Cal Ripken Jr. Stats | Baseball Prospectus

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	WARP
24	12883	.276	.340	.447	114	70.8

MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
1981	BAL	20	23	40	5	0	0	0	1	8	0	0	0	.128	.150	.128	57	-1.8	-1.5	-1.1	-0.3
1982	BAL	21	160	655	158	32	5	28	46	95	3	3	3	.264	.317	.475	115	12.5	-0.4	2.3	4.0
1983	BAL	22	162	726	211	47	2	27	58	97	0	0	4	.318	.371	.517	137	30.5	2.5	5.0	7.1
1984	BAL	23	162	716	195	37	7	27	71	89	2	2	1	.304	.374	.510	139	34.6	0.9	9.1	7.8
1985	BAL	24	161	718	181	32	5	26	67	68	1	2	3	.282	.347	.469	122	20.5	1.2	-0.9	5.2
1986	BAL	25	162	707	177	35	1	25	70	60	4	4	2	.282	.355	.461	122	19.1	3.3	6.3	6.0
1987	BAL	26	162	717	157	28	3	27	81	77	1	3	5	.252	.333	.436	105	5.2	-5.0	-9.8	2.1
1988	BAL	27	161	689	152	25	1	23	102	69	2	2	2	.264	.372	.431	137	28.6	-1.0	-14.0	4.4
1989	BAL	28	162	712	166	30	0	21	57	72	3	3	2	.257	.317	.401	109	8.4	2.4	6.9	4.9
1990	BAL	29	161	695	150	28	4	21	82	66	5	3	1	.250	.341	.415	112	10.1	1.8	-7.4	3.4
1991	BAL	30	162	717	210	46	5	34	53	46	5	6	1	.323	.374	.566	155	47.2	1.0	8.9	9.1
1992	BAL	31	162	715	160	29	1	14	64	50	7	4	3	.251	.323	.366	102	4.0	3.0	-26.9	0.8
1993	BAL	32	162	718	165	26	3	24	65	58	6	1	4	.257	.329	.420	103	5.1	-4.2	-3.5	2.8
1994	BAL	33	112	484	140	19	3	13	32	41	4	1	0	.315	.364	.459	111	8.7	0.3	-2.3	2.7
1995	BAL	34	144	613	144	33	2	17	52	59	2	0	1	.262	.324	.422	96	-1.3	-1.1	2.6	2.6
1996	BAL	35	163	707	178	40	1	26	59	78	4	1	2	.278	.341	.466	107	10.0	-3.0	-11.0	2.6
1997	BAL	36	162	686	166	30	0	17	56	73	5	1	0	.270	.331	.402	98	1.5	-5.6	4.5	2.2
1998	BAL	37	161	659	163	27	1	14	51	68	4	0	2	.271	.331	.389	90	-6.6	-0.6	-15.2	-0.2
1999	BAL	38	86	354	113	27	0	18	13	31	3	0	1	.340	.368	.584	121	11.5	-0.3	-4.6	1.7
2000	BAL	39	83	339	79	16	0	15	23	37	3	0	0	.256	.310	.453	95	-0.1	0.2	4.8	1.5
2001	BAL	40	128	516	114	16	0	14	26	63	2	0	2	.239	.276	.361	75	-13.9	1.1	2.1	0.5
Career			3001	12883	3184	603	44	431	1129	1305	66	36	39	.276	.340	.447	114	233.8	-4.9	-44.3	70.8

