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Cal Ripken played 21 major-league seasons (1981-2001) as a SS (2,302), 3B (675). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 21 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 21 | BAL | 23 | 39 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .128 | .278 | -19 |
| 1982 | 22 | BAL | 160 | 598 | 90 | 158 | 28 | 93 | 3 | 46 | 95 | .264 | .792 | 115 |
| 1983 | 23 | BAL | 162 | 663 | 121 | 211 | 27 | 102 | 0 | 58 | 97 | .318 | .888 | 142 |
| 1984 | 24 | BAL | 162 | 641 | 103 | 195 | 27 | 86 | 2 | 71 | 89 | .304 | .884 | 143 |
| 1985 | 25 | BAL | 161 | 642 | 116 | 181 | 26 | 110 | 2 | 67 | 68 | .282 | .816 | 122 |
| 1986 | 26 | BAL | 162 | 627 | 98 | 177 | 25 | 81 | 4 | 70 | 60 | .282 | .816 | 121 |
| 1987 | 27 | BAL | 162 | 624 | 97 | 157 | 27 | 98 | 3 | 81 | 77 | .252 | .769 | 102 |
| 1988 | 28 | BAL | 161 | 575 | 87 | 152 | 23 | 81 | 2 | 102 | 69 | .264 | .803 | 125 |
| 1989 | 29 | BAL | 162 | 646 | 80 | 166 | 21 | 93 | 3 | 57 | 72 | .257 | .718 | 102 |
| 1990 | 30 | BAL | 161 | 600 | 78 | 150 | 21 | 84 | 3 | 82 | 66 | .250 | .756 | 111 |
| 1991 | 31 | BAL | 162 | 650 | 99 | 210 | 34 | 114 | 6 | 53 | 46 | .323 | .940 | 157 |
| 1992 | 32 | BAL | 162 | 637 | 73 | 160 | 14 | 72 | 4 | 64 | 50 | .251 | .689 | 93 |
| 1993 | 33 | BAL | 162 | 641 | 87 | 165 | 24 | 90 | 1 | 65 | 58 | .257 | .748 | 100 |
| 1994 | 34 | BAL | 112 | 444 | 71 | 140 | 13 | 75 | 1 | 32 | 41 | .315 | .823 | 111 |
| 1995 | 35 | BAL | 144 | 550 | 71 | 144 | 17 | 88 | 0 | 52 | 59 | .262 | .745 | 93 |
| 1996 | 36 | BAL | 163 | 640 | 94 | 178 | 26 | 102 | 1 | 59 | 78 | .278 | .807 | 102 |
| 1997 | 37 | BAL | 162 | 615 | 79 | 166 | 17 | 84 | 1 | 56 | 73 | .270 | .733 | 91 |
| 1998 | 38 | BAL | 161 | 601 | 65 | 163 | 14 | 61 | 0 | 51 | 68 | .271 | .721 | 88 |
| 1999 | 39 | BAL | 86 | 332 | 51 | 113 | 18 | 57 | 0 | 13 | 31 | .340 | .952 | 139 |
| 2000 | 40 | BAL | 83 | 309 | 43 | 79 | 15 | 56 | 0 | 23 | 37 | .256 | .763 | 91 |
| 2001 | 41 | BAL | 128 | 477 | 43 | 114 | 14 | 68 | 0 | 26 | 63 | .239 | .637 | 67 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | SS | 12 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 2 | 5 |
| 1981 | 3B | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 1982 | SS | 94 | 91 | 155 | 289 | 13 | 47 |
| 1982 | 3B | 71 | 68 | 66 | 151 | 6 | 17 |
| 1983 | SS | 162 | 162 | 272 | 534 | 25 | 113 |
| 1984 | SS | 162 | 162 | 297 | 583 | 26 | 122 |
| 1985 | SS | 161 | 161 | 286 | 474 | 26 | 123 |
| 1986 | SS | 162 | 162 | 240 | 482 | 13 | 105 |
| 1987 | SS | 162 | 162 | 240 | 480 | 20 | 103 |
| 1988 | SS | 161 | 161 | 284 | 480 | 21 | 119 |
| 1989 | SS | 162 | 162 | 276 | 531 | 8 | 119 |
| 1990 | SS | 161 | 161 | 242 | 435 | 3 | 94 |
| 1991 | SS | 162 | 162 | 267 | 528 | 11 | 114 |
| 1992 | SS | 162 | 162 | 287 | 445 | 12 | 119 |
| 1993 | SS | 162 | 162 | 226 | 495 | 17 | 101 |
| 1994 | SS | 112 | 112 | 132 | 321 | 7 | 72 |
| 1995 | SS | 144 | 144 | 206 | 409 | 7 | 100 |
| 1996 | SS | 158 | 157 | 228 | 467 | 14 | 109 |
| 1996 | 3B | 6 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 3B | 162 | 162 | 98 | 314 | 22 | 25 |
| 1997 | SS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3B | 161 | 161 | 101 | 265 | 8 | 22 |
| 1999 | 3B | 85 | 85 | 36 | 142 | 13 | 11 |
| 2000 | 3B | 73 | 73 | 56 | 134 | 5 | 17 |
| 2001 | 3B | 111 | 111 | 97 | 209 | 14 | 23 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Cal Ripken won: Rookie of the Year 1982 (AL), MVP 1983 (AL), Silver Slugger 1983 (AL), TSN All-Star 1983 (AL), Silver Slugger 1984 (AL), TSN All-Star 1984 (AL), Silver Slugger 1985 (AL), TSN All-Star 1985 (AL), Silver Slugger 1986 (AL), Silver Slugger 1989 (AL), TSN All-Star 1989 (AL), Gold Glove 1991 (AL), MVP 1991 (AL), Silver Slugger 1991 (AL), TSN All-Star 1991 (AL), Gold Glove 1992 (AL), Silver Slugger 1993 (AL), TSN All-Star 1993 (AL), Silver Slugger 1994 (AL), TSN All-Star 1994 (AL), TSN All-Star 1995 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (11 ballot finishes, 3 wins). Full year pages: 1995, 1994, 1993, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 31 | 3 / 392 | 0 |
| 1982 | Rookie of the Year (winner) | AL | 1 | 132 / 140 | 24 |
| 1983 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | AL | 1 | 322 / 392 | 15 |
| 1984 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 28 | 1 / 392 | 0 |
| 1985 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 17 | 9 / 392 | 0 |
| 1989 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 3 | 216 / 392 | 6 |
| 1990 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 24 | 2 / 392 | 0 |
| 1991 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | AL | 1 | 318 / 392 | 15 |
| 1993 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 20 | 7 / 392 | 0 |
| 1994 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 12 | 24 / 392 | 0 |
| 1995 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 20 | 3 / 392 | 0 |
Cal Ripken ranks on 4 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #44 | shortstops | 1991 | 157 OPS+ |
| #96 | shortstops | 1984 | 143 OPS+ |
| #103 | shortstops | 1983 | 142 OPS+ |
| #155 | shortstops | 1988 | 125 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.