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Games played streaks between Gehrig and Ripken
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Cal Ripken Jr. Breaks Lou Gehrig's Consecutive Games Played Streak!
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On Sept 6 1995, Cal Ripken Jr played in his 2131st game, thus breaking Lou Gehrig's previously-believed-unbreakable record for most consecutive games, By SB Nation
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Games played streaks between Gehrig and Ripken
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On Sept 6 1995, Cal Ripken Jr played in his 2131st game, thus breaking Lou Gehrig's previously-believed-unbreakable record for most consecutive games, By SB Nation
![OTD in 1995, Cal Ripken Jr. played in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking Lou Gehrig's record. He went on to play 2,632 consecutive…](https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/private/t_16x9/t_w1024/mlb/tvutsfikjrc2j1gnfcbk)
Games played streaks between Gehrig and Ripken
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2,131: Cal Ripken Jr. breaks Lou Gehrig's consecutive-games streak – Sun Sentinel
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2,131: Cal Ripken Jr. breaks Lou Gehrig's consecutive-games streak – Sun Sentinel
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Cal Ripken Jr.: Why the Orioles' Iron Man won our Sportsman of the Year award for 1995 - Sports Illustrated Vault