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Name Team Age
Billy Ripken Retired (1959, Age 35) Died (1999, Age 75)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 15, Pick 238
(1950)		 3B L/L
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Ty Cobb League 0 0 years (0 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- C  B 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B- C  C-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
A  B  B+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D  F 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
D  B- D+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
B- 0 2/26/1924
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (2B) Alt Pos (1B) Alt Pos (---)
C- (29.1 %) F  (0.3 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1950 BAL 123 422 46 114 23 3 17 60 36 68 0 4 4 .787 .328 .460 .270
1951 CLE 129 431 56 134 20 7 28 87 43 65 6 6 9 .959 .374 .585 .311
1952 CLE 145 545 72 150 24 2 21 84 46 88 9 5 11 .773 .331 .442 .275
1953 BAL 32 96 13 28 2 0 5 19 10 18 1 1 1 .824 .355 .469 .292
1955 BAL 58 102 19 28 6 0 6 17 10 18 0 0 1 .852 .342 .510 .275
1956 BAL-CIN 134 409 46 111 13 4 22 66 32 66 3 2 33 .809 .325 .484 .271
1957 CIN 118 430 59 127 19 2 19 68 35 59 4 2 25 .830 .349 .481 .295
1958 CIN 129 378 50 96 19 2 14 54 28 67 2 2 5 .737 .311 .426 .254
1959 CIN-PHI 11 22 3 6 1 0 1 4 3 5 0 1 0 .801 .346 .455 .273
Total 879 2835 364 794 127 20 133 459 243 454 25 23 89 .817 .338 .480 .280
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1959-11-01Billy Ripken has retired from the Philadelphia Phillies
1959-08-13The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Billy Ripken to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Vinny Nipper to the minors.
1959-07-31The Philadelphia Phillies have acquired Billy Ripken from the waiver wire.
1959-07-31The Cincinnati Mad Dogs have waived Billy Ripken.
1958-09-14The Cincinnati Mad Dogs have promoted Jaime Miller to the major league team. The Cincinnati Mad Dogs have sent Billy Ripken to the minors.
1956-04-02A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Mad Dogs and the Baltimore Rally Monkeys. The Baltimore Rally Monkeys receive Ricky Coenen from the Cincinnati Mad Dogs in exchange for Boog Powell, Billy Ripken.
1956-04-01The Baltimore Rally Monkeys have promoted Mike Mota to the major league team. The Baltimore Rally Monkeys have sent Billy Ripken to the minors.
1955-04-04The Baltimore Rally Monkeys have promoted Billy Ripken to the major league team. The Baltimore Rally Monkeys have sent Roy Lumley to the minors.
1954-03-01The Baltimore Rally Monkeys have promoted Enos Cabell to the major league team. The Baltimore Rally Monkeys have sent Billy Ripken to the minors.
1953-04-08The Baltimore Rally Monkeys have renamed Baba Blacksheep to Billy Ripken.
1951-08-03The Cleveland Puppetmen have promoted Baba Blacksheep to the major league team. The Cleveland Puppetmen have sent Dick Redmon to the minors.
1951-07-16The Cleveland Puppetmen have promoted Dick Redmon to the major league team. The Cleveland Puppetmen have sent Baba Blacksheep to the minors.
1951-04-01The Cleveland Puppetmen have renamed Bo Jackson to Baba Blacksheep.