Ryan Minor, an Orioles third baseman who took over for Ripken shortly after a streak, dies.
Ryan Minor, the Baltimore Orioles catcher who made baseball history when he took over for Cal Ripken after his record-setting streak of 27 games in a row in 1998, has died. He was 49 years old.
Minor was a star baseball and basketball player at the University of Oklahoma. On Friday, they said he died of cancer.
The Orioles also said something on social media. The Orioles picked up Minor in the 1996 draft, and he made his major league start near the end of the 1998 season. It was at Oklahoma that Minor threw and performed first base.
“We are deeply saddened by the passing of former third baseman and longtime minor league manager Ryan Minor, who courageously fought cancer,” Orioles said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with Ryan’s family and friends at this time.”
Then, on September 20, a week later, he became famous. Ripken chose to end his run at 2,632 games in a row in the team’s last home event of the season. Minor made his first start at third base of his career.
Minor then played for the Orioles and the Montreal Expos for parts of four seasons. He played in 142 big league games.
The Delmarva Shorebirds, who play in the minor leagues and are affiliated with the Orioles, retired his No. 44 shirt this summer. It was the first number in the history of the team to be retired.
In 1997, as he worked his way up to the major leagues, he hit 24 home runs for Delmarva. From 2010 to 2012 and 2014 to 2017, he coached the team. He also managed the Frederick Keys more than once.
It was because of him that the Sooners won the national baseball championship in 1994, and it was because of him that they were named Big Eight Player of the Year in 1995.
The Philadelphia 76ers picked up the 6-foot-6 Minor in the 2nd round of the 1996 NBA draft, the same period the Orioles did. He had scored 1,946 points that season.
Ryan Minor, the Orioles of Baltimore catcher who made baseball history when he took over for Cal Ripken after his record-setting streak of 27 games in a row in 1998, has died. He was 49 years old.
Minor was a star baseball and basketball player at the University of Oklahoma. On Friday, they said he died of cancer. The Orioles also said something on social media.
The Orioles said, “We are deeply saddened by the death of Ryan Minor, who bravely fought cancer and was a former third baseman or longtime minor league manager.” “Ryan’s family and friends are in our thoughts and prayers right now.”
The Orioles picked up Minor in the 1996 draft, and he made his major league start near the end of the 1998 season.
Then, on September 20, a week later, he became famous. Minor was picked by the Philadelphia 76ers in the second complete of the 1996 NBA Draft, however he chose to play professional baseball instead.
Ripken chose to end his run at 2,632 games in a row in the team’s last home game of the season. Minor made his first start at third base of his career.
The Orioles picked up the Oklahoma native in the 15th round of the high school draft, but he decided to go with the University of Oklahoma instead. In the 1990s, he was one of the best players at that school.
Minor was a member of the Oklahoma baseball club that won the national title in 1994. He was also the Big Eight basketball star of the year in 1994–95. During that season, he scored almost 24 points and grabbed over eight rebounds per game.
In the 1995 Major League Baseball Draft, the New York Mets picked him in the seventh round.
He went back to school for one more season before that draft. In the 1996 draft, the Orioles picked him up again in the 33rd round.