Ken Griffey

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 190lb (180cm, 86kg)

Born: April 10, 1950 in Donora, PA us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 29th round of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from Donora HS (Donora, PA).

High School: Donora HS (Donora, PA)

Debut: August 25, 1973 (Age 23-137d, 13,418th in major league history)
vs. STL 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 31, 1991 (Age 41-051d)
vs. TEX 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Agents: Tom Reich

Full Name: George Kenneth Griffey

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Relatives: Father of Ken Griffey Jr.

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

34.5

7229

2143

152

.296

1129

RBI

859

200

OBP

.359

SLG

.431

OPS

.790

OPS+

118

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1969	19	CIN-min	Rk	49	174	153	22	43	11	1	1	12	11	2	18	35	.281	.358	.386	.744		59		1	1	1			RDL · GULF
1970	20	CIN-min	A-	51	192	164	20	40	2	1	2	24	10	7	23	41	.244	.337	.305	.642		50		1	2	2			SXF · NORL
1971	21	CIN-min	A,AA	97	369	313	61	109	8	13	3	37	29	11	44	64	.348	.425	.486	.911		152		1	7	4			TAM,TRV · FLOR,EL
1972	22	CIN-min	AA	128	540	472	96	150	21	3	14	52	31	3	55	97	.318	.393	.464	.857		219		5	6	2			TRV · EL
1973	23	CIN-min	AAA	107	463	397	88	130	18	5	10	58	43	12	51	84	.327	.403	.474	.876		188		3	6	6			INA · AA
1973	23	CIN	NL	25	92	86	19	33	5	1	3	14	4	2	6	10	.384	.424	.570	.994	180	49	0	0	0	0	0	9/H
1974	24	CIN-min	AAA	43	186	162	34	54	6	4	5	18	12	2	18	26	.333	.408	.512	.920		83		3	2	1			INA · AA
1974	24	CIN	NL	88	256	227	24	57	9	5	2	19	9	4	27	43	.251	.333	.361	.695	96	82	2	1	1	0	2	9H/7
1975	25	CIN	NL	132	540	463	95	141	15	9	4	46	16	7	67	67	.305	.391	.402	.793	119	186	10	1	6	3	2	*9H
1976	26	CIN	NL	148	628	562	111	189	28	9	6	74	34	11	62	65	.336	.401	.450	.851	140	253	3	1	0	3	0	*9H	AS,MVP-8
1977	27	CIN	NL	154	657	585	117	186	35	8	12	57	17	8	69	84	.318	.389	.467	.855	127	273	12	0	1	2	2	*9H	AS
1978	28	CIN	NL	158	680	614	90	177	33	8	10	63	23	5	54	70	.288	.344	.417	.761	113	256	6	0	9	3	1	*98/H
1979	29	CIN	NL	95	420	380	62	120	27	4	8	32	12	5	36	39	.316	.374	.471	.845	129	179	7	1	0	3	3	9/8H
1980	30	CIN	NL	146	615	544	89	160	28	10	13	85	23	1	62	77	.294	.364	.454	.818	127	247	4	1	3	5	4	*9/H8	AS,MVP-22
1981	31	CIN	NL	101	442	396	65	123	21	6	2	34	12	4	39	42	.311	.370	.409	.780	120	162	9	1	2	4	6	*8/H9
1982	32	NYY	AL	127	528	484	70	134	23	2	12	54	10	4	39	58	.277	.329	.407	.736	103	197	10	0	1	3	1	*98H
1983	33	NYY	AL	118	499	458	60	140	21	3	11	46	6	1	34	45	.306	.355	.437	.792	121	200	3	2	3	2	3	38/HD79
1984	34	NYY	AL	120	436	399	44	109	20	1	7	56	2	2	29	32	.273	.321	.381	.702	98	152	7	1	3	4	2	783H/9D
1985	35	NYY	AL	127	487	438	68	120	28	4	10	69	7	7	41	51	.274	.331	.425	.755	108	186	2	0	0	8	4	*7H/D839
1986	36	TOT	MLB	139	532	490	69	150	22	3	21	58	14	9	35	67	.306	.350	.492	.842	127	241	9	1	1	5	4	*7H/8D39
1986	36	NYY	AL	59	219	198	33	60	7	0	9	26	2	2	15	24	.303	.349	.475	.823	123	94	7	1	1	4	0	7H/8D9
1986	36	ATL	NL	80	313	292	36	90	15	3	12	32	12	7	20	43	.308	.351	.503	.855	129	147	2	0	0	1	4	7/H3
1987	37	ATL	NL	122	451	399	65	114	24	1	14	64	4	7	46	54	.286	.358	.456	.814	111	182	12	1	1	4	11	7H/38
1988	38	TOT	NL	94	264	243	26	62	6	0	4	23	1	3	19	31	.255	.307	.329	.636	80	80	5	0	0	2	3	7H3/9
1988	38	ATL	NL	69	212	193	21	48	5	0	2	19	1	3	17	26	.249	.307	.306	.612	74	59	5	0	0	2	2	7H3/9
1988	38	CIN	NL	25	52	50	5	14	1	0	2	4	0	0	2	5	.280	.308	.420	.728	104	21	0	0	0	0	1	H3
1989	39	CIN	NL	106	266	236	26	62	8	3	8	30	4	2	29	42	.263	.346	.424	.770	116	100	2	1	0	0	3	7H/39
1990	40	TOT	MLB	67	156	140	19	42	4	0	4	26	2	1	12	8	.300	.353	.414	.767	111	58	1	1	0	3	0	H7/39
1990	40	CIN	NL	46	68	63	6	13	2	0	1	8	2	1	2	5	.206	.235	.286	.521	40	18	0	1	0	2	0	H/379
1990	40	SEA	AL	21	88	77	13	29	2	0	3	18	0	0	10	3	.377	.443	.519	.963	169	40	1	0	0	1	0	7/H
1991	41	SEA	AL	30	100	85	10	24	7	0	1	9	0	0	13	13	.282	.380	.400	.780	117	34	2	1	0	1	0	7/HD
19 Yrs				2097	8049	7229	1129	2143	364	77	152	859	200	83	719	898	.296	.359	.431	.790	118	3117	106	14	31	55	51
162 Game Avg.				162	622	558	87	166	28	6	12	66	15	6	56	69	.296	.359	.431	.790	118	241	8	1	2	4	4
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
CIN (12 yrs)				1224	4716	4206	709	1275	212	63	71	466	156	50	455	549	.303	.370	.434	.804	123	1826	55	8	22	25	24
NYY (5 yrs)				551	2169	1977	275	563	99	10	49	251	27	16	158	210	.285	.336	.419	.755	109	829	29	4	8	21	10
ATL (3 yrs)				271	976	884	122	252	44	4	28	115	17	17	83	123	.285	.345	.439	.784	109	388	19	1	1	7	17
SEA (2 yrs)				51	188	162	23	53	9	0	4	27	0	0	23	16	.327	.410	.457	.866	142	74	3	1	0	2	0

NL (14 yrs)				1495	5692	5090	831	1527	256	67	99	581	173	67	538	672	.300	.366	.435	.801	120	2214	74	9	23	32	41
AL (7 yrs)				602	2357	2139	298	616	108	10	53	278	27	16	181	226	.288	.342	.422	.764	112	903	32	5	8	23	10

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