From the day the Seattle Mariners made him the first pick in the 1987 MLB Draft, Ken Griffey Jr. was expected to be great. Twenty-two seasons, 630 home runs and a sea of accolades later, …

Jul 24, 2016 · COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Ken Griffey Jr.'s Hall of Fame plaque shows a beaming Junior proudly wearing a Mariners cap. But leave it to The Kid to close out his speech at the National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Sunday by pulling out a backward cap and flashing his trademark grin.

Jan 6, 2016 · Ken Griffey Jr., superstitious as a ballplayer and unfailingly modest away from the game, has spent his life refusing to set foot in the National Baseball Hall of Fame Museum.

When Ken Griffey Jr. was drafted by the Mariners in 1987, he became the first son of a major league player to be selected first overall. (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum)

In a home game against the Kansas City Royals on Aug. 31, 1990, this was put to the test, as Ken Griffey Sr. and Jr. both jogged to the outfield, proudly donning the Mariners blue and yellow. They made history that Friday night, as the first father and son duo to appear in the same lineup.

Jan 22, 2025 · Ken Griffey Jr. welcomed his former Seattle Mariners teammate, Ichiro Suzuki, to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in an MLB Network video shared Tuesday by MLB's Twitter/X account.

He was inducted into both the Mariners Hall of Fame [6] and the Reds Hall of Fame. [7] In 2016, Griffey was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, receiving 99.32% of the vote, breaking pitcher Tom Seaver 's record of 98.84%, [8] …

Nov 21, 2019 · Griffey's incredible combination of power, speed and athleticism -- and the way he made it all look so easy -- made him perhaps the preeminent baseball star of the 1990s. It also led him to the sport's highest honor: induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown in 2016.

Jul 25, 2016 · At the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum January press conference introducing both Griffey, Jr. and Piazza to the media assembled at the New York Athletic Club in Manhattan, you got the...

Jan 6, 2016 · Because of his superstitions, Griffey played in the Hall of Fame Game at Cooperstown's Doubleday Field three different times, and he never went to the museum.