Cal Ripken, the legendary shortstop of the Baltimore Orioles, played his final MLB season in 2001, ending a career that saw him collect over 3,000 hits and 431 home runs. Ripken, baseball’s all-time leader in consecutive games started, played in his 19th All-Star Game in 2001, hitting a home run off Chan Ho Park and earning All-Star Game MVP honors. In 2007, Ripken was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on his first ballot, collecting 98.5% of the vote.

This offered Orioles cap was worn by Ripken circa 2001. This cap is all-black with the Orioles bird logo embroidered on the front. The inner sweatband has an “Authentic Diamond Collection”, a “NEW ERA” and “7 3/8” tags, with a “59FIFTY” bands running on the seams of the inner crown. The MLB logo patch is sewn on in Orioles’ colors on the back and displays slight bleeding. Ripken’s number “8” has been handwritten in black marker on the gray underside brim, displaying slight bleeding as well. This hat displays excellent game use with dirt and sweat stains on the underside brim and sweatband. Ripken signed his name in silver marker on the top brim. This cap comes with a LOA from JT Sports for the game use and a LOA from JSA (BB03740) for Ripken’s signature.

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