Cal Ripken Jr. was a shortstop/third baseman who played his entire 21 year career with the Baltimore Orioles. Cal was born August 24, 1960 in Havre de Grace, Maryland. e played his first game in 1981. He is known as the Iron Man because he played 2,632 consecutive games. In his career, Ripken hit 431 home runs, doubled 603 times, drove in 1,695 RBIs, scored 1,647 runs, collected 3,184 hits, and batted .276 in 3,001 career games. He won the Rookie of the Year in 1982, the MVP twice in 1983 and 1991, and the All Star Game MVP in 1991 and 2001. He also won the Silver Slugger eight times from 1983-1986, 1989, 1991, and 1993-1994. On top of this, Cal won the Gold Glove in 1991 and 1992 and the Roberto Clemente Award in 1992. He played his last game in 2001.

Cal Ripken Jr. was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007. After his life in Major League Baseball,Cal started his own league called Ripken Baseball. He also went on to be a part of 20 books.