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	DRC+ SD	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
1978	BLU	Rk	APL	63	270	.000	.000	.000	.325			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1979	MIA	A+	FSL	105	430	.000	.000	.000	.348			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1979	CHR	AA	SOU	17	65	.000	.000	.000	.174			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1980	CHR	AA	SOU	144	611	.000	.000	.000	.286			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1981	BAL	MLB	AL	23	40	.261	.321	.373	.161	95	-6.4	1.0	0.4	57	17	-1.1	-1.5	-1.8	-0.3
1981	ROC	AAA	INT	114	507	.000	.000	.000	.312			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1982	BAL	MLB	AL	160	655	.265	.327	.404	.270	98	16.5	17.7	5.8	115	11	2.3	-0.4	12.5	4.0
1983	BAL	MLB	AL	162	726	.266	.326	.397	.338	97	42.1	19.7	9.1	137	10	5.0	2.5	30.5	7.1
1984	BAL	MLB	AL	162	716	.262	.323	.398	.319	94	41.6	19.2	8.8	139	8	9.1	0.9	34.6	7.8
1985	BAL	MLB	AL	161	718	.263	.325	.409	.279	99	19.8	19.6	9	122	10	-0.9	1.2	20.5	5.2
1986	BAL	MLB	AL	162	707	.263	.327	.407	.277	100	22.8	19.6	9	122	8	6.3	3.3	19.1	6.0
1987	BAL	MLB	AL	162	717	.264	.330	.423	.245	100	9.4	21.1	9.7	105	10	-9.8	-5.0	5.2	2.1
1988	BAL	MLB	AL	161	689	.258	.319	.387	.262	97	34.8	18.0	8.3	137	8	-14.0	-1.0	28.6	4.4
1989	BAL	MLB	AL	162	712	.258	.321	.381	.259	100	3.1	18.6	8.6	109	10	6.9	2.4	8.4	4.9
1990	BAL	MLB	AL	161	695	.260	.328	.389	.248	98	14.3	18.6	8.6	112	6	-7.4	1.8	10.1	3.4
1991	BAL	MLB	AL	162	717	.258	.322	.394	.304	98	61.6	19.4	8.9	155	11	8.9	1.0	47.2	9.1
1992	BAL	MLB	AL	162	715	.261	.327	.389	.252	97	-1.3	18.5	8.5	102	7	-26.9	3.0	4.0	0.8
1993	BAL	MLB	AL	162	718	.268	.336	.410	.250	102	-0.9	20.6	9.5	103	8	-3.5	-4.2	5.1	2.8
1994	BAL	MLB	AL	112	484	.276	.347	.439	.322	99	7.3	14.7	6.8	111	9	-2.3	0.3	8.7	2.7
1995	BAL	MLB	AL	144	613	.270	.341	.425	.263	100	-3.5	18.4	8.4	96	6	2.6	-1.1	-1.3	2.6
1996	BAL	MLB	AL	163	707	.278	.348	.445	.281	98	6.6	21.9	9.8	107	11	-11.0	-3.0	10.0	2.6
1997	BAL	MLB	AL	162	686	.271	.339	.424	.279	94	1.1	18.9	2.8	98	7	4.5	-5.6	1.5	2.2
1998	BAL	MLB	AL	161	659	.267	.335	.424	.286	95	-5.7	17.9	2.7	90	6	-15.2	-0.6	-6.6	-0.2
1999	BAL	MLB	AL	86	354	.269	.338	.433	.332	97	19.3	9.9	1.5	121	17	-4.6	-0.3	11.5	1.7
2000	BAL	MLB	AL	83	339	.275	.343	.444	.245	85	3.5	10.7	0.5	95	15	4.8	0.2	-0.1	1.5
2001	BAL	MLB	AL	128	516	.262	.326	.420	.244	93	-21.1	15.4	0.8	75	8	2.1	1.1	-13.9	0.5

