(With Greg Brown) Count Me In, Taylor, 1995.
(With Mike Bryan) The Only Way I Know, Viking, 1997.
Awards and Accomplishments
| 1977 | Played in the Mickey Mantle World Series |
| 1980 | Named Southern League All-Star |
| 1982 | Voted American League Rookie of the Year |
| 1983 | Baltimore Orioles win World Series |
| 1983 | Voted American League Most Valuable Player (MVP) |
| 1990 | Set records for fewest errors and highest fielding percentage by a shortstop |
| 1991 | American League Most Valuable Player; Sporting News Major League Player of the Year; All-Star Game MVP, and Gold Glove |
| 1995 | Associated Press and United Press International Male Athlete of the Year; Sporting News Major League Player of the Year; Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year; Newsweek newsmaker; People Most Intriguing People. |
| 1996 | Opened Ripken Museum, Aberdeen, Maryland |
| 1997 | Published autobiography, The Only Way I Know |
| 2001 | Made farewell address at Camden Field, September 9 |
Where Is He Now?
Having retired from play in 2001, Cal Ripken, Jr.—a family man whose wife, Kelly, and children Rachel and Ryan, figure largely in his life—has left a legacy of community service. He founded the Kelly and Cal Ripken, Jr., Foundation, which supports adult and family literacy, youth recreation, and health-related programs in the greater Baltimore area; the couple are also benefactors of the Baltimore Reads Ripken Learning Center, the Kelly G. Ripken Program for thyroid education at Johns Hopkins University; and the Baltimore School for the Arts. In 1995, the Cal Ripken, Jr./Lou Gehrig ALS Research Fund was established at Johns Hopkins. "Because We Care," a program funded by Ripken, donates tickets to Baltimore home games to the underprivileged. In April 2002, GoodMark Foods entered into a promotion featuring lunch with Ripken as the grand prize of a sunflower-seeds contest.
(With Mike Bryan) Cal Ripken, Jr.: My Story, Dial Books for Young Readers, 1999.
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