Object Details
- Associated Name
- Baltimore Orioles
- Ripkin, Jr., Cal
- Louisville Slugger
- Description
- Baseball bat used by Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. The bat's barrell has been signed by Ripken.
- Shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. (b.1960) played Major League baseball's Baltimore Orioles from 1981-2001. Ripken is known as baseball's Iron Man as he holds the Major League record for most consecutive games played (2,130.)
- 1982's American League rookie of the year, Ripken was a 19 time All-Star, two-time American League Most Valuable Player (1983,1991,) two-time gold glove award winner (1991, 1992) and a World Series champion (1983.)
- With a lifetime .276 batting average Ripken amassed 431 home runs and 1,695 runs-batted-in over the course of his career. He broke New York Yankee first baseman Lou Gehrig's consecutive games record, set in 1925, on September 19, 1998.
- Following his career, Ripken has been praised for his charitable work. In 2007 he was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1983-1984
- ID Number
- 2017.0334.03
- catalog number
- 2017.0334.03
- accession number
- 2017.0334
- Object Name
- baseball bat
- bat
- bat, baseball
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 34 1/2 in x 8 in; 87.63 cm x 20.32 cm
- place made
- United States: Kentucky, Louisville
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- Sports & Leisure
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Baseball
- web subject
- Sports
- Record ID
- nmah_1864205
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-dc8d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
