Baseball Bat used by Cal Ripken Jr.
date: label: date made
content: 1983-1984
name: label: Associated Name
content: Baltimore Orioles
label: Associated Name
content: Ripkin, Jr., Cal
label: maker
content: Louisville Slugger
notes: label: Description
content: Baseball bat used by Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. The bat's barrell has been signed by Ripken.
label: Description
content: Shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. (b.1960) played Major League baseball's Baltimore Orioles from 1981-2001. Ripken is known as baseball's <i>Iron Man</i> as he holds the Major League record for most consecutive games played (2,130.)
label: Description
content: 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.)
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: Following his career, Ripken has been praised for his charitable work. In 2007 he was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Kentucky, Louisville
topic: label: Subject
content: Baseball
label: web subject
content: Sports
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0334.03
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0334.03
label: accession number
content: 2017.0334
objectType: label: Object Name
content: baseball bat
label: Object Name
content: bat
label: Object Name
content: bat, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 1/2 in x 8 in; 87.63 cm x 20.32 cm