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Ken Griffey
George Kenneth (Sr.) Griffey

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 200 lb.

MLB Debut August 25, 1973
Final Game May 31, 1991
Born April 10, 1950 in Donora, PA (age 74)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1973 23 CIN NL   87   89   20   36   5   0   3   14   2   1   12    7  .404  .471  .562 1.032   145    50   0   1   2   0   1  
 1974 24 CIN NL   95  228   33   59   7   4   1   34   9   2   29   32  .259  .345  .338  .683    97    77   5   2   0   2   1  
 1975 25 CIN NL  136  497   72  144  15   1   7   59  12   6   67   72  .290  .370  .366  .736   102   182  18   6   1   0   8  
 1976 26 CIN NL  150  550   71  172  22  11   7   84  29   5   60   68  .313  .374  .431  .805   116   237  19  11   0   0   5  
 1977 27 CIN NL  146  547   98  167  29   9  10   70   7   2   77   61  .305  .388  .446  .834   114   244  18   5   0   0  15  
 1978 28 CIN NL  156  621   96  197  26  15   8   69  16   2   56   78  .317  .372  .446  .818   113   277  28   4   0   0   6  MVP-14
 1979 29 CIN NL  121  367   54  108  15   3   4   45  14   2   45   34  .294  .369  .384  .753   104   141   4   3   4   0  11  
 1980 30 CIN NL  146  516   72  148  17   6  20   95  12   1   49   77  .287  .346  .459  .806   109   237   7   4   3   0   6  
 1981 31 CIN NL  152  578  100  185  45   3   1   88  15   1   53   64  .320  .377  .413  .790   112   239   4   7   1   4   9  
 1982 32 NYN NL  132  494   71  165  29   5  15   62   4   0   47   48  .334  .390  .504  .894   130   249   1   2   3   0  12  
 1983 33 NYN NL  116  393   54  118  11   1  10   55   3   1   24   51  .300  .344  .410  .754   106   161   1   1   6   3   7  
 1984 34 NYN NL  105  285   42   90  16   2   4   33   1   0   22   24  .316  .367  .428  .795   114   122   2   2   1   2   8  
 1985 35 ATN NL  129  432   55  129  29   5  11   52   3   5   37   52  .299  .352  .465  .817   114   201   0   3   6   0   6  
 1986 36 ATN NL  106  301   42   83  12   2  14   49   5   0   24   48  .276  .328  .468  .797   109   141   0   1   1   0   4  
 1987 37 ATN NL  125  421   60  133  31   2   8   51   2   2   37   52  .316  .370  .456  .826   108   192   0   2   1   0  10  
 1988 38 NYN NL   27   43    5   13   0   0   1    5   0   0    3    7  .302  .348  .372  .720   107    16   0   0   0   0   0  
 1989 39 NYN NL   69  113    8   31   3   2   2   10   2   1   10   19  .274  .336  .389  .725   108    44   0   1   0   1   1  
 1990 40 ATN NL   50   79   13   27   1   0   1    6   0   0    7    4  .342  .391  .392  .783   109    31   0   1   2   0   2  
 1991 41 ATN NL   60   52    6   18   5   0   0    7   0   0    8    7  .346  .435  .442  .878   121    23   0   1   0   1   2  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 19 Seasons     2108 6606  972 2023 318  71 127  888 136  31  667  805  .306  .368  .434  .802        2864 107  57  31  13 114
 Per 600 PA           532   78  163  26   6  10   72  11   2   54   65                                 231   9   5   2   1   9
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With CIN     1189 3993  616 1216 181  52  61  558 116  22  448  493  .305  .372  .422  .794        1684 103  43  11   6  62
   With ATN      470 1285  176  390  78   9  34  165  10   7  113  163  .304  .358  .458  .816         588   0   8  10   1  24
   With NYN      449 1328  180  417  59  10  32  165  10   2  106  149  .314  .366  .446  .812         592   4   6  10   6  28
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     2097 7229 1129 2143 364  77 152  859 200  83  719  898  .296  .359  .431  .790        3117  31  55  51  14 106