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	lvl	LG	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF	SH
1978	BLU	Rk	APL	270	239	27	63	7	1	0	72	24	24	46	1	1	.264	.335	.301	.038	1	1
1979	CHR	AA	SOU	65	61	6	11	0	1	3	22	8	3	13	1	0	.180	.215	.361	.180	1	1
1979	MIA	A+	FSL	430	393	51	119	28	1	5	164	54	31	64	4	3	.303	.352	.417	.115	4	4
1980	CHR	AA	SOU	611	522	91	144	28	5	25	257	78	77	81	4	2	.276	.372	.492	.216	0	0
1981	ROC	AAA	INT	507	437	74	126	31	4	23	234	75	66	85	0	2	.288	.383	.535	.247	1	1
1981	BAL	MLB	AL	40	39	1	5	0	0	0	5	0	1	8	0	0	.128	.150	.128	.000	0	0
1982	BAL	MLB	AL	655	598	90	158	32	5	28	284	93	46	95	3	3	.264	.317	.475	.211	6	2
1983	BAL	MLB	AL	726	663	121	211	47	2	27	343	102	58	97	0	4	.318	.371	.517	.199	5	0
1984	BAL	MLB	AL	716	641	103	195	37	7	27	327	86	71	89	2	1	.304	.374	.510	.206	2	0
1985	BAL	MLB	AL	718	642	116	181	32	5	26	301	110	67	68	2	3	.282	.347	.469	.187	8	0
1986	BAL	MLB	AL	707	627	98	177	35	1	25	289	81	70	60	4	2	.282	.355	.461	.179	6	0
1987	BAL	MLB	AL	717	624	97	157	28	3	27	272	98	81	77	3	5	.252	.333	.436	.184	11	0
1988	BAL	MLB	AL	689	575	87	152	25	1	23	248	81	102	69	2	2	.264	.372	.431	.167	10	0
1989	BAL	MLB	AL	712	646	80	166	30	0	21	259	93	57	72	3	2	.257	.317	.401	.144	6	0
1990	BAL	MLB	AL	695	600	78	150	28	4	21	249	84	82	66	3	1	.250	.341	.415	.165	7	1
1991	BAL	MLB	AL	717	650	99	210	46	5	34	368	114	53	46	6	1	.323	.374	.566	.243	9	0
1992	BAL	MLB	AL	715	637	73	160	29	1	14	233	72	64	50	4	3	.251	.323	.366	.115	7	0
1993	BAL	MLB	AL	718	641	87	165	26	3	24	269	90	65	58	1	4	.257	.329	.420	.162	6	0
1994	BAL	MLB	AL	484	444	71	140	19	3	13	204	75	32	41	1	0	.315	.364	.459	.144	4	0
1995	BAL	MLB	AL	613	550	71	144	33	2	17	232	88	52	59	0	1	.262	.324	.422	.160	8	1
1996	BAL	MLB	AL	707	640	94	178	40	1	26	298	102	59	78	1	2	.278	.341	.466	.188	4	0
1997	BAL	MLB	AL	686	615	79	166	30	0	17	247	84	56	73	1	0	.270	.331	.402	.132	10	0
1998	BAL	MLB	AL	659	601	65	163	27	1	14	234	61	51	68	0	2	.271	.331	.389	.118	2	1
1999	BAL	MLB	AL	354	332	51	113	27	0	18	194	57	13	31	0	1	.340	.368	.584	.244	3	3
2000	BAL	MLB	AL	339	309	43	79	16	0	15	140	56	23	37	0	0	.256	.310	.453	.197	4	0
2001	BAL	MLB	AL	516	477	43	114	16	0	14	172	68	26	63	0	2	.239	.276	.361	.122	9	2

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2000-06-28	2000-08-31	15-DL	64	58	-	Low Back	Inflammation		-	-
1999-09-22	1999-10-04	DTD	12	13	-	Low Back	Surgery	Decompressing Nerve	1999-09-23	-
1999-08-03	1999-08-31	15-DL	28	25	-	Low Back	Inflammation		-	-
1999-04-20	1999-05-13	15-DL	23	21	-	Low Back	Inflammation		-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2001	BAL	$6,300,000
2000	BAL	$6,300,000

Years	Description	Salary
2 yr	Previous	$12,600,000
2 yr	Total	$12,600,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
19 y 57 d	Ron Shapiro

