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Billy Ripken
William Oliver Ripken

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 186 lb.

Debut July 11, 1987
  vs. MIN 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game July 13, 1998
Born December 16, 1964 in Havre De Grace, MD

Brother of Cal Ripken and Son of Cal Ripken

Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 11th round of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1982. (All Transactions)

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        Underappreciated defensive stalwart overshadowed by older brother, Cal Jr.'s achievements, Billy led all Major League 2nd Basemen in Fielding % in 1992 & also led the Orioles in batting in 1990 with a .291 average.

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1987 22 BAL AL  58  234   27   72   9  0   2   20   4  1  21  23  .308  .363  .372   99   87   1   1   0   0   3
 1988 23 BAL AL 150  512   52  106  18  1   2   34   8  2  33  63  .207  .260  .258   48  132   6   3   0   5  14
 1989 24 BAL AL 115  318   31   76  11  2   2   26   1  2  22  53  .239  .284  .305   70   97  19   5   0   0  12
 1990 25 BAL AL 129  406   48  118  28  1   3   38   5  2  28  43  .291  .342  .387  107  157  17   1   2   4   7
 1991 26 BAL AL 104  287   24   62  11  1   0   14   0  1  15  31  .216  .253  .261   46   75  11   2   0   0  14
 1992 27 BAL AL 111  330   35   76  15  0   4   36   2  3  18  26  .230  .275  .312   63  103  10   2   1   3  10
 1993 28 TEX AL  50  132   12   25   4  0   0   11   0  2  11  19  .189  .270  .220   36   29   5   1   0   4   6
 1994 29 TEX AL  32   81    9   25   5  0   0    6   2  0   3  11  .309  .333  .370   82   30   1   0   0   0   2
 1995 30 CLE AL   8   17    4    7   0  0   2    3   0  0   0   3  .412  .412  .765  197   13   0   0   0   0   0
 1996 31 BAL AL  57  135   19   31   8  0   2   12   0  0   9  18  .230  .281  .333   55   45   1   1   0   1   4
 1997 32 TEX AL  71  203   18   56   9  1   3   24   0  1   9  32  .276  .300  .374   72   76   1   5   0   0   7
 1998 33 DET AL  27   74    8   20   3  0   0    5   3  2   5  10  .270  .321  .311   66   23   0   1   0   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     912 2729  287  674 121  6  20  229  25 16 174 332  .247  .294  .318   69  867  72  22   3  18  81
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        485   51  120  21  1   4   41   4  3  31  59  .247  .294  .318   69  154  13   4   1   3  14
 Career High    150  512   52  118  28  2   4   38   8  3  33  63  .308  .363  .387  107  157  19   5   2   5  14
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1987 22 BAL AL  257  168   33   5.2   103| .308  .262| .363  .329| .372  .420| .735  .749|  99  .524   0.3   0.0  80%
 1988 23 BAL AL  559  431   35   2.2    92| .207  .256| .260  .320| .258  .385| .518  .706|  48  .215 -35.2  -3.6  80%
 1989 24 BAL AL  364  280   27   2.6    90| .239  .256| .284  .320| .305  .377| .589  .697|  70  .279 -12.5  -1.3  33%
 1990 25 BAL AL  456  315   55   4.7    92| .291  .256| .342  .323| .387  .382| .729  .706| 107  .528   4.1   0.4  71%
 1991 26 BAL AL  315  253   17   1.8    93| .216  .256| .253  .323| .261  .388| .514  .711|  46  .156 -21.1  -2.1   0%
 1992 27 BAL AL  363  279   27   2.6    96| .230  .262| .275  .331| .312  .388| .587  .719|  63  .276 -17.1  -1.7  40%
 1993 28 TEX AL  153  121    8   1.8    99| .189  .262| .270  .332| .220  .400| .490  .732|  36  .138 -11.4  -1.1   0%
