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FAREWELL TO GREATNESS.(the numerous achievements of Cal Ripken, Jr.)(Statistical Data Included)
Teammates and Foes Pay Tribute To Cal Ripken's Career
ONE OF ONLY SEVEN PLAYERS with more than 3,000 hits and 400 home runs. Holds the major league record for home runs by a shortstop with 345.
Credited with revolutionizing his position by proving that big men with offensive capabilities can play short-stop.
Cal Ripken Jr. could be enshrined in Cooperstown with these credentials alone.
His big league record of 2,632 consecutive games played is icing on the cake and a feat he'll always be associated with.
In years to come, Ripken's most significant achievement might be even more Ruthian in stature. That is because he not only ...
- Cal Ripken Ties Lou Gehrig's Record
- Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered September 5, 1995 700+ words
00-00-0000 Cal Ripken of the Baltimore Orioles tonight tied Lou Gehrig's record for...did the name of Cal Ripken. He tied one of...the record set by Lou Gehrig, who played them...been chronicling Cal Ripken's virtues for...
- Catching a Legend After a Very Long Run; Orioles' Cal Ripken Joins Lou Gehrig...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Mark Maske September 6, 1995 700+ words
...year pursuit culminated here tonight for Cal Ripken, although he did his best never to regard...the record of New York Yankees great Lou Gehrig. Gehrig's consecutive-games string...lateral sclerosis -- widely known as "Lou Gehrig's Disease" -- and he died on June...
- Cal Ripken, Jr. Closes in on Lou Gehrig's Record
- Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition September 5, 1995 700+ words
...00-0000 When Cal Ripken, Jr. suits up...baseball game, tying Lou Gehrig's record of consecutive...Edwards. Tonight Cal Ripken of the Baltimore...Hall-of-Famer Lou Gehrig. That record was...SCHRAMM, Reporter: Cal Ripken offers no deep...
- 161 to go: Cal Ripken Jr. within year of passing Lou Gehrig. (Originated from...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Caple, Jim June 28, 1994 700+ words
...name Ripken. It has been such since May 30, 1982, the day Cal Ripken Jr. began what is now referred to as The Streak. Players...the all-time record of 2,130. He's within a season of Lou Gehrig. Gehrig's record was once considered unapproachable, but...
- Chasing Lou Gehrig and immortality. (Cal Ripken Jr) (Outlook 1995)(Crossroads:...
- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report Rainie, Harrison December 26, 1994 700+ words
...evening, in the slough of Cal Ripken Jr.'s worst year in...New York Yankee great Lou Gehrig's record of 2,130...more, of course, by Cal Ripken Sr., the man who taught...that became known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Ripken...
- BROKEN RECORDS; SAVORED MEMORIES HARRY DANNING WAS THERE WHEN LOU GEHRIG MADE...
- Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN) September 7, 1995 700+ words
PHOTO (COLOR) Cal Ripken of the Orioles hands President Clinton...the television showed a closeup of Cal Ripken at the plate in Baltimore, Danning...place. The Orioles shortstop broke Lou Gehrig's record Wednesday night when he...
- First he broke Lou Gehrig's consecutive-game streak now long-time baseball...
- Magazine article from: Building Design & Construction January 1, 2003 700+ words
First he broke Lou Gehrig's consecutive-game streak, now long-time baseball great Cal Ripken Jr. will test his hand at designing professional ball parks. Ripken has formed Ripken Management & Design (RMD), a Lutherville...
- 2nd to Ruth, 2nd to Ripken; But as a Person of Magnitude, Lou Gehrig Is Second...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Shirley Povich September 6, 1995 700+ words
...assault of Cal Ripken. Cal Ripken, who reported for...upstaging the record set by Lou Gehrig that stood, decade...that Ripken broke. Lou Gehrig can go proudly into...when measured against Cal Ripken, Lou Gehrig was much the better...
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