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Ken Griffey Jr.

Hall of Fame outfielder with 630 home runs and 10 Gold Gloves.

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Griffey was born in Donora, Pennsylvania, and his family moved to Cincinnati when his father, Ken Griffey Sr., debuted for the Reds in 1973.[1] In his first 11 seasons with Seattle, Griffey amassed 1,752 hits, 398 home runs, and 1,152 RBI.[2] Griffey hit his 600th career home run on June 9, 2008, off Florida Marlins pitcher Mark Hendrickson.[3] In the 1987 MLB draft, the Seattle Mariners chose Griffey as the very first pick.[4]

After that trade, Griffey agreed to a contract with the Reds worth $112.5 million over nine years.[5]

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An ESPN report from December 1999 stated that the New York Mets had a trade in place for Griffey, but he rejected it because he grew up in Cincinnati and wanted to play there.[6] The same report noted that Griffey's agent said if he could not go to Cincinnati, he would return to Seattle for the final year of his contract.[6] A Baseball Almanac record confirms that Griffey is tied with Don Mattingly and Dale Long for the most consecutive games with a home run (eight).[7][8]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Ken Griffey Jr." (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Griffey Jr., Ken", Baseball Hall of Fame; "Ken Griffey Sr.", Society for American Baseball Research (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Ken Griffey Jr." (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Steiner, "April 3, 1989: Ken Griffey Jr. makes major-league debut for Mariners", Society for American Baseball Research (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Ken Griffey Jr." (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Utley continues hot streak vs. Cincy as Phils pound Reds", ESPN, April 5, 2008 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Ken Griffey Jr." (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "1st Round of the 1987 MLB June Amateur Draft", Baseball-Reference.com; "Ken Griffey Minor Leagues Statistics & History", Baseball-Reference.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Ken Griffey Jr." (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Griffey Dealt to Reds in Five Player Deal", CNN, February 12, 2000; "Griffey rejects Mariners' trade with Mets", ESPN, December 14, 1999; Clair, "What if Griffey had accepted that trade to the Mets?", MLB.com, April 6, 2020; "Griffey rejects Mariners' trade with Mets", ESPN, December 14, 1999 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  6. "Griffey rejects Mariners' trade with Mets", ESPN, December 14, 1999. facts only, no text reused. espn.com
  7. "Consecutive Home Run Records by Baseball Almanac", Baseball Almanac. facts only, no text reused. baseball-almanac.com
  8. Wikipedia, "Ken Griffey Jr." (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Consecutive Home Run Records by Baseball Almanac", Baseball Almanac (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org

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