<prompt> Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ripken akatanga mwaka wa1996 zvishoma nezvishoma, asi kutamba kwake kwakavandudzika sezvo mwaka wakaenderera mberi. Musi wa14 Chikumi kuKauffman Stadium muKansas City vachipesana neRoyals, Ripken akaputsa rekodhi yenyika yemitambo yakateedzana yakatambwa nekutamba mu2,216 yake. Nhoroondo yacho yakanga yamboitwa naSachio Kinugasa wokuJapan. Kinugasa akanga ari pamutambo wacho kuti aone Ripken achipwanya rekodhi yake. Musi waChikunguru 15, Ripken akaendeswa kunzvimbo yechitatu semuedzo, naManny Alexander achitora chinzvimbo chepfupi. Akaudzwa kuti kuchinja kwacho kwaizova kwechigarire asi akadzoserwa kunhandare pfupi pashure pokunge Alexander awana hit imwe mumitambo yake mitanhatu pa shortstop. Ripken akaonekwa mumitambo 163 mumwaka wenguva dzose muna 1996, achirova.278 aine 26 kumba, 102 RBIs, uye.980 fielding muzana pa shortstop. Akadzokera kuma playoffs kokutanga mumakore gumi nematatu sezvo maOrioles akakunda AL Wild Card. Mu AL Division Series, Baltimore yakakunda Cleveland mumitambo mina, naRipken achirova.444 mumutambo. Avhareji yake yakaderera kusvika ku.250 muALCS  <response>: sezvo maOrioles akakundwa mumitambo mishanu nemaYankees. 