Gehrig’s record of 2130

consecutive games Hit a home run in the game, in front

of sellout crowd at Camden Yards 22 minute standing ovation after he

had broken the record

Consecutive Games Streak Here is a link to a video about Cal

Ripken Jr. breaking the consecutive games played record:

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=3251272&topic_id=&c_id=mlb&tcid=vpp_copy_3251272&v=3

Ripken’s Legacy At 6’4”, was one of biggest shortstops to

play in MLB Paved way for other big, power-hitting

shortstops like Derek Jeter, Nomar Garciaparra, and Miguel Tejada

His breaking of consecutive games streak was voted Baseball’s most memorable moment

Now owns 3 minor league baseball teams, started organization in Baltimore to promote baseball to keep kids out of trouble

Sources www.ripkenbaseball.com http://

www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ripkeca01.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Ripken,_Jr.

www.images.google.com http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?con

tent_id=3251272&topic_id=&c_id=mlb&tcid=vpp_copy_3251272&v=3