Ken Griffey Jr.

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ken Griffey Jr.
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Nov 21, 1969(1969-11-21)
Age	55
Birthplace	Donora
Country	United States
Birth City	Pennsylvania
Horoscope	Scorpio

Ken Griffey Jr. Biography

Ken Griffey Jr. is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on November 21, 1969 in Donora, Pennsylvania, United States. 13-time MLB All-Star and 1997 AL MVP who retired with 630 career home runs and is considered to be one of the best center fielders to ever play the game. He spent the first 11 years of his career with the Seattle Mariners, then his next nine injury-plagued years with the Cincinnati Reds.

He played alongside star shortstop Alex Rodriguez on the Seattle Mariners.

Griffey was born in Donora, Pennsylvania, on November 21, 1969. (He shares a birthday with another Donora native and Hall-of-Famer, Stan Musial.) His family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where his father, Ken Griffey Sr., played for the Cincinnati Reds, when Ken Jr. was six years old. Ken Jr. was in the clubhouse during his father’s back-to-back championships in the 1975 and 1976 World Series. As a young child, Ken Sr. would instill in his son the pride of a team accomplishment rather than the individual performance. “My dad would have bopped me on the head when I was a kid if I came home bragging about what I did on the field. He only wanted to know what the team did.” He attended Archbishop Moeller High School in Cincinnati (the same high school as his future teammate Barry Larkin), where he was the U.S high school baseball player of the year in 1987. Griffey hit .478 with 17 home runs in his two seasons of high school baseball.

George Kenneth Griffey Jr. (born November 21, 1969) nicknamed “Junior” and “the Kid”, is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played 22 years in Major League Baseball (MLB). He spent most of his career with the Seattle Mariners and Cincinnati Reds, along with a short stint with the Chicago White Sox. A member of the Baseball Hall of Fame and a 13-time All- Star, Griffey is one of the most prolific home run hitters in baseball history; his 630 home runs rank as the seventh-most in MLB history. Griffey was also an exceptional defender and won 10 Gold Glove Awards in center field. He is tied for the record of most consecutive games with a home run (eight, with Don Mattingly and Dale Long).

He has two sons, Trey Kenneth and Tevin Kendall, and a daughter, Taryn Kennedy, with his wife Melissa. Trey signed with the Colts in 2017.

Ken Griffey Jr. Net Worth

Ken Griffey Jr. is one of the richest Baseball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ken Griffey Jr. 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a highly sought-after baseball recruit coming out of Archbishop Moeller High School in Cincinnati, Ohio.

He won 4 American League home run titles, 10 gold gloves, and 7 silver slugger awards.

On July 30, Griffey hit his 608th career home run in his last game for the Reds.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Ken Griffey Jr. Dating?

According to our records, Ken Griffey Jr. married to Melissa Griffey. As of December 1, 2023, Ken Griffey Jr.’s is not dating anyone.

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In his 11 seasons with Seattle (1989–1999), Griffey established himself as one of the most prolific and exciting players of the era, racking up 1,752 hits, 398 home runs, 1,152 RBI, and 167 stolen bases. He led the American League in home runs for four seasons (1994, 1997, 1998, and 1999), was voted the A.L. MVP in 1997, and maintained a .297 career batting average. In his first major league at-bat, he doubled.

Facts & Trivia

Ken Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Ken Griffey Jr. celebrates birthday on November 21 of every year.

In 1990 and 1991, Griffey and his father became the first son and father to play on the same team at the same time. In his father’s first game as a Mariner, on August 31, 1990, the pair hit back-to-back singles in the first inning and both scored. On September 14, the pair hit back-to-back home runs in the top of the first off California Angels pitcher Kirk McCaskill, becoming the first father-son duo to hit back-to-back home runs. The duo played a total of 51 games together before Griffey Sr. retired in June 1991.

What happened to Ken Griffey Jr?

On July 29, 2021, Griffey was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame’s Board of Directors. As of 2021, Griffey is also working as a senior adviser to MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred.

What are Ken Griffey Jr cards worth?

• 1989 Topps Heads Up Ken Griffey Jr. # …
• 1989 Bowman Tiffany Ken Griffey Jr. # 220.
• 1989 Fleer Glossy Ken Griffey Jr. # 548.
• 1989 Topps Tiffany Ken Griffey Jr. # 41T.
• 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr. # 1 RC.

Why are the Reds still paying Ken Griffey Jr?

As the Post reported, Griffey Jr. is still getting paid by the Reds due to a contract he agreed to in 2000 that deferred his salary to payments between 2009 and 2024. Representatives for the Reds did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

Did Griffey Jr win a World Series?

Our Cubs 360 panel with host Cole Wright debated who is the best player that never won a World Series on Thursday. Ken Griffey Jr. played for many teams in his Hall of Fame career, yet he never played in the World Series.

Did Griffey do steroids?

One of the few players who thrived during Major League Baseball’s steroid era but always above suspicion, Ken Griffey Jr., dropped a bombshell on Mariners and baseball fans alike Wednesday when he tearfully copped to using performance-enhancing drugs in a video conference announcement.