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1973 23 CIN NL  24   24  11.8  69  28   3  .406   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH              39   
 1974 24 CIN NL   9   30   4.6  24   7   0  .292   2   24   13  .542    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e3   -12   
 1975 25 CIN NL  28   72   5.0   3   1   0  .333   7   33   15  .455    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e11  -57   
 1976 26 CIN NL  26   98   6.3   2   1   0  .500  10   50   33  .660    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e7   -47   
 1977 27 CIN NL  32   98   6.3   2   1   0  .500   4   44   25  .568    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e3   -21   
 1978 28 CIN NL  33  109   6.4   2   2   0 1.000  11   48   24  .500    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e11   56   
 1979 29 CIN NL  26   54   5.3  19   8   0  .421   0   35   23  .657    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e5    -92   
 1980 30 CIN NL  26   86   6.0  14   5   0  .357   2   30   18  .600    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e7    -13   
 1981 31 CIN NL  29   95   6.3   4   1   0  .250   4   62   39  .629    0    0  .000  OF   4(0)e5     11   
 1982 32 NYN NL  29   97   7.6   3   0   0  .000   4   34   11  .324    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e7   159   
 1983 33 NYN NL  20   54   5.2  18   5   0  .278   7   34   17  .500    0    0  .000  OF   3(+1)e13  -37   
 1984 34 NYN NL  28   44   5.8  30  11   1  .367   5   19   12  .632    0    0  .000  OF   3(+1)e12   93   
 1985 35 ATN NL  11   69   5.9  24   7   2  .292   9   36   17  .472    0    0  .000  OF   3(+1)e12   62   
 1986 36 ATN NL  18   47   5.7  30   7   0  .233   3   25   14  .560    0    0  .000  OF   3(+1)e4   -45   
 1987 37 ATN NL  15   69   6.2  25   4   0  .160   4   34   14  .412    0    0  .000  OF   4(+2)e2    12   
 1988 38 NYN NL   4    5   5.3  18   7   1  .389   0    3    2  .667    0    0  .000  OF   4(+2)e9    84   
 1989 39 NYN NL   6   15   4.9  42   8   1  .190   2    7    2  .286    0    0  .000  UT             -44   
 1990 40 ATN NL   7   12   5.9  31   7   0  .226   0    5    1  .200    0    0  .000  OF   4(+2)e10   16   
 1991 41 ATN NL  10   10   7.6  50  17   0  .340   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH              98   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 19 Seasons         1097   6.1 410 127   8  .310  74  523  280  .535    0    0  .000                   7   3
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 34.8 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 48.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1973 23 CIN NL  RF    12     4     0    0    0  1.000     6    49.1   0.73
 1974 24 CIN NL  RF    59    94     2    2    1   .980    58   475.0   1.82
                 LF     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     3.0   0.00
 1975 25 CIN NL  RF   134   224     3    7    0   .970   132  1187.2   1.72
 1976 26 CIN NL  RF   149   293    12   10    0   .968   147  1330.2   2.06
 1977 27 CIN NL  RF   143   225    10    4    0   .983   142  1279.2   1.65
 1978 28 CIN NL  RF   154   241     5   11    1   .957   152  1366.0   1.62
                 CF     3     4     1    0    0  1.000     2    15.2   2.87
 1979 29 CIN NL  RF    97   186     4    0    1  1.000    92   840.2   2.03
                 CF     3     5     0    0    0  1.000     1    12.0   3.75
                 LF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   2.25
 1980 30 CIN NL  RF   133   225    11    2    3   .992   126  1168.0   1.82
                 CF     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     3.0   0.00
 1981 31 CIN NL  RF   111   196     3    2    0   .990    96   892.1   2.01
