Cal Ripken vs Miguel Tejada

Cal RipkenMiguel Tejada

Cal Ripken and Miguel Tejada compared on their MLB careers: Cal Ripken played 21 seasons, 1981 to 2001, Miguel Tejada 16 seasons, 1997 to 2013. Cal Ripken has .276 batting average to Miguel Tejada's .285. Cal Ripken won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Cal Ripken and Miguel Tejada career totals
3,001GP2,171
11,551AB8,434
1,647R1,230
3,184H2,407
431HR307
1,695RBI1,302
36SB85
0.3AVG0.3
0.3OBP0.3
0.4SLG0.5
0.8OPS0.8

How do they compare in the postseason?

Cal Ripken and Miguel Tejada postseason
28GP20
110AB85
14R9
37H18
1HR1
8RBI8
0SB1
0.3AVG0.2
0.4OBP0.2
0.5SLG0.3
0.9OPS0.6

Where each stands all time

Cal Ripken and Miguel Tejada all-time places
50th (431)Home runs156th (307)
15th (3,184)Hits125th (2,407)
26th (1,695)RBI103rd (1,302)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Cal Ripken: 1 championship; none on file
  • Miguel Tejada: 0 championships; AL MVP, AL Silver Slugger ×2

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Cal Ripken and Miguel Tejada season by season
AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.
1st1981.128001997.202210
2nd1982.26428931998.2331145
3rd1983.318271021999.2512184
4th1984.30427862000.27530115
5th1985.282261102001.26731113
6th1986.28225812002.30834131
7th1987.25227982003.27827106
8th1988.26423812004.31134150
9th1989.25721932005.3042698
10th1990.25021842006.33024100
11th1991.323341142007.2961881
12th1992.25114722008.2831366
13th1993.25724902009.3131486
14th1994.31513752010.2691571
15th1995.26217882011.239426
16th1996.278261022013.288320
17th1997.2701784————
18th1998.2711461————
19th1999.3401857————
20th2000.2561556————
21st2001.2391468————

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI