Billy Ripken
Baltimore Orioles 1987–1992; Texas Rangers 1993–1994; Cleveland Indians 1995; Baltimore Orioles 1996; Texas Rangers 1997; Detroit Tigers 1998
Percentile snapshot
1988 season — qualified batters
of 130 qualified 1988 batters (min 499 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 58 | 257 | 234 | 27 | 72 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 4 | 1 | .308 | .363 | .372 | .735 | 101.2 | 97.6 | .333 | 1.0 |
| 1988 | 150 | 559 | 512 | 52 | 106 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 33 | 63 | 8 | 2 | .207 | .260 | .258 | .518 | 46.9 | 47.4 | .245 | -1.4 |
| 1989 | 115 | 364 | 318 | 31 | 76 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 22 | 53 | 1 | 2 | .239 | .284 | .305 | .589 | 67.5 | 68.6 | .275 | 0.0 |
| 1990 | 129 | 456 | 406 | 48 | 118 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 28 | 43 | 5 | 2 | .291 | .342 | .387 | .728 | 107.4 | 106.3 | .335 | 2.2 |
| 1991 | 104 | 315 | 287 | 24 | 62 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 31 | 0 | 1 | .216 | .253 | .261 | .515 | 42.0 | 44.7 | .240 | -0.9 |
| 1992 | 111 | 363 | 330 | 35 | 76 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 18 | 26 | 2 | 3 | .230 | .275 | .312 | .587 | 61.6 | 64.7 | .273 | -0.2 |
| 1993 | 50 | 153 | 132 | 12 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 2 | .189 | .270 | .220 | .490 | 40.1 | 36.1 | .241 | -0.4 |
| 1994 | 32 | 85 | 81 | 9 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .309 | .333 | .370 | .704 | 83.9 | 82.9 | .318 | 0.2 |
| 1995 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .412 | .412 | .765 | 1.176 | 202.6 | 199.2 | .505 | 0.3 |
| 1996 | 57 | 147 | 135 | 19 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | .230 | .281 | .333 | .614 | 56.1 | 56.3 | .277 | -0.2 |
| 1997 | 71 | 218 | 203 | 18 | 56 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 32 | 0 | 1 | .276 | .300 | .374 | .674 | 67.6 | 71.7 | .298 | 0.0 |
| 1998 | 27 | 81 | 74 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | .270 | .321 | .311 | .632 | 66.4 | 65.7 | .290 | 0.0 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992-07-01 | MIL @ BAL Gameday | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 1987-08-22 | BAL @ SEA Gameday | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 1994-05-07 | MIN @ TEX Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 1996-06-05 | DET @ BAL Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 1990-09-15 | BAL @ TOR Gameday | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.