Ken Griffey, Jr. hits his 300th career home run to become the second-youngest player to reach the milestone
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On April 13, 1998 – – Ken Griffey, Jr. of the Seattle Mariners hits his 300th career home run to become the second-youngest player to reach the milestone. Griffey’s 300th, a two-run shot to right off the Cleveland Indians’ Jose Mesa, is his second homer of the game and sixth of the season. At 28 years, 143 days old, Griffey is second only to Jimmie Foxx, who hit his 300th at 27 years, 328 days. Foxx hit 534 homers during his Hall of Fame career.
âGrowing up watching my dad he never was a power hitterâ said Griffey who homered twice Monday night in Seattle’s 6-5 loss to Cleveland and became the second-youngest player to hit 300 homers âHe was a contact line-drive getting-guys-over kind of hitter Thatâs the ballplayer that I wanted to be I wanted to be just like my dadâ Griffeyâs mother and younger brother were on hand to see his 300th homer estimated at 391 feet off Jose Mesa They also had to watch Seattleâs bullpen blow another lead and waste Griffeyâs third homer in two days and sixth of the year âI just donât like losingâ Griffey said after the Mariners dropped to 3-9 the second-worst start in franchise history âNo matter what happened a loss is a lossâ Griffey who had his 31st career multihomer game.
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