Details

1 year/$6.3M (2001)
2 years/$15.1M (1998-99), plus $6.3M 2000 option.
5 years/$30.5M (1993-97). Signed extension with Baltimore 8/92. $3M signing bonus (paid in installments, 1993-94). 93:$4.5M, 94:$4.8M, 95:$6M, 96:$6M, 97:$6.2M. May accept front office job at $2M/year after retirement. Second most lucrative contract in history at signing.
3 years/$6.3M (1989-91), plus $2.1M 1992 option
1 year/$1.7M (1988)
4 years/$4M (1984-87). Re-signed by Baltimore 1/84 (avoided arbitration, $0.85M-$0.7M).
1 year/$0.175M (1983), plus bonuses. $15,000 in performance bonuses based on games. $25,000 in award bonuses (MVP).
Drafted 1978 (2-48), $20,000 signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	0	0	?	?	.000	.000	.000	0	0.0	?	0.0

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Date	Question	Answer
2020-04-17 13:00:00 (link to chat)	I’ve read about O’Neil Cruz upside. Realistically though it’s hard to imagine someone with a 6’7” frame able the cover SS at the ML level. Particularly if his frame continues to fill out. Could he be headed for RF and a Dave Parker type comp? Does he show the ability to improve the strike zone judgement? Thanks for you insight. (CubbieBear from Chi-Town)	Last week, I made this note about Cruz: "Oneil Cruz actually may be able to stick at shortstop long-term despite his unheard of height (6-foot-7) for the position. He has a huge arm, excellent range, and solid actions. There certainly is still a chance Cruz ultimately profiles at third base or right field, but the industry has more and more confidence in his ability to stick at the 6." Of course, the odds of Cruz sticking at shortstop remain long simply because the tallest player to ever play shortstop was Cal Ripken Jr. at 6-foot-4. Three extra inches is a tall order (pun intended). However, that is the same thing people said about Ripken Jr. forty years ago. I do think Cruz will stick at shortstop and shock the baseball world. If he does not, he has easy fallback positions at 3B and RF. Meanwhile, Cruz probably will always suffer plenty of swing-and-miss given those long levers. He has shown the ability to make adjustments and he did improve his walk rate to 11% in a brief 35-game run in Double-A last year. I think he will have fine strike zone judgment in the end. I just expect 25%+ strikeouts as close to a given. Cruz is also no Dave Parker, who had a special hit tool. (Jesse Roche)
2017-10-24 20:00:00 (link to chat)	Smoltz suggested that Correa and Seager may be too large to stick at shortstop. Do you agree? (Tony from St. Paul)	Correa is 6'4" Seager is 6'4" Cal Ripken Jr. is 6'4" He seemed to last a while. Correa and Seager are 15-20 pounds heavier than Ripken (to the degree you can trust listed weights), so in theory they could wear down. And when the Astros drafted Bregman, there was talk that optimally he's play short and Correa would move over to third. But I think (1) Ripken proved that a guy doesn't need to move off short just because he's tall, and (2) The traditional rationale for moving a tall guy off short--need a smaller guy who may be rangier--is negated somewhat by contemporary positioning - Rob M (World Series Chat)
2013-07-25 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Favorite player to watch growing up? (Tim from Austin)	Cal Ripken Jr. I wore #8 because of him. I played SS because of him. I changed my batting stance every hour because of him. (Jason Parks)
2010-05-25 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What are the chances that Andy MacPhail cleans house in the next few weeks and fires both Dave Trembley and the coaching staff? As patient and un-knee-jerky as MacPhail is, eventually someone has to fall on his sword for a projected .500-ish team playing .300 ball, right? (Drungo from SoMd)	MacPhail is indeed very patient but it is becoming increasingly likely that Trembley will soon be gone. Part of the problem, though, is that there is no obvious replacement. Cal Ripken Jr. does not want to manage. (John Perrotto)

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