Ken Griffey, Jr. Stats

Ken Griffey, Jr. was born on Friday, November 21, 1969, in Donora, Pennsylvania. Griffey, Jr. was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 3, 1989, with the Seattle Mariners. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Ken Griffey, Jr. baseball stats page.

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"Well, my dad (Ken Griffey) taught me that there's three parts. There's hitting, there's defense, and there's baserunning. And as long as you keep those three separated, you're going to be a good player. I mean, you can't take your defense on the bases, you can't take your hitting to the field, and you can't take your baserunning at the plate. But defense, is number one." - Griffey Jr., Ken. ESPN Network. Behind The Lines Interview. 13 April 2008. [Ken Griffey, Jr. Quotes]

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Ken Griffey, Jr. Autograph on a 1992 Topps Stadium Club Baseball Card (#400)

Ken Griffey, Jr. Autograph on a 1992 Topps Stadium Club Baseball Card (#400)

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Birth Name:   George Kenneth Griffey, Jr.
Nickname:   Junior or Ken or The Kid
Born On:   11-21-1969  (Scorpio)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Donora, Pennsylvania
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Archbishop Moeller High School (Cincinnati, OH)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   230
First Game:   04-03-1989 (Age 19)
Last Game:   05-31-2010
Draft:   1987 : 1st Round (1st) / Signing Bonus = $160,000

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Ken Griffey, Jr. Pitching Stats

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Ken Griffey, Jr. Hitting Stats

1989 20 Mariners 127 455 61 120 23 0 16 0 61 44 8 83 1 4 2 4 .264 .329 .420
1990 21 Mariners 155 597 91 179 28 7 22 0 80 63 12 81 0 4 2 12 .300 .366 .481
1991 22 Mariners 154 548 76 179 42 1 22 3 100 71 21 82 4 9 1 10 .327 .399 .527
1992 23 Mariners 142 565 83 174 39 4 27 1 103 44 15 67 0 3 5 15 .308 .361 .535
1993 24 Mariners 156 582 113 180 38 3 45 1 109 96 25 91 0 7 6 14 .309 .408 .617
1994 25 Mariners 111 433 94 140 24 4 40 2 90 56 19 73 0 2 2 9 .323 .402 .674
1995 26 Mariners 72 260 52 67 7 0 17 1 42 52 6 53 0 2 0 4 .258 .379 .481
1996 27 Mariners 140 545 125 165 26 2 49 0 140 78 13 104 1 7 7 7 .303 .392 .628
1997 28 Mariners 157 608 125 185 34 3 56 1 147 76 23 121 0 12 8 12 .304 .382 .646
1998 29 Mariners 161 633 120 180 33 3 56 1 146 76 11 121 0 4 7 14 .284 .365 .611
1999 30 Mariners 160 606 123 173 26 3 48 2 134 91 17 108 0 2 7 8 .285 .384 .576
2000 31 Reds 145 520 100 141 22 3 40 2 118 94 17 117 0 8 9 7 .271 .387 .556
2001 32 Reds 111 364 57 104 20 2 22 0 65 44 6 72 1 4 4 8 .286 .365 .533
2002 33 Reds 70 197 17 52 8 0 8 0 23 28 6 39 0 4 3 6 .264 .358 .426
2003 34 Reds 53 166 34 41 12 1 13 0 26 27 5 44 1 1 6 3 .247 .370 .566
2004 35 Reds 83 300 49 76 18 0 20 0 60 44 3 67 0 2 2 8 .253 .351 .513
2005 36 Reds 128 491 85 148 30 0 35 0 92 54 3 93 0 7 3 9 .301 .369 .576
2006 37 Reds 109 428 62 108 19 0 27 1 72 39 6 78 0 3 2 13 .252 .316 .486
2007 38 Reds 144 528 78 146 24 1 30 0 93 85 14 99 0 9 1 14 .277 .372 .496
2008 39 Reds 102 359 51 88 20 1 15 0 53 61 13 64 0 3 2 7 .245 .355 .432
2008 39 White Sox 41 131 16 34 10 0 3 0 18 17 1 25 0 1 1 6 .260 .347 .405
2009 40 Mariners 117 387 44 83 19 0 19 0 57 63 2 80 0 3 1 6 .214 .324 .411
2010 41 Mariners 33 98 6 18 2 0 0 0 7 9 0 17 0 1 0 3 .184 .250 .204
22 Years 2,671 9,801 1,662 2,781 524 38 630 15 1,836 1,312 246 1,779 8 102 81 199 .284 .370 .538

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Ken Griffey, Jr. Fielding Stats

