Object Details
- Artist
- Rick Chapman, born 1966
- Sitter
- Cal Ripken, Jr., born 24 Aug 1960
- Exhibition Label
- Born Havre de Grace, Maryland
- Cal Ripken, one of the great baseball players of all time, played his entire career with the Baltimore Orioles-at the beginning and end of his career as a third baseman and for many years in between as a shortstop. Ripken is best known for his incredible "iron man" streak of 2,632 straight games (May 30, 1982-September 20, 1998), breaking Lou Gehrig's "unbreakable" record. Endurance aside, Ripken was also a hard-hitting infielder who ended his career with 431 home runs and 3,184 hits. He led the Orioles to a World Championship in 1983 and was a nineteen-time All-Star selection and two-time American League MVP. In 2007 he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on the first ballot. Ripken, and the professionalism with which he conducted himself in breaking Gehrig's record, is generally considered to have "saved" baseball as the sport recovered from the disastrous strike season of 1994.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Rick Chapman and ESPN
- 2001 (printed 2002)
- Object number
- NPG.2003.18
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © 2001 Rick Chapman
- Type
- Photograph
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image: 25.7 x 25.7cm (10 1/8 x 10 1/8")
- Sheet: 35.4 x 27.7cm (13 15/16 x 10 7/8")
- Mat: 55.9 x 40.6cm (22 x 16")
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Cal Ripken, Jr.: Male
- Cal Ripken, Jr.: Sports and Recreation\Athlete\Baseball
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.2003.18
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm42963074f-afad-40ce-970d-9239d73e6af3
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