Cal Ripken Jr.

Cal Ripken Jr.

Sun coverage: Cal Ripken Jr. in China

Cal Ripken Jr. visits China

Special coverage of Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr.'s 10-day baseball goodwill tour to China as a special envoy for the U.S. State Department in 2007.

Ripken's HOF induction day

Ripken's HOF induction day

Photos of Ripken's Hall of Fame induction day in Cooperstown, N.Y.

Live from Cooperstown
Hall of Fame reports
The Sun's Alex Pyles' online exclusive articles on Ripken's Hall of Fame induction in Cooperstown, N.Y.

Ripken's induction speech: Audio
Ripken elected to Hall of Fame

Ripken elected to Hall of Fame

Photos of Ripken's Hall of Fame election and events leading up to the induction ceremony

Goodbye, No. 8

Ripken's final game

Coverage of Ripken's final game on Oct. 6, 2001

Ripken in retirement

Ripken in retirement

Coverage of Ripken since his retirement in 2001

Hall of Fame: 2007 class
Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony Gwynn were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame Jan. 9.

Ripken received 98.5% of the vote, which ranks as the third-highest of all time. Gwynn got 97.6%, No. 7 all time.

Rick Hummel and Denny Matthews were also honored at the July 29 induction ceremony. Hummel received the J.G. Taylor Spink Award for baseball writing and Matthews got the Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasting.

• 2007 voting results
• All-time Hall of Fame voting percentages
• Official Web site
Sun special sections
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Ripken audio

Ripken audio

Audio clips of Ripken including his farewell speech at his final game and an interview with Sun columnist Peter Schmuck about the Hall of Fame

Orioles Hall of Famers

Orioles Hall of Famers

Photos of Orioles Hall of Famers Eddie Murray, Jim Palmer, Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Earl Weaver and Cal Ripken Jr.

Cal Ripken Jr.