1989 Mariners CF 127 120 3,171 325 2.6 315 304 11 10 6 n/a n/a n/a .969 2.68
1990 Mariners CF 151 150 3,996 345 2.3 338 330 8 7 1 n/a n/a n/a .980 2.28
1991 Mariners CF 152 145 3,813 380 2.5 376 361 15 4 4 n/a n/a n/a .989 2.66
1992 Mariners CF 137 136 3,561 367 2.7 366 358 8 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .997 2.78
1993 Mariners 1B 1 0 3 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
1993 Mariners CF 139 137 3,624 324 2.3 321 313 8 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .991 2.39
1994 Mariners CF 103 102 2,586 240 2.3 236 224 12 4 3 n/a n/a n/a .983 2.46
1994 Mariners RF 1 0 18 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1995 Mariners CF 70 69 1,788 196 2.8 194 189 5 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .990 2.93
1996 Mariners CF 137 134 3,519 393 2.9 389 379 10 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .990 2.98
1997 Mariners CF 153 153 3,990 403 2.6 397 388 9 6 3 n/a n/a n/a .985 2.69
1997 Mariners LF 1 0 6 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
1998 Mariners 1B 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1998 Mariners CF 158 158 4,032 428 2.7 423 412 11 5 3 n/a n/a n/a .988 2.83
1998 Mariners LF 1 0 9 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1998 Mariners RF 1 0 6 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
1999 Mariners CF 158 154 3,957 405 2.6 396 386 10 9 5 n/a n/a n/a .978 2.70
2000 Reds CF 141 141 3,682 390 2.8 385 376 9 5 3 n/a n/a n/a .987 2.82
2001 Reds CF 90 90 2,271 199 2.2 196 195 1 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .985 2.33
2002 Reds CF 54 50 1,271 101 1.9 98 94 4 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .970 2.08
2002 Reds LF 1 1 24 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.13
2002 Reds RF 1 0 12 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
2003 Reds CF 43 43 1,067 93 2.2 92 89 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .989 2.33
2004 Reds CF 76 76 1,969 178 2.3 177 173 4 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .994 2.43
2004 Reds RF 1 1 12 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
2005 Reds CF 124 124 3,198 294 2.4 291 285 6 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .990 2.46
2006 Reds CF 100 100 2,610 240 2.4 235 229 6 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .979 2.43
2007 Reds RF 133 131 3,489 304 2.3 296 291 5 8 2 n/a n/a n/a .974 2.29
2008 Reds RF 90 89 2,265 168 1.9 163 156 7 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .970 1.94
2008 White Sox CF 32 32 729 63 2.0 63 62 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.33
2008 White Sox RF 1 1 24 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.13
2009 Mariners LF 8 8 180 9 1.1 9 9 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.35
2009 Mariners RF 3 3 69 4 1.3 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.57
CF Totals 2,145 2,114 54,834 5,364 2.5 5,288 5,147 141 76 41 n/a n/a n/a .986 2.60
RF Totals 231 225 5,895 481 2.1 468 456 12 13 2 n/a n/a n/a .973 2.14
LF Totals 11 9 219 11 1.0 11 11 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.36
1B Totals 2 0 6 1 0.5 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
21 Years 2,389 2,348 60,954 5,857 2.5 5,768 5,615 153 89 43 n/a n/a n/a .985 2.55

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Ken Griffey, Jr. Miscellaneous Stats

1989 Mariners 16 7 .696 3 1 0 28.4 5.5 7.5 - - -
1990 Mariners 16 11 .593 3 0 2 27.1 7.4 7.5 - - -
1991 Mariners 18 6 .750 6 0 1 24.9 6.7 5.5 - - -
1992 Mariners 10 5 .667 3 0 3 20.9 8.4 5.5 - - -
1993 Mariners 17 9 .654 0 0 19 12.9 6.4 5.3 - - -
1994 Mariners 11 3 .786 0 0 9 10.8 5.9 4.8 - - -
1995 Mariners 4 2 .667 0 0 2 15.3 4.9 6.2 - - -
1996 Mariners 16 1 .941 0 0 5 11.1 5.2 3.9 - - -
1997 Mariners 15 4 .789 0 0 4 10.9 5.0 4.1 - - -
1998 Mariners 20 5 .800 0 0 3 11.3 5.2 4.3 - - -
1999 Mariners 24 7 .774 0 0 6 12.6 5.6 4.5 - - -
2000 Reds 6 4 .600 4 0 0 13.0 4.4 4.4 - - -
2001 Reds 2 0 1.000 19 0 2 16.5 5.1 5.6 - - -
2002 Reds 1 2 .333 19 0 0 24.6 5.1 8.6 - - -
2003 Reds 1 0 1.000 14 0 3 12.8 3.8 6.4 - - -
2004 Reds 1 0 1.000 10 0 1 15.0 4.5 5.0 - - -
2005 Reds 0 1 .000 2 0 0 14.0 5.3 5.3 - - -
2006 Reds 0 0 .000 6 0 0 15.9 5.5 5.9 - - -
2007 Reds 6 1 .857 9 0 0 17.6 5.3 5.7 - - -
2008 Reds 0 1 .000 5 0 0 23.9 5.6 6.8 - - -
2008 White Sox 0 0 .000 2 0 0 43.7 5.2 7.3 - - -
2009 Mariners 0 0 .000 15 0 0 20.4 4.8 6.8 - - -
2010 Mariners 0 0 .000 8 0 0 0.0 5.8 14.0 - - -
22 Years 184 69 .727 128 1 60 15.6 5.5 5.3 - - -

