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  • Ken Griffey Jr. - Career Notes

    1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991 | 1990 | 1989

    1998
    You may have missed it. Ken Griffey Jr. hit 56 home runs. Played every game. Put together perhaps the best season in the American League. He was a major factor in the Great Home Run Chase with 32 homers after 82 games, and was hitting .299 and slugging .678 at the All-Star break. His numbers declined noticeably thereafter. It was a frustrating year for him, as the Mariners struggled and he grew increasingly irritated with home-run questions.

    1997
    Named the American League's Player of the Month for April ... Broke the Major League record for most homers in the month of April (11) by blasting his 11th, 12th and 13th home runs on April 25 against the Blue Jays. ... It was the second career three-homer game in Griffery's career ... Named American League Player of the Week for April 1-7.

    1996
    An All-Star, a Gold Glover (for the seventh straight year) and a Silver Slugger ... Set franchise records with 49 home runs (third in the American League) and 140 RBIs (5th in AL) despite missing 20 games (June 20 - July 13) with broken bone in his wrist ... Finished fourth in the AL MVP balloting ... Was among the league leaders in runs (125, fifth), total bases (342, sixth), slugging percentage (.628, fifth) and extra base hits (77, eighth) ... Led all MLB players in All-Star balloting (3,064,814 votes) ... Homered against every club except Texas ... Hit his 200th career HR May at Boston ... Became the seventh-youngest player in major league history to reach the 200 HR mark with his fourth inning blast off Vaughn Eshelman on May 21 at Boston ... Hit three home runs in a game for the first time in his career in a 10-4 win over the New York Yankees on May 24 ... Named the American League Player of the Week for the period ending May 26th ... Placed on the DL and expected to miss six weeks after fouling off an Eric Hanson pitch and breaking the hamate bone in his right hand on June 19 vs. Toronto ... Returned to the lineup sooner than expected on July 14 vs. California and hit a HR in his third AB (off Jason Grimsley) ... Recorded four RBIs, raising his career total to 669, to pass Alvin Davis for the most RBIs in club history on July 27 vs. Detroit. Griffey hit two HRs in the game.

    1995
    Rang in the new season with a game-winning, 3-run, third-deck shot off Detroit's Sean Bergman on Opening Day in Mariners' 3-0 win ... Made an amazing catch crashing into right-center field wall on a drive off the bat of Baltimore's Kevin Bass on May 26, but fractured both bones in his left wrist ... Was expected to miss 3 months, but returned two weeks early on August 15 ... Missed 73 games due to the injury (Mariners went 36-37 during his absence) ... Was selected to his sixth straight All-Star starting lineup and received the second most votes in the AL behind Cal Ripken ... Collected his 1,000th career hit with a single off Frankie Rodriguez, becoming the seventh youngest player in history to reach the 1,000-hit plateau ... Hit in a season-high nine straight games September 4-12 (.393, 11x28) ... Hit his eighth career grand slam in eighth inning on September 28 for a 6-2 win at Texas September 28.

    1994
    Led the league in homers (40); finished second in home run-ratio (1:10.8 AB), intentional walks (19) and total bases (292); and ranked third in runs (94), slugging percentage (.674) and extra-base hits (68); finished fifth in hits (140), seventh in RBI (90) and eighth in batting average (.323) ... Started the season on a torrid pace, hitting .315 with seven homers and club-record 20 RBIs in April ... Was on pace for most of the season to break Roger Maris' home run ... Broke Babe Ruth's record for homers by June 30th by two as he clubbed 32 by the month's close ... Hit the longest home run by a left-hander at Camden Yards when he launched a 438 ft. shot in the eighth inning off Brad Pennington that landed on Eutaw Street on April 24 ... Became the third-youngest player (Mel Ott and Eddie Mathews) ever to reach the 150-homer plateau when he clubbed the milestone round tripper May 20 vs. Texas' Roger Pavlik at age 24 and five months ... Took over the franchise's all-time lead in home runs when he hit the 161st of his career June 15 in Texas to pass Alvin Davis' former mark of 160 ... Was selected to start in his fifth straight All-Star Game after amassing an all-time record of 6,079,688 votes (broke Rod Carew's 1977 record of 4,292,740) ... Won the All-Star Game's home-run hitting contest as he hit seven out July 11 at Pittsburgh ... Went 2-for-3 in the mid-summer's classic to increase his all-time All-Star average to .571 (8-for-14), the best among any player with over 10 at-bats ... Clubbed his 40th homer of the season with his seventh career grand slam Aug. 11 at Oakland to become only the 22nd player in Major League history to hit 40 or more in consecutive seasons ... Excelled versus right-handers, batting .339 with 24 homers ... Finished third among AL outfielders with 12 assists ... Was the runner-up to Frank Thomas in the AL MVP balloting.

