Former Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. had a fantastic career that sent him to the Hall of Fame in 2007 as a first-ballot player.
However, he is mostly known for establishing a record that just won’t be
broken in our lifetime.
Never say never, they say, but this one looks incredibly difficult to beat: Ripken played 2,632 consecutive games in his 21-year career.
He surpassed Lou Gehrig‘s streak of 2,130 consecutive games, a record that stood for 56 years.
