San Francisco, CA (My Sportsbook) - The ironman streak of Cal Ripken Jr. playing in 2,131 straight games was voted as Major League Baseball's most memorable moment.

A ceremony was held prior to Game 4 of the World Series Wednesday night at Pac Bell Park to detail the top 10 moments as voted for three months by fans. Actors Billy Crystal, Andy Garcia and Ray Liotta hosted the on-field ceremony.

Ripken's moment, which came on September 6, 1995, when he broke Lou Gehrig's 56-year-old consecutive-game streak, beat out other known moments such as Kirk Gibson's dramatic pinch-hit homer in the 1988 World Series, Pete Rose passing Ty Cobb as the all-time hit leader, and Hank Aaron's 715th homer.

Ripken's streak received 282,821 votes, out of more than 1.1 million cast. The streak started on May 30, 1982 and ended on September 20, 1998 when Ripken sat himself down for Baltimore's final home game of the season.

Aaron's 715th homer, breaking Babe Ruth's all-time home run record in 1974, was No. 2 in the voting with 275,451 votes. Jackie Robinson becoming the first African-American to play in the majors in 1947 was voted as the third most memorable moment.

The home run chase by Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa to beat Roger Maris' single- season home run record in 1998 was fourth in the voting, followed by Gehrig's farewell speech in Yankee Stadium in 1939.

Pete Rose breaking Cobb's all-time career hits record in 1985 was sixth, followed by Ted Williams becoming the last player to hit above .400 in 1941, and Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak in 1941. Gibson's homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to win Game 1 of the 1988 World Series was ninth in the voting, and Nolan Ryan's seventh career no-hitter in 1991 was 10th.

Rose, who has been banned by Major League Baseball for his gambling activities, received a standing ovation in a rare appearance at a major league stadium. He came out in a suit and tipped his Cincinnati Reds hat in appreciation of the cheers from the capacity crowd at Pac Bell.

McGwire, Aaron, Ripken, and Gibson also came out to cheers.

Bobby Thompson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World" in a 1951 postseason game to lift the New York Giants past Brooklyn into the World Series was not on the top 10 list. Neither was Willie Mays' over-the-shoulder catch in the 1954 World Series against Cleveland.

Voting took place in all 30 Major League Baseball stadiums, on MLB's web site and throughout several magazines and other advertisers throughout the season.