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Ken Griffey, Jr. Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1989 Seattle Mariners 24 $68,000.00 - -
1990 Seattle Mariners 24 $180,000.00 Stats -
1991 Seattle Mariners 24 $700,000.00 Stats -
1992 Seattle Mariners 24 $2,025,000.00 Stats -
1993 Seattle Mariners 24 $4,150,000.00 Stats -
1994 Seattle Mariners 24 $5,100,000.00 Stats n/a
1995 Seattle Mariners 24 $7,600,000.00 Stats -
1996 Seattle Mariners 24 $7,650,000.00 Stats -
1997 Seattle Mariners 24 $7,885,532.00 Stats -
1998 Seattle Mariners 24 $8,153,667.00 Stats -
1999 Seattle Mariners 24 $8,760,532.00 Stats -
2000 Cincinnati Reds 30 $9,329,700.00 Stats -
2001 Cincinnati Reds 30 $12,500,000.00 - -
2002 Cincinnati Reds 30 $8,557,223.00 - -
2003 Cincinnati Reds 30 $10,174,110.00 - -
2004 Cincinnati Reds 30 $9,142,608.00 Stats -
2005 Cincinnati Reds 30 $10,365,692.00 - -
2006 Cincinnati Reds 3 $9,044,182.00 - -
2007 Cincinnati Reds 3 $8,446,647.00 Stats -
2008 Cincinnati Reds 3 $8,282,695.00 - -
2008 Chicago White Sox 17 "     "     - -
2009 Seattle Mariners 24 $2,000,000.00 - -
2010 Seattle Mariners 24 $2,350,000.00 - -

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George Kenneth Griffey Jr. was a Major League Baseball player with the Seattle Mariners (1989-1999), Cincinnati Reds (2008-2008), Chicago White Sox (2008), and Seattle Mariners (2010-2010). Ken, his nickname, was easily one of the most prolific sluggers in baseball history, hitting 630 home runs across his legendary Hall of Fame career [Top 1,000] — The Kid's swing was so smooth and sweet, hitting home runs appeared effortless.

Ken Griffey, Jr. Rookie Card | Baseball Almanac

Ken Griffey, Jr. Rookie Card | 1989 Upper Deck Baseball Card (#1 | Checklist)
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1: Upper Deck received its first license, Major League Baseball, to produce sports cards on December 23, 1988. The first Upper Deck set they produced was the iconic 1989 Upper Deck 800-card set, and the first card in that first set, none other than Griffey Jr., Ken! [Pictured Above]

8: Several of Junior's 630 homers were historic, but eight of them once came in eight consecutive games, tying an incredibly rare Major League record matched previously by Dale Long (1956) and Don Mattingly (1987). [Consecutive Home Run Records]

10: Al Kaline won an American League (AL) record setting ten Gold Glove Awards in the outfield. Junior tied that still-standing AL mark in 1999, but took it one step further, winning all ten of his Gold Gloves consecutively!

11: In 1999, eleven years before Junior retired, Major League Baseball released an All Century Team, and The Kid was one-of-eleven outfielders who made the legendary list!

29: When Junior stepped to the plate on April 5, 2010, he became the twenty-ninth player in baseball history to take the field in a major league record-tying four different decades (1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s). [4 Decade Players]

30: Junior switched to #30 after getting traded to the Reds in 2000, because #24 had already been retired, for Tony Perez. His new number was just as special, it was worn by his father when he played in Cincinnati and Seattle!

42: Junior reversed his number 24, to forty-two on April 15, 1997, to honor Jackie Robinson. Ken met with Commissioner Bud Selig and suggested all players should wear it on Jackie Robinson Day as well, and two years later, a new tradition officially started.

50: On the fiftieth anniversary of the Gold Glove Awards, Rawlings celebrated by selecting the Best Defensive Team in Baseball History, Junior was one-of-the-nine!

51: Junior and his father, Ken Griffey, played on the same team at the same time in 1990, and 1991, appearing together in fifty-one regular season games. The father-and-son duo were the first to ever play together, as well as the first to hit back-to-back home runs (September 14, 1990). Trivia Time! Who was the pitcher that surrendered the historic home runs? [Answer]

2143: Junior collected his 2,143rd career hit on June 20, 2004, tying his dad. Griffey (Sr.) was in the stands that day watching his son play, on Father's Day, and not only did he get to observe that special hit, it was also the 500th career home run of The Kid's career!

Did you know that when Ken Griffey, Jr. was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, on January 6, 2016, his name appeared on the highest percentage (99.32%) of ballots in Hall of Fame history, more than any previous hall of famer had ever received? Do you know who is second? [Answer]

Did you know that Ken Griffey, Jr. was the first player, since the amateur baseball draft began in 1965, sent to Cooperstown, who was also taken first overall in the draft [1987 Baseball Draft]?

Ken Griffey, Jr. Hall of Fame Plaque | Baseball Almanac

Ken Griffey, Jr. | National Baseball Hall of Fame Plaque | Class of 2016 (HOF)

Besides being former major leaguers, do you know what Adam Dunn, Frank Robinson, and Ken Griffey, Jr. have in common? They are the only three players to hit a home run, in an Opening Day game, eight different times! [Opening Day Home Run Records]