Ryan Minor, a former Orioles and Expos infielder greatest identified for changing Cal Ripken Jr. in 1998 to snap his document streak, has died at 49 after a battle with colon most cancers, the group introduced Friday.

“Our ideas and prayers are with Ryan’s household and buddies at the moment,” the Orioles stated in a press release.

Minor was a two-sport star in highschool and was drafted by the Orioles within the fifteenth spherical of the 1992 draft. He as a substitute selected to attend the College of Oklahoma, the place he performed each basketball and baseball there. In basketball, he was an All-American and twice led the Large Eight in factors per sport. He was the 1995 Large Eight participant of the 12 months. On the diamond, he was named to the All-Match group as Oklahoma gained the Faculty World Collection. He was taken after his junior 12 months within the seventh spherical by the Mets, however selected to remain at school for his senior 12 months. 

Out of school, Minor was chosen within the second spherical within the 1996 NBA draft by the 76ers and the thirty third spherical by the Orioles within the MLB draft. He tried his hand with basketball and appeared in a number of preseason video games with Philadelphia earlier than being launched. He additionally appeared in a greater than 30 Continental Basketball Affiliation video games earlier than leaving for Orioles’ spring coaching. 

Minor made his major-league debut in 1998 and that is the place his declare to fame occurred. He was the starter for the Orioles instead of Cal Ripken Jr. on Sept. 20, 1998, which snapped Ripken’s MLB-record consecutive video games streak at 2,632. Minor went 1 for 4 within the sport. 

Minor would seem in 87 video games over the course of three seasons for the Orioles after which 55 video games for the Expos in 2001. 

After retiring from his taking part in profession, Minor had a prolonged profession teaching and managing in minor-league baseball within the Orioles’ system after which the Tigers’.