                 CF    54   112     9    2    3   .984    50   421.1   2.58
 1982 32 NYN NL  RF   120   196     6    3    2   .985   116  1031.1   1.76
                 CF    12    30     2    1    0   .970    11    86.1   3.34
 1983 33 NYN NL  LF    45    62     1    2    1   .969    31   321.0   1.77
                 RF    32    59     4    1    0   .984    31   251.2   2.25
                 CF    26    63     3    3    0   .957    26   212.0   2.80
                 1B     5    22     4    1    0   .963     3    26.1   8.89
 1984 34 NYN NL  LF    49    55     2    2    0   .966    27   279.1   1.84
                 RF    18    19     0    0    0  1.000    14   119.1   1.43
                 CF    13    25     1    2    0   .929    13   107.0   2.19
                 1B     9    65     5    1    3   .986     6    64.0   9.84
 1985 35 ATN NL  LF    78   108     2    5    1   .957    77   674.2   1.47
                 1B    25   205    20    4   19   .983    25   223.0   9.08
 1986 36 ATN NL  LF    70    86     5    2    0   .978    59   543.0   1.51
                 RF     6    11     0    1    0   .917     6    52.0   1.90
 1987 37 ATN NL  LF    93    96     7    1    0   .990    89   777.0   1.19
                 1B     9    74     9    3    8   .965     8    73.0  10.23
 1988 38 NYN NL  LF     4     6     0    0    0  1.000     4    32.0   1.69
                 RF     5     2     0    0    0  1.000     2    19.0   0.95
                 1B     1     4     1    0    0  1.000     0     6.0   7.50
 1989 39 NYN NL  LF    14    17     1    0    0  1.000    13   104.0   1.56
                 1B    12    45     6    2    1   .962     8    66.2   6.88
 1990 40 ATN NL  LF    12    23     1    0    0  1.000    11    96.0   2.25
 1991 41 ATN NL  LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     3.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 RF  1173  1975    60   43    8   .979  1120 10062.2   1.82
                 LF   370   454    19   12    2   .975   311  2837.0   1.50
                 CF   113   239    16    8    3   .970   103   857.1   2.68
                 1B    61   415    45   11   31   .977    50   459.0   9.02
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1974 NLCS  CIN MON   W    1   3  1  0  0  0  0   0  1  1  .000  .250  .000  0
      WS    CIN BOA   W    1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
 1976 NLCS  CIN NYN   W    4  15  4  4  1  0  0   0  2  3  .267  .353  .333  0
      WS    CIN KCA   W    5  20  1  4  0  0  0   3  1  3  .200  .238  .200  1
 1977 NLCS  CIN MON   W    4  16  7  9  1  0  2   6  3  1  .562  .632 1.000  0
      WS    CIN BOA   W    6  21  2  8  2  0  0   3  2  2  .381  .435  .476  0
 1979 NLCS  CIN NYN   W    4  14  1  5  0  0  0   2  2  5  .357  .438  .357  0
      WS    CIN BOA   L    5  19  5  7  1  0  2   3  4  3  .368  .478  .737  2
 1981 NLCS  CIN MON   L    4  15  3  4  2  0  0   0  1  2  .267  .312  .400  1
 1984 NLCS  NYN SDN   L    3   8  0  2  0  1  0   1  0  0  .250  .250  .500  0
 1988 NLCS  NYN CIN   L    2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1973  CIN  108-55   Alan Boodman
 1974  CIN  100-62   Alan Boodman
 1975  CIN  101-61   Alan Boodman
 1976  CIN  113-49   Alan Boodman
 1977  CIN  100-62   Alan Boodman
 1978  CIN   88-74   Alan Boodman
 1979  CIN   96-66   Alan Boodman
 1980  CIN   90-72   Alan Boodman
 1981  CIN  100-62   Alan Boodman
 1982  NYN   80-82   Jon Fellows
 1983  NYN   82-80   Jon Fellows
 1984  NYN   95-67   Jon Fellows
 1985  ATN   61-101  Rick Field
 1986  ATN   50-112  Rick Field
 1987  ATN   64-98   Rick Field
 1988  NYN  104-58   Jon Fellows
 1989  NYN   86-76   Jon Fellows
 1990  ATN   91-71   Rick Field
 1991  ATN   81-81   Rick Field

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