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Believe it or not, Ken Griffey Jr. remains one of the highest-paid players on the Cincinnati Reds. We’re not kidding. Griffey signed a nine-year, $112.5 million contract with the Reds shortly ...
The play also inspired the title of the video game Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run for the Super NES. Griffey bats for the Mariners, 1997 In 1997, Griffey led the Mariners to the AL West crown and captured the American League Most Valuable Player Award , hitting .304 with 56 home runs and 147 runs batted in during 157 games. [ 14 ]
Kirby Puckett and Rickey Henderson signed the first contracts which paid an average of $3 million a year in November 1989. In 1990, Jose Canseco signed for 5 years and $23.5 million, making him the first player to earn an average of $4 million a year. It wasn't until 2010 when the MLB average salary rose above that same mark.
One of the most elite free agents in baseball history, thanks to his age, production similar to Hall of Famers like Ted Williams and Ken Griffey Jr. and an epic platform year in which he hit 41 ...
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 ...
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.
Throughout his 22-year MLB career, Ken Griffey Jr. did a lot of damage to opposing pitchers. Still, that doesn’t mean there weren’t a few guys who made it tough for “The Kid.” We spoke to ...
Seattle Mariners star Ken Griffey Jr., who led the American League with 40 home runs at the time of the strike, summed it up by saying, "We picked a bad season to have a good year." [24] Kevin Mitchell of the Cincinnati Reds, Julio Franco of the Chicago White Sox, and Shane Mack of the Minnesota Twins opted during the strike to play in Japan in ...