Rick Taylor Nears Completion of 28-Year Cal Ripken Jr. Ticket Collection
Lifelong fan Rick Taylor is close to completing an ambitious 28-year project to collect a ticket stub from every single game of Cal Ripken Jr.'s record-setting 2,632-game "Iron Man" streak for the Baltimore Orioles, with only eight obscure road game…
Philadelphia, PA, October 23, 2026 —
Rick Taylor is close to completing a 28-year effort to collect a ticket stub from every game in Cal Ripken Jr.’s record-setting 2,632-game streak with the Baltimore Orioles. Eight tickets remain, all described as obscure road-game tickets.
The project centers on the full span of Ripken’s “Iron Man” streak. Taylor, described as a lifelong fan, has been collecting the stubs for nearly three decades. The available information does not identify when he began the project or provide details about how he found the tickets already in his collection.
The remaining eight stubs are the final pieces needed to complete the stated goal. Their specific games, dates, venues and opponents have not been provided, nor has information been given about why those tickets have been difficult to acquire. The prices paid for tickets in the collection, if any, are also unknown.
The project’s scale is defined by its game-by-game scope: Taylor is seeking a stub for every game in the 2,632-game streak, rather than a selection of notable games. The summary describes the streak as record-setting but does not provide further details about its dates or the circumstances surrounding it.
Taylor’s collection is not yet complete. No timetable for obtaining the remaining tickets or information about what he plans to do with the collection afterward has been provided. For now, the effort remains focused on locating the eight outstanding road-game stubs.
Story summarized from the original created by R.J. RICO on www.inquirer.com, see more information here.
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