Cal Ripken, Jr. - 1991 Career Summary

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Pro Career 1991

Became second player in major league history to win a league MVP, Major League Player of the Year (The Sporting News, AP and Baseball Digest), All-Star Game MVP, and a Gold Glove in the same season. The only other was Dodgers' shortstop Maury Wills in 1962

Finished third in the AL in homers (34), most by a shortstop in 22 years (Bos's Rico Petrocelli, 40 in 1969)
Most homers by an Oriole since Ken Singleton hit 35 in 1979
Became only the 10th player in American League history to hit more than 30 homers and strike out less than 50 times.The others: Don Mattingly (1985-86); Ted Williams (1941-46-47-49-57) Joe DiMaggio (1937-38-40-48-50); Lou Gehrig (1932-33-34-36-37); Earl Averill (1931-32-34); Hal Trosky (1934); Al Rosen (1953); Al Simmons (1929-30) and Ken Williams (1922). Became first righthanded hitter in the American League to do it since Al Rosen in 1953.

Led the major leagues and tied a club mark with 85 extra-base hits.
Led the major leagues

with club record 368 total bases.
with career-high 73 multi-hit games (2-hit, 55; 3-hit, 15; 4-hit, 3)
in road batting average(.358, 120-335)

Was second in the majors

with 210 hits, one shy of his own club mark, set in 1983.
in doubles with 46, one shy of his own club record, set in 1983.
in slugging percentage (.566, 47 points higher than his previous high, .519 in 1983).

Cal ready to steal a base Became one of only five in Orioles' history to hit .300, with 30+ homers and 100+ RBI joining Jim Gentile, Frank Robinson, Boog Powell, and Eddie Murray. Had second highest batting avg (.323) in club history behind Ken Singleton's .328 in 1977.
Led the club in 14 offensive categories, virtually everything except triples, sac bunts and stolen bases.Cal was the only player in the American League to finish in the top 10 in hits, homers, average, and RBI.
His average dipped below .320 only three days after the second day of the season. Cal ld the league in batting for 47 of 48 days, June 4-July 21.
Finished with career-high 114 RBI, second only to Eddie Murray on O's in last 21 years (124 in 1985 and 116 in 1980).
Was American League Player of the Month in September (.349, HR-8, RBI-27)

Had batted a collective .209 in his previous three Septembers: 1988 (.216), 1989 (.198), and 1990 (.215)
Also shared AL Player of the Week, September 23-30, with Rickey Henderson when he batted .467 (14-30, HR-3, RBI-13).

The Last Out: Was the last player to bat in Memorial Stadium history when he bounced into a 5-4-3 double play off Det's Frank Tanana at 5:07 p.m. on October 6, 1991.
Led American League shortstops in fielding percentage (.986) for the second straight year, in putouts (267) for the fourth time, in assists (529) for the sixth time, total chances (807) for the fourth time, and double plays (114) for the fifth time.
Made one error for every 73.4 chances. The remainder of the AL shortstops made one error every 33.6 chances. He was fourth in the majors in successful total chances per nine innings (5.0) behind Cincinnati's Barry Larkin (5.2), LA's Alfredo Griffin (5.1), and Seattle's Omar Vizquel (5.1).
Committed two errors May 24 vs NY in one game for the first time since June 14, 1987.

	Pro Career 1991
	Became second player in major league history to win a league MVP, Major League Player of the Year (The Sporting News, AP and Baseball Digest), All-Star Game MVP, and a Gold Glove in the same season. The only other was Dodgers' shortstop Maury Wills in 1962 Finished third in the AL in homers (34), most by a shortstop in 22 years (Bos's Rico Petrocelli, 40 in 1969) Most homers by an Oriole since Ken Singleton hit 35 in 1979 Became only the 10th player in American League history to hit more than 30 homers and strike out less than 50 times.The others: Don Mattingly (1985-86); Ted Williams (1941-46-47-49-57) Joe DiMaggio (1937-38-40-48-50); Lou Gehrig (1932-33-34-36-37); Earl Averill (1931-32-34); Hal Trosky (1934); Al Rosen (1953); Al Simmons (1929-30) and Ken Williams (1922). Became first righthanded hitter in the American League to do it since Al Rosen in 1953. Led the major leagues and tied a club mark with 85 extra-base hits. Led the major leagues with club record 368 total bases. with career-high 73 multi-hit games (2-hit, 55; 3-hit, 15; 4-hit, 3) in road batting average(.358, 120-335) Was second in the majors with 210 hits, one shy of his own club mark, set in 1983. in doubles with 46, one shy of his own club record, set in 1983. in slugging percentage (.566, 47 points higher than his previous high, .519 in 1983). Became one of only five in Orioles' history to hit .300, with 30+ homers and 100+ RBI joining Jim Gentile, Frank Robinson, Boog Powell, and Eddie Murray. Had second highest batting avg (.323) in club history behind Ken Singleton's .328 in 1977. Led the club in 14 offensive categories, virtually everything except triples, sac bunts and stolen bases.Cal was the only player in the American League to finish in the top 10 in hits, homers, average, and RBI. His average dipped below .320 only three days after the second day of the season. Cal ld the league in batting for 47 of 48 days, June 4-July 21. Finished with career-high 114 RBI, second only to Eddie Murray on O's in last 21 years (124 in 1985 and 116 in 1980). Was American League Player of the Month in September (.349, HR-8, RBI-27) Had batted a collective .209 in his previous three Septembers: 1988 (.216), 1989 (.198), and 1990 (.215) Also shared AL Player of the Week, September 23-30, with Rickey Henderson when he batted .467 (14-30, HR-3, RBI-13). The Last Out: Was the last player to bat in Memorial Stadium history when he bounced into a 5-4-3 double play off Det's Frank Tanana at 5:07 p.m. on October 6, 1991. Led American League shortstops in fielding percentage (.986) for the second straight year, in putouts (267) for the fourth time, in assists (529) for the sixth time, total chances (807) for the fourth time, and double plays (114) for the fifth time. Made one error for every 73.4 chances. The remainder of the AL shortstops made one error every 33.6 chances. He was fourth in the majors in successful total chances per nine innings (5.0) behind Cincinnati's Barry Larkin (5.2), LA's Alfredo Griffin (5.1), and Seattle's Omar Vizquel (5.1). Committed two errors May 24 vs NY in one game for the first time since June 14, 1987.