 1994 29 TEX AL   85   59   10   4.5   111| .309  .273| .333  .345| .370  .434| .703  .779|  82  .425  -2.3  -0.2 100%
 1995 30 CLE AL   17   10    5  13.4   110| .412  .272| .412  .346| .765  .429|1.177  .774| 197  .848   2.2   0.2   0%
 1996 31 BAL AL  147  110   12   2.9   116| .230  .277| .281  .350| .333  .445| .614  .795|  55  .234  -9.5  -0.9   0%
 1997 32 TEX AL  218  161   21   3.5   113| .276  .277| .300  .347| .374  .438| .674  .786|  72  .328  -8.9  -0.8   0%
 1998 33 DET AL   81   59    7   3.2   110| .270  .272| .321  .340| .311  .432| .632  .773|  66  .288  -3.6  -0.3  60%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     3015 2246  257   3.1    98| .247  .261| .294  .329| .318  .398| .612  .727|  69  .318 -115.0 -11.4  60%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1987 22 BAL AL 2B 58 133 162 3 53 .990 .980 5.09 4.48 5.28 5.12 58 503.3 1988 23 BAL AL 2B 149 309 440 12 110 .984 .982 5.03 4.40 5.33 5.12 146 1264.3 3B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.35 1.80 2.70 0 5.0 DH 1 1989 24 BAL AL 2B 114 255 335 9 81 .985 .981 5.18 4.51 5.87 5.24 100 904.7 DH 1 1990 25 BAL AL 2B 127 250 366 8 84 .987 .984 4.85 4.53 5.29 5.23 122 1048.0 1991 26 BAL AL 2B 103 201 284 7 75 .986 .981 4.71 4.44 5.28 5.19 98 827.0 1992 27 BAL AL 2B 108 217 317 4 66 .993 .983 4.94 4.60 5.38 5.25 108 893.7 DH 2 1993 28 TEX AL 2B 34 52 73 1 16 .992 .981 3.68 4.54 4.55 5.15 32 247.0 SS 18 27 49 0 12 1.000 .973 4.22 4.13 5.37 4.69 14 127.3 3B 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .952 2.00 2.30 9.00 2.70 0 2.0 1994 29 TEX AL 3B 18 8 24 1 4 .970 .947 1.78 2.34 2.51 2.64 11 114.7 2B 12 16 26 1 6 .977 .981 3.50 4.48 5.53 5.10 8 68.3 SS 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.20 0.00 4.70 0 2.3 1B 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 5.00 8.50 11.25 9.67 0 4.0 1995 30 CLE AL 2B 7 7 6 0 1 1.000 .977 1.86 4.34 3.44 5.11 2 34.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.70 0 3.0 1996 31 BAL AL 2B 30 34 57 3 15 .968 .980 3.03 4.33 4.90 5.05 14 167.0 3B 25 3 38 0 1 1.000 .956 1.64 2.18 2.48 2.56 15 148.7 1B 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 3.00 7.90 13.50 9.45 0 2.0 1997 32 TEX AL SS 31 38 64 3 15 .971 .974 3.29 4.05 4.30 4.55 24 213.3 2B 25 40 78 2 18 .983 .980 4.72 4.33 5.45 4.93 23 195.0 3B 13 4 12 0 2 1.000 .952 1.23 2.32 2.00 2.67 7 72.0 1B 9 34 4 0 4 1.000 .992 4.22 8.04 9.77 9.31 3 35.0 1998 33 DET AL SS 21 23 52 6 11 .926 .972 3.57 4.26 4.35 4.71 19 155.0 1B 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.50 8.30 22.50 9.45 0 2.0 2B 2 2 2 0 1 1.000 .976 2.00 4.15 2.12 4.87 2 17.0 3B 2 2 5 0 1 1.000 .946 3.50 2.25 4.20 2.52 2 15.0 DH 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1994 29 TEX AL 1B 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 5.00 8.50 11.25 9.67 0 4.0 1996 31 BAL AL 1B 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 3.00 7.90 13.50 9.45 0 2.0 1997 32 TEX AL 1B 9 34 4 0 4 1.000 .992 4.22 8.04 9.77 9.31 3 35.0 1998 33 DET AL 1B 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.50 8.30 22.50 9.45 0 2.0 1987 22 BAL AL 2B 58 133 162 3 53 .990 .980 5.09 4.48 5.28 5.12 58 503.3 1988 23 BAL AL 2B 149 309 440 12 110 .984 .982 5.03 4.40 5.33 5.12 146 1264.3 1989 24 BAL AL 2B 114 255 335 9 81 .985 .981 5.18 4.51 5.87 5.24 100 904.7 1990 25 BAL AL 2B 127 250 366 8 84 .987 .984 4.85 4.53 5.29 5.23 122 1048.0 1991 26 BAL AL 2B 103 201 284 7 75 .986 .981 