Cal Ripken Jr. holds many records in professional baseball,but it is his breaking of Lou Gehrig's record of 2,131 consecutive games played that especially endears him to his admirers,who called him the “ironman” of baseball.
3 Facts:He was born in 1960.He played for the Baltimore Orioles.He was born in Havre de Grace.
Nolan Ryan
Ryan holds records for career strikeouts,5714,and career no-hitters,seven.
3 Facts:He was born in 1947.He was born in Texas.His birth name was Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr.
Willie Mays
Willie Mays began his professional baseball career in the Negro Leagues before joining the New York Giants in 1951.
3 Facts:He was born in 1931.He is regarded as one of the greatest baseball players of all time and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979.Mays shares the record of most All-Star Games played with 24,with Hank Aaron and Stan Musial.
Hank Aaron
Hank Aaron ascended the ranks of the Negro Leagues to become a Major League Babseball icon.
3 Facts:He was born February 5,1934.His birth name was Henry Louis Aaron.He was born at Mobile,Alabama.
Lou Gehrig
A standout football and baseball player,Gehrig signed his first contract with the New York Yankees in April 1923.
3 Facts:He was born in 1903.He retired in 1939.He died of ALS in 1941.
Ted Williams
Ted Williams was one of baseball's most fearsome hitters.
3 Facts:He was born in 1918.He was an American professional baseball player and a manager.He played his entire 19-year MLB career as a left fielder for the Boston Red Sox from 1939 to 1960.
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson is known as the first African-American baseball player in major league history.
3 Facts:He was named after President Teddy Roosevelt.He proudly served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army.No. 42,is the only number to be retired across all of Major League Baseball.
Joe Dimaggio
DiMaggio helped the Yankees to nine World Series titles,earning widespread fame for his record 56-game hitting streak in 1941.
3 facts:He was born November 25.He was born in 1914.He went to Galileo High School
Babe ruth
Babe Ruth was one of only two people to ever hit three home runs in a World Series game.
3 Facts:He was born in baltimore.He was educated at Saint Mary’s Industrial School.In 1914 he started out his career as a left-handed pitcher for Baltimore.
