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He was a shortstop and later third baseman for the Baltimore Orioles who played between 1981 and 2001. He was known as the iron man of baseball, playing 2,632 straight games spanning fifteen seasons without missing a single game ( May 30, 1982 - September 20, 19981998 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Ocean''. Events January January 1998 A massive ice storm, caused by El Nino, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting). He played his 2131st consecutive game on September 6September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). There are 116 days remaining. Events 3761 BC The first day of the Hebrew Calendar. 394 Battle of Frigidus: The Christian Roman Emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills the pagan usurper Eugeniu, 19951995 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). It has a Golden number of 1, and was the first year of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995- 2005): http://www. org/culture/indigenous . Events January events Ja, breaking the 56-year old record set by New York Yankee first basemanBaseball positions First base or 1B is the first of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a base runner in order to score a run for that player's team. A first baseman is the player on the team playing defense who fiel Lou GehrigLudwig Heinrich Gehrig americanized Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig ( June 19, 1903 June 2, 1941) was a baseball player and member of the United States Baseball Hall of Fame. He was born on Manhattan island in New York, New York, the son of German immigrants.. During this streak, Ripken played in 8,243 straight innings from June 5June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. Events 1700-1899 1783 The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfiere ( hot air balloon). 1817 First Great Lakes steamer, the Fr, 1982, to September 14, 1987, considered to be a record.
Cal Ripken retired on October 6, 2001 and built a new stadium in Aberdeen, Maryland, where he played baseball as a boy. He is a part owner of the Aberdeen IronBirds, a minor league baseball team associated with the Orioles. Ripken has also made generous donations to charity causes, including many donations supporting research on Lou Gehrig's disease.
Ripken's first appearance on the ballot for the Baseball Hall of Fame will be in 2006; he is considered a virtual lock for election in his first year of eligibility. If, as expected, he is elected, he will be inducted in 2007.