September 6th is a unique day in Baltimore Orioles history. On this date 23 years ago, Cal Ripken Jr. passed Lou Gehrig on the all-time consecutive games played list, forever immortalizing himself in baseball history.
Cal went on to play in 2,632 consecutive games, a feat unlikely to ever be broken in today’s game. Nobody in MLB is anywhere close; Freddy Galvis is the current leader and he’s barely over 300. Only 14 more seasons, Freddy.
It’s tough enough to play 162 games in a season, never mind playing every day for 17 years.