 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ripken akarongerwa kuva mumiriri akasununguka mushure memwaka wa1997, asi pakutanga kwegore akabvuma kuwedzerwa kwemakore maviri neOrioles. Mukati memwaka, akatambura kukuvadzwa kwetsinga uko padzimwe nguva kwakamudzivisa kugara pabhenji. Zvisinei, haana kurasikirwa nemutambo uye akarova.270 aine 17 home runs uye 84 RBIs sezvo maOrioles zvakare akaita playoffs - panguva ino nekukunda AL East. Ripken akarova.438 sezvo maOrioles akakunda maMariners mumitambo mina muALDS. Akapfura.348 ndokurova homerun muALCS, asi Orioles yakawira kuCleveland mumitambo mitanhatu. 