Cal Ripken, Sr.
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Ripken and Cal Ripken Jr. in 1982
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Born: December 17, 1935 Aberdeen, Maryland |
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Died: March 25, 1999 (aged 63) Aberdeen, Maryland |
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 13, 1985, for the Baltimore Orioles | |||
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| April 11, 1988, for the Baltimore Orioles | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Games | 169 | ||
| Win–loss record | 68–101 | ||
| Winning % | .402 | ||
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Calvin Edwin Ripken Sr. (December 17, 1935 – March 25, 1999) was a coach and manager in Major League Baseball who spent 36 years in the Baltimore Orioles organization, also as a player and scout. He played in the Orioles' farm system beginning in 1957, and later served as manager of the parent club, on which his sons Cal Jr. and Billy played.
Born near Aberdeen, Maryland, which he called home throughout his life, Ripken joined the Baltimore Orioles in 1957 as a minor league player. He would spend the next 36 years in the organization, mainly as a coach, with only one season and seven games coming as a manager. As a manager in the minor leagues for 13 years, Ripken won 964 games, and later compiled a 68-101 record managing the Orioles. Several of his students, including Jim Palmer, Eddie Murray, and most prominently his son Cal Jr., went on to Hall of Fame careers. He was credited for helping sculpt his team's tradition of excellence known as "The Oriole Way."
Ripken was born December 17, 1935, in Stepney, Maryland, in a general store his parents, Clara Amelia (Oliver) and Arend Fredrick Ripken, owned three miles south of Aberdeen. He became involved in baseball as early as 1946, when he served as the batboy for a semipro team his older brother Oliver played for. He attended Aberdeen High School, where he helped the baseball team win three county championships and go undefeated in 1952. As a player, he was a catcher. In the late 1950s, he also played and coached soccer, once helping his team win 17 straight games. However, as former teammate J. Robert Hooper recalled, "We couldn't win the championship because Rip was in spring training."
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