Art Ripken  
Second Baseman | Free Agents

Hitting
Ripken seems to become especially focused in big situations. He thrives late in games. Ripken never has been a patient hitter. Let's face facts: Ripken hits a lot of ground balls... and in my book, if you're slow of foot and put the ball on the ground, you're bound to get tied up in the double play. Any manager would love to have this guy on his bench. He's a perfect for pinch hitting against a lefty reliever. He absolutely loves playing before the hometown crowd.

Baserunning & Defense
His defense is solid but unspectacular. His biggest problem in the field simply has to be his throwing arm... it's well below par. Ripken isn't a good baserunner. He doesn't get good jumps on steals nor runs sharp routes around the bases.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team POS CH PH SP GF PL vL Hm Sc CL Age Exp Slot FA AS Qualified Positions Nyman Rating
1998 ATL 2B 35 25 49 58 50 64 57 59 60 24 0 Low Minors 51 41 . 174
1999 ATL 2B 41 26 50 58 50 64 57 59 60 25 0 Low Minors 59 42 . 186
2000 ATL 2B 47 30 53 58 50 64 57 59 60 26 0 AA/AAA 66 43 . 205
2001 ATL 2B 53 36 55 58 50 64 57 59 60 27 1 AA/AAA 69 30 . 227
2002 SAN 2B 53 41 56 58 50 64 57 59 60 28 2 AA/AAA 72 35 . 236
2003 FA 2B 53 44 55 58 50 64 57 59 60 29 3 Free Agent 74 33 . 240
2004 FA 2B 51 47 56 58 50 64 57 59 60 30 4 Free Agent 75 33 . 241
2005 FA 2B 50 48 55 58 50 64 57 59 60 31 5 Free Agent 75 33 . 239
2006 FA 2B 50 47 54 58 50 64 57 59 60 32 6 Free Agent 75 32 . 236
2007 FA 2B 50 47 52 58 50 64 57 59 60 33 7 Free Agent 74 30 . 233
2008 FA 2B 49 47 51 58 50 64 57 59 60 34 8 Free Agent 73 29 . 229
2009 FA 2B 46 48 47 58 50 64 57 59 60 35 9 Free Agent 72 28 . 220
2010 FA 2B 43 47 43 58 50 64 57 59 60 36 10 Free Agent 69 26 . 208
Ratings Delta     -3 -1 -4             +1 +1   -3 -2   -12
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.