4.71 4.44 5.28 5.19 98 827.0 1992 27 BAL AL 2B 108 217 317 4 66 .993 .983 4.94 4.60 5.38 5.25 108 893.7 1993 28 TEX AL 2B 34 52 73 1 16 .992 .981 3.68 4.54 4.55 5.15 32 247.0 1994 29 TEX AL 2B 12 16 26 1 6 .977 .981 3.50 4.48 5.53 5.10 8 68.3 1995 30 CLE AL 2B 7 7 6 0 1 1.000 .977 1.86 4.34 3.44 5.11 2 34.0 1996 31 BAL AL 2B 30 34 57 3 15 .968 .980 3.03 4.33 4.90 5.05 14 167.0 1997 32 TEX AL 2B 25 40 78 2 18 .983 .980 4.72 4.33 5.45 4.93 23 195.0 1998 33 DET AL 2B 2 2 2 0 1 1.000 .976 2.00 4.15 2.12 4.87 2 17.0 1988 23 BAL AL 3B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.35 1.80 2.70 0 5.0 1993 28 TEX AL 3B 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .952 2.00 2.30 9.00 2.70 0 2.0 1994 29 TEX AL 3B 18 8 24 1 4 .970 .947 1.78 2.34 2.51 2.64 11 114.7 1995 30 CLE AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.70 0 3.0 1996 31 BAL AL 3B 25 3 38 0 1 1.000 .956 1.64 2.18 2.48 2.56 15 148.7 1997 32 TEX AL 3B 13 4 12 0 2 1.000 .952 1.23 2.32 2.00 2.67 7 72.0 1998 33 DET AL 3B 2 2 5 0 1 1.000 .946 3.50 2.25 4.20 2.52 2 15.0 1988 23 BAL AL DH 1 1989 24 BAL AL DH 1 1992 27 BAL AL DH 2 1998 33 DET AL DH 1 1993 28 TEX AL SS 18 27 49 0 12 1.000 .973 4.22 4.13 5.37 4.69 14 127.3 1994 29 TEX AL SS 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.20 0.00 4.70 0 2.3 1997 32 TEX AL SS 31 38 64 3 15 .971 .974 3.29 4.05 4.30 4.55 24 213.3 1998 33 DET AL SS 21 23 52 6 11 .926 .972 3.57 4.26 4.35 4.71 19 155.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 769 1516 2146 50 526 .987 .982 4.76 4.48 5.34 5.18 713 6169.3 SS* 72 88 165 9 38 .966 .973 3.51 4.14 4.57 4.63 57 498.0 3B* 62 19 80 2 8 .980 .952 1.60 2.27 2.47 2.61 35 360.3 1B* 13 47 4 0 5 1.000 .994 3.92 8.11 10.67 9.36 3 43.0 DH 5 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 916 1670 2395 61 577 .985 .981 4.44 4.35 5.17 5.03 808 7071
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Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Sac. Hits
1989 AL-19-3
1990 AL-17-1

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 11th round of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1982.

December 11, 1992: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

February 1, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

October 4, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

December 18, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

October 14, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

March 25, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

November 2, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

December 23, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

October 29, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

December 10, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

October 30, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

December 16, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

July 20, 1998: Released by the Detroit Tigers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1987Baltimore Orioles$62,500
1988Baltimore Orioles$80,000
1989Baltimore Orioles$100,000
1990Baltimore Orioles$215,000
1991Baltimore Orioles$700,000
1992Baltimore Orioles$730,000
1993Texas Rangers$200,000
1994Texas Rangers$200,000
1996Baltimore Orioles$250,000
1997Texas Rangers$275,000
1998Detroit Tigers$400,000
Career (may be incomplete)$3,212,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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