Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken, Jr., set a record for most consecutive games played, with 2,632 games. He had been drafted by the team in 1978 and set the record between 1982 and 1998. He surpassed the previous mark of 2,130 games, set by Hall of Fame first baseman Lou Gehrig, in 1995.
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