Ken Griffey junior

George Kenneth Griffey Jr.
Ken Griffey Junior (2016)
Designated hitter , center fielder
Born: November 21, 1969 Donora, Pennsylvania, United States
Strikes: Left	Throws: Left
Debut in Major League Baseball
April 3,  1989  with the  Seattle Mariners
Last MLB assignment
May 31,  2010  at the Seattle Mariners
MLB statistics (until end of career)
Batting average	, 284
Hits	2,781
Runs	1,662
Home runs	630
RBI	1,836
Teams
Seattle Mariners (1989-1999) Cincinnati Reds (2000-2008) Chicago White Sox (2008) Seattle Mariners (2009-2010)
Awards
MLB Most Valuable Player Award 1997 All-Star Game 1990–1999 (AL), 2000, 2007 (NL), MVP 1992 Gold Glove 1990-1999 MLB Comeback Player of the Year 2005
member of
Baseball Hall of Fame
Recorded	January 6, 2016
Quota	99.32%
Last update: January 7th, 2016

George Kenneth "Ken" Griffey junior (born November 21, 1969 in Donora , Pennsylvania ) is a retired American baseball player . He played in Major League Baseball for over 21 years and was one of the most successful players, especially in the 1990s.

Career

Griffey began his MLB career in 1989 with the Seattle Mariners in the American League , a team that had only been founded in 1977 and had previously had little success. Thanks also to Griffey's achievements as a batter, the Mariners became a relatively strong team in the 1990s, winning the title in the West Division in 1995 and 1997. Four times he achieved an OPS value ( OBP plus SLG ) of more than 1,000 as a batsman.

His outstanding achievements led to numerous honors, from 1990 he won the Gold Glove every year for outstanding defensive performance and was also appointed to the All-Star Team of the American League every year . In 1997 he was also recognized as the best actor ( MVP ) of the AL.

In 2000, he moved to the Cincinnati Reds in the National League and thus to the city where he grew up. His performances remained good, but were no longer as outstanding as in Seattle. Griffey also had to struggle with injuries at times. In 2005, however, he was named MLB Comeback Player of the Year in the National League.

During the 2008 season, Griffey moved to the Chicago White Sox for 41 missions in order to strengthen them for the upcoming play-offs. For the 2009 season he returned to the Seattle Mariners after nine years and was there in 33 games in 2010. He ended his career on June 2, 2010.

His total of 630 home runs hit correspond to the fifth best performance of all players in MLB history. This made him the most successful still active player before his retirement. His other achievements include 9,801 at-bats and 1,779 strike-outs at 1,312 walks.

On January 6, 2016, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame , having previously received 99.32% of the vote, breaking the record of pitcher Tom Seaver who previously received 98.84% of the vote.

Video games

Because of its popularity, Nintendo produced a series of baseball video games in the 1990s that advertised Griffey's name. Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball was released for the Super Nintendo system in 1994 and for the Game Boy in 1997. In 1996, Rare produced Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run for the Super Nintendo system . Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey, Jr. for the Nintendo 64 , the series completed in 1998.

Web links

Commons : Ken Griffey, Jr.  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

• Player information and statistics from MLB  or  ESPN  or  Baseball Reference  or  Fangraphs  or  The Baseball Cube (English)
• Review of Griffey's career in the Washington encyclopedia HistoryLink (English)
• Ken Griffey junior in the Hall of Fame (English)

proof

1. ^ Griffey Jr. announces his retirement . In: MLB.com . June 2, 2010. Retrieved June 3, 2010.
2. ^ Griffey sets Hall vote mark; Piazza gets call . In: MLB.com . January 6, 2016. Accessed on January 7, 2016.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.