September 6, 1995
It was on this day in 1995 that the
Baltimore Orioles’ Cal Ripken Jr replaced Lou Gehrig as baseball’s all-time
iron man. In a 4-2 victory over the California Angels at Oriole Park at Camden
Yards, Ripken played in his 2131st consecutive game, breaking Gehrig’s
old mark of 2130. Ripken was 2 for 4 in the game, including hitting his 15th
home run of the season. Ripken would go on to play in
2632 consecutive games, a record that will probably stand forever. Since his
retirement, Ripken has published a series of fictional baseball books written
for kids. He also works for the TBS baseball crew as an in-game analyst.
He was inducted to the hall of
fame in 2007.
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