On September 6th, 1995, Cal Ripken, Jr. broke a record many thought would stand forever.
It was on that night that Ripken played in his 2,131st consecutive game, officially breaking the long-standing record held by the great Lou Gehrig.
Ripken went on to play a total of 2,632 consecutive games before voluntarily ending the streak in 1998.
At the end of the 2010 season, only two players maintained active consecutive game streaks – Matt Kemp (204) and Ichiro Suzuki (192).
Relive the memorable night that Ripken broke Gehrig’s record in this video from MLB.com: 9/6/95 – Ripken sets consecutive-games record.