# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cal-ripken-sr
# Generated: 2026-08-20T19:06:33.787Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cal-ripken-sr"
name: "Cal Ripken Sr."
slug: "cal-ripken-sr"
description: "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 1957, and later served as coach and manager of the parent club, on which his sons Cal Jr. and Billy played."
tagline: "American baseball coach and manager (1935–1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cal_Ripken_Sr._(cropped).JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1935-12-17"
deathDate: "1999-03-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.93
  momentum:             0
  historical:           2.526468
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     15
  profileCompleteness:  46
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Ripken_Sr."
    title: "Cal Ripken Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Ripken%2C_Sr."
    title: "Cal Ripken, Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2933413"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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