Cal Ripken Jr. By pixie3cl Aug 24, 1960 Born Jun 13, 1978 Signed with the Baltimore Orioles Aug 10, 1981 Professional Debut Dec 31, 1982 Awarded Rookie of the year Nov 13, 1987 Married Kelly Greer Sep 5, 1995 Broke Lou Gehrig's record for most consecutive games Jun 14, 1996 Broke world record of 2,215 consecutive games Jul 1, 2001 Named to his 19th All Star team Oct 6, 2001 Retired from baseball Jan 9, 2007 Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
