William Oliver Ripken (born December 16, 1964 in Havre de Grace, Maryland) is currently a radio personality for XM Satellite Radio and is a former second baseman in Major League Baseball from 1987-1998. Events 755 - An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Havre de Grace ( HDG) is a city in Harford County Maryland, United States. Second base, or 2B, is the second of four stations on a Baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a base runner in order to score a run for that Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Minnesota Twins over St See also 1988 Major League Baseball season Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers He threw and batted right-handed. Ripken played alongside his brother, Cal Ripken, Jr.^[1], and was managed by his father, Cal Ripken, Sr. as a member of the Baltimore Orioles from 1987-1988. For his son of the same name see Cal Ripken Jr Calvin Edwin Ripken Sr The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. This marked the first time a father has managed two sons on the same team. When Ripken appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated on May 2, 1988, the Orioles had lost their first 18 games of the season (they would lose three more before collecting their first win against the Chicago White Sox), and the photo was used in an emblematic fashion to symbolize frustration at the team's struggles. Sports Illustrated is an American Sports Magazine owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Athletics For an extensive coverage see 1988 in athletics (track and field Marathon International The Chicago White Sox are a professional Baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois.

Ripken remained with the team through the 1992 season and returned for a couple short stints later in his career. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Toronto Blue Jays over Atlanta Braves (4-2 Pat Borders, MVP

After retirement, Billy partnered with brother Cal to form Ripken Baseball, which owns two minor league teams, the Aberdeen IronBirds and Augusta Greenjackets. The Aberdeen IronBirds are a Short-Season A classification affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles. The Augusta GreenJackets are a Minor league baseball team that plays in Augusta Georgia as a Class A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants.

Billy Ripken has two daughters, named Miranda and Anna, and two sons, named Reese and Jack.

1989 baseball card

Billy Ripken's 1989 baseball card depicting the words "fuck face"

Billy Ripken is also remembered for an infamous baseball card. A baseball card is a type of Trading card relating to baseball usually printed on some type of Paper stock or card stock A baseball card is a type of Trading card relating to baseball usually printed on some type of Paper stock or card stock ^[2] In 1989, Ripken's Fleer card showed the player holding a bat with the expletive fuck face written in plain view on the knob of the bat. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Oakland Athletics over San Francisco Giants (4-0 Dave Stewart, The Fleer Corporation founded by Frank H Fleer in the mid-19th century was the first company to successfully manufacture Bubblegum. The word expletive is currently used in three senses syntactic expletives, expletive attributives, and "bad language". Fleer subsequently rushed to correct the error, and in their haste, released versions in which the text was scrawled over with a marker, whited out with correction fluid, and also airbrushed. A correction fluid is an opaque white fluid applied to paper to mask errors in text On the final, corrected version, Fleer obscured the offensive words with a black box (this was the version included in all factory sets). Both the original card and many of the corrected versions have become collector's items as a result. There are at least ten different variations of this card. As of May 2008 the white out version has a book value of $120. ^[3]

See also

• List of second generation MLB players

Footnotes

1. ^ Billy and Cal Ripken are one of only four brother combinations in major league history to play second base and shortstop on the same club. The following is a list of father-and-son combinations who have played or managed in Major League Baseball, plus a few grandfathers with grandsons The others are Garvin and Granny Hamner, for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1945; the twins Eddie and Johnny O'Brien, with the Pittsburgh Pirates in the mid-1950s, and Frank and Milt Bolling, for the Detroit Tigers in 1958. Granville Wilbur Hamner ( April 26 1927 — September 12 1993) was an American Shortstop and Second baseman in The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Edward Joseph O'Brien (born December 11, 1930 in South Amboy New Jersey) is a former backup Shortstop in Major League Baseball who John Thomas O'Brien (born December 11, 1930 in South Amboy New Jersey) is a former backup Second baseman in Major League Baseball The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Frank Elmore Bolling (born November 16, 1931 in Mobile Alabama) is a former Second baseman in Major League Baseball who played from Milton Joseph Bolling (born August 9, 1930 in Mississippi City Mississippi) is a former Shortstop in Major League Baseball who played The Detroit Tigers are a professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan, USA See [1].
2. ^ The 1989 Billy Ripken Fleer Baseball Card, Before and After" (Snopes.com)
3. ^ Baseball card variations, from billripken.com

External links

• Ripken Baseball
• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference