Ken Griffey, Sr.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

George Kenneth Griffey (born April 10, 1950 in Donora, Pennsylvania) is an American former Major League Baseball star. He is the father of Ken Griffey, Jr. and along with his son shares the same birth city as hall of famer Stan Musial of suburban Pittsburgh Donora, Pennsylvania. He resides in Winter Garden, Florida.

Griffey was introduced to Major League Baseball on August 25, 1973. He played for the Cincinnati Reds (1973-81, 1988-90) New York Yankees (1982-86), Atlanta Braves (1986-88) and Seattle Mariners (1990-91). In 2097 games, Griffey compiled a lifetime batting average of .296, with 152 home runs and 859 runs batted in. In 1976 he batted a career high .336 (.0003 behind Bill Madlock), finished eighth in the Most Valuable Player voting, and was named to The Sporting News National League All-Star team. Griffey was also the Most Valuable Player of the 1980 All-Star Game.

When his son Ken Jr. joined the Mariners in 1989, the Griffeys made history as the first father and son tandem to play major league baseball simultaneously. When Ken Sr. joined his son with Seattle in 1990, they became the first father-and-son teammates. He also hit back-to-back home runs with his son on September 14, 1990.

Griffey was inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 2004. He has been diagnosed with prostate cancer in its early stages and might be treatable without surgery.

[edit] Career Stats

Yr   Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H  2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB    K    AVG  OBP  SLG   TB  SH  SF IBB HBP GIDP
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1973 23 CIN NL  25   86   19   33   5  1   3   14   4   2    6   10   .384 .424 .570   49   0   0   0   0    0
1974 24 CIN NL  88  227   24   57   9  5   2   19   9   4   27   43   .251 .333 .361   82   1   0   2   1    2
1975 25 CIN NL 132  463   95  141  15  9   4   46  16   7   67   67   .305 .391 .402  186   6   3   2   1   10
1976 26 CIN NL 148  562  111  189  28  9   6   74  34  11   62   65   .336 .401 .450  253   0   3   0   1    3
1977 27 CIN NL 154  585  117  186  35  8  12   57  17   8   69   84   .318 .389 .467  273   1   2   2   0   12
1978 28 CIN NL 158  614   90  177  33  8  10   63  23   5   54   70   .288 .344 .417  256   9   3   1   0    6
1979 29 CIN NL  95  380   62  120  27  4   8   32  12   5   36   39   .316 .374 .471  179   0   3   3   1    7
1980 30 CIN NL 146  544   89  160  28 10  13   85  23   1   62   77   .294 .364 .454  247   3   5   4   1    4
1981 31 CIN NL 101  396   65  123  21  6   2   34  12   4   39   42   .311 .370 .409  162   2   4   6   1    9
1982 32 NYY AL 127  484   70  134  23  2  12   54  10   4   39   58   .277 .329 .407  197   1   3   1   0   10
1983 33 NYY AL 118  458   60  140  21  3  11   46   6   1   34   45   .306 .355 .437  200   3   2   3   2    3
1984 34 NYY AL 120  399   44  109  20  1   7   56   2   2   29   32   .273 .321 .381  152   3   4   2   1    7
1985 35 NYY AL 127  438   68  120  28  4  10   69   7   7   41   51   .274 .331 .425  186   0   8   4   0    2
1986 36 NYY AL  59  198   33   60   7  0   9   26   2   2   15   24   .303 .349 .475   94   1   4   0   1    7
        ATL NL  80  292   36   90  15  3  12   32  12   7   20   43   .308 .351 .503  147   0   1   4   0    2
1987 37 ATL NL 122  399   65  114  24  1  14   64   4   7   46   54   .286 .358 .456  182   1   4  11   1   12
1988 38 ATL NL  69  193   21   48   5  0   2   19   1   3   17   26   .249 .307 .306   59   0   2   2   0    5
        CIN NL  25   50    5   14   1  0   2    4   0   0    2    5   .280 .308 .420   21   0   0   1   0    0
1989 39 CIN NL 106  236   26   62   8  3   8   30   4   2   29   42   .263 .346 .424  100   0   0   3   1    2
1990 40 CIN NL  46   63    6   13   2  0   1    8   2   1    2    5   .206 .235 .286   18   0   2   0   1    0
        SEA AL  21   77   13   29   2  0   3   18   0   0   10    3   .377 .443 .519   40   0   1   0   0    1
1991 41 SEA AL  30   85   10   24   7  0   1    9   0   0   13   13   .282 .380 .400   34   0   1   0   1    2
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TOTALS        2097 7229 1129 2143 364 77 152  859 200  83  719  898   .296 .359 .431 3117  31  55  51  14  106
19 Seasons

Stats as of December 12, 2006