Ken Griffey Jr. Position: CenterfielderBats: Left • Throws: Left6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)Born: November 21, 1969 in Donora, PADraft: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (1st) of the 1987 MLB June Amateur Draft from Archbishop Moeller HS (Cincinnati, OH).High School: Archbishop Moeller HS (Cincinnati, OH)Debut: April 3, 1989 (15,589th in major league history)vs. OAK 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SBLast Game: May 31, 2010vs. MIN 1 AB, 0 H,…
In the Reds’ 7 – 3 loss to the Giants, Ken Griffey Jr. pinch-hits his 400th home run. He is the first to reach the mark with a pinch hit. Livan Hernandez is the winner as Barry Bonds knocks in a run and Jeff Kent adds three hits.
1995 – In the bottom of the 11th inning, Edgar Martinez drives home the tying and winning runs with a double to left field to rally the Seattle Mariners to a 6 – 5 win and the Division Series over the Yankees. Martinez bats .571 with 10 RBI in the best-of-five series. Ken Griffey, Jr., who beats the relay throw home to score the winning run, belts five home runs in the series. Following the 2010 season, a panel of experts at the MLB Network will vote this game the 15th greatest game of the past fifty years.
Led by veterans Jack Morris, Joe Carter, and Dave Winfield, Toronto won its first World Series title by beating Atlanta in six games. To reach the World Series, the Braves defeated Pittsburgh in seven games in the NLCS for the second straight year. Sid Bream scored from second base on a single by pinch-hitter…
On August 31, 1990, Ken Griffey Jr. and Ken Griffey Sr. become the first father and son combination to play together in a major league game. The elder Griffey plays left field and bats second, while the younger Griffey bats third and plays center field. The 40 year-old left fielder and his 20 year-old offspring…
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