Cal Ripken Sr.
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Calvin Edwin Ripken was an American professional baseball player, scout, coach and manager who spent 36 years in the Baltimore Orioles organization. He played in the Orioles' farm system beginning in
Ripken with the Baltimore Orioles in 1982
Ripken Sr. in 1977
Cal Ripken Sr. coaching for the Baltimore Orioles during pre-game batting practice at Oriole Park
Grave of Ripken at Baker Cemetery
Joe DiMaggio
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Joseph Paul DiMaggio, nicknamed "Joltin' Joe", "the Yankee Clipper" and "Joe D.", was an American professional baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career in Major League Baseball for
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…alone by saying he did so to "smoke cigarettes", Ripken died on March 25, 1999, at the age of 63 from lung cancer, seventeen days after the death of Joe DiMaggio. He was buried five days later, at Baker Cemetery in Aberdeen. The Orioles wore a number 7 patch on their sleeves all through the 1999 season to…
DiMaggio with the New York Yankees in 1941
A baseball card of DiMaggio with the San Francisco Seals, c. 1934
Seven of the American League's 1937 All-Star players: Lou Gehrig, Joe Cronin, Bill Dickey, Joe DiMaggio, Charlie Gehringer, Jimmie Foxx, and Hank Greenberg. All seven would eventually be elected to the Hall of Fame.
DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle at Yankee Stadium in 1970, two years after Mantle's retirement