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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.
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 ...
Ken Griffey Jr. is making good on his pledge to support LeBron and Bronny James! The retired Hall of Fame slugger plans to be in attendance on opening night of the NBA season on Tuesday, Oct. 22 ...
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 ...
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 Griffey Jr. and the Cincinnati Reds have reason to celebrate today, as well. The last payment of a similar deferral of $57.5M over 16 years comes to an end with a check for $3,593,750.
No first overall pick was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame until 2016, when Ken Griffey Jr. was inducted with a record 99.3 percent of votes cast. [6] Griffey has since been joined by three other top picks: Chipper Jones , inducted in 2018 ; [ 7 ] Harold Baines , elected in December 2018 and inducted in July 2019 , [ 8 ] and Joe ...
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 ...