# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-ripken
# Generated: 2026-08-20T19:03:30.535Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-ripken"
name: "Billy Ripken"
slug: "billy-ripken"
description: "William Oliver Ripken, nicknamed \"Billy the Kid\", is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1987–1998 for the Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians (1995), and Detroit Tigers (1998). During his career, he batted and threw right-handed. He is the younger brother of Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. He serves as a radio host for XM Satellite Radio and a studio analyst for MLB Network."
tagline: "American baseball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Meandbilly.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1964-12-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.55
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.053429333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%BE%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "بيلى ريپكين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Ripken"
    title: "Billy Ripken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Ripken"
    title: "Billy Ripken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%97%E3%82%B1%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ビリー・リプケン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2903713"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations