On Sept. 6, 1995, Harford County native Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles, born and raised in Aberdeen, surpassed Lou Gehrig's record of 2,130 consecutive baseball games played, and his ovation lasted 22 minutes. The night Ripken tied Gehrig's record and the night he broke it, he changed uniforms after the fifth inning. On the night of game number 2,131, the first uniform went to his son, and the second uniform went to the Ripken Museum in Aberdeen. Ripken voluntarily ended his streak on Sept. 20, 1998, at 2,632 games.

Source: Maryland Counties Series: Counties of Northern Maryland by Elaine Bunting and Patricia D'Amario. pg. 125 Compiled by staff of the Harford County Public Library.