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Ken Griffey Jr. during his final plate appearance of the 2009 season. Griffey went 1-for-3 with a home run in his regular-season debut on April against the Minnesota Twins . [ 92 ] The home run was Griffey's eighth Opening Day home run; [ 92 ] as of 2013, he is tied with Frank Robinson and Adam Dunn for first place in this category.
Dozens of father-and-son combinations have played or managed in Major League Baseball (MLB).. The first was Jack Doscher, son of Herm Doscher, who made his debut in 1903.. Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr. became the first father-and-son duo to play in MLB at the same time, in 1989 when Ken Jr. was called up by the Seattle Mariners while Ken Sr. was playing with the Cincinnati Reds.
Ken's father, Joseph "Buddy" Griffey, was a local athlete who was a teammate of Stan Musial on the Donora High School baseball team. [24] The Griffeys (Ken Sr. and Ken Jr.) became the first father-and-son tandem to play on the same Major League Baseball team at the same time.
Griffey was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2016 after a 22-year big league career spent mostly with the Seattle Mariners and Cincinnati Reds. He was a 13-time All-Star and hit 630 home runs, which ...
Hall of Fame baseball player Ken Griffey Jr. said he will attend the LA Lakers’ season opener with his father in the hopes of seeing LeBron James and son Bronny make the same history Griffey ...
In 1989, Griffey Jr. hit a home run in his first-ever plate appearance at the Kingdome on April 10. On June 27, 1999, Griffey Jr. hit the last home run ever at the Kingdome against the Texas Rangers. [114] The Mariners played 1,755 games at the Kingdome, compiling an overall home record of 852–903 (.485) during their 22½-season tenure there ...
Ken Griffey Jr. will lead the 33-car field to the green flag as pace car driver for the 108th Indianapolis 500. Indianapolis Motor Speedway names Ken Griffey Jr. as 2024 Indy 500 pace car driver ...
Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run; Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey Jr. Ken Griffey Jr.'s Slugfest; Entries in the MLB: The Show series have included a "Retro Mode" the emulates the gameplay of Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball, complete with music and sound effects in the vein of the game and commentary from Griffey.