    1993
    Set new club records in home runs (45), runs (113), total bases (359), intentional walks (25) and slugging percentage (.617) ... Ranked among league leaders in 11 categories, including first in total bases and extra-base hits (86), second in home runs, sixth in runs and doubles, and eighth in hits ... Trailed major league home run leaders Juan Gonzalez and Barry Bonds by only one HR ... Hit a three-run homer off Toronto's Jack Morris in his first at-bat Opening Night ... Tied a major league record (set by Dale Long in 1956 and matched by Don Mattingly in 1987) by homering in eight consecutive games July 20-28, just missing a record-breaking ninth long ball when he doubled off the right-center field wall July 29 ... Became the sixth-youngest player in history to reach the 100-home run plateau (23 years, six months, 25 days) with his shot June 15 off Kansas City's Billy Brewer ... Established a new AL record for outfielders July 18 at Boston with his 542nd consecutive errorless chance, breaking the mark set earlier in the year by Milwaukee's Daryl Hamilton ... Was the AL's leading All-Star vote-getter ... Finished second to Texas' Juan Gonzalez in the All-Star home run contest prior to the game, but provided the most memorable highlight when he became the first player to hit a ball to the B&O warehouse at Baltimore's Camden Yards, a shot estimated at 460 feet ... Became the first Seattle player and the 10th-youngest player in major league history to hit 40 home runs in a season when he connected off Detroit's Mike Moore Sept. 1 ... Became the fourth-youngest player (trailing only Mel Ott, Ty Cobb and Ted Williams) ever to have three 100+ RBI seasons when he drove in run number 100 with his 41st HR Sept. 13 at California ... Hit .317 with 22 home runs and 60 RBI before the All-Star break and .300 with 23 homers and 49 RBI afterward ...Won his fourth straight Gold Glove Award and second Silver Slugger Award.

    1992
    Enjoyed another outstanding season, finishing third in the AL in extra-base hits (70), fourth in slugging (.535), fifth in doubles (39) and multiple-hit games (tied, 52), sixth in total bases (302) and eighth in batting average (.308) and home runs (27) ... Ranked second among AL outfielders with a .997 fielding percentage and won his third straight Gold Glove Award ... Had a career-high five RBI April 19 at Milwaukee ... Missed half of June with a sprained wrist ... Finished the first half with a .285 average, 15 home runs and 50 RBI and was the AL's starting center fielder in the All-Star Game for the third straight year ... Went 3-for-3 in the classic, homering off Chicago's Greg Maddux, and was named All-Star MVP ... Joined Ken Sr. (1980) as the only father-son All-Star MVP combination in major league history ... Became the first Mariner ever to have back-to-back 100+ RBI seasons with a three-run homer off Milwaukee's Chris Bosio Sept. 30 ... Batted .358 (62-173) against left-handed pitching, the best mark by any major league left-handed hitter ... Named to The Sporting News' AL All-Star team following the season.

    1991
    Rewrote Seattle's record book, setting new standards for batting average (.327), doubles (42), slugging percentage (.527) and intentional walks (21), all of which have since been broken ... Led the AL with a team-record three grand slams, hit July 23 at New York (Guetterman), July 30 against Baltimore (Smith) and Sept.19 against Kansas City (Gordon) ... Ranked fourth in the league in average and doubles, sixth in slugging percentage, eighth in on-base percentage (.399) and RBI and tenth in total bases (289) ... Homered three times in a four game span May 25-28 ... Was the AL's leading vote-getter for the All-Star Game; started for the second straight year and went 2-for-3 ... Tied a club record with five hits July 18 at Milwaukee ... Batted an incredible .434 in July, homering five times and driving in 25 runs ... Became the youngest player to drive in 100 runs in a season (21 years old) since Al Kaline in 1956 ... Had the best second half of any AL player, hitting .372 with 13 homers and 64 RBI after the All-Star break ... Was named to AP's post-season All-Star Team, received his second straight Gold Glove Award and won his first Silver Slugger Award ... Recognized as the best defensive outfielder in the AL in a Toronto Sun poll of major league managers.

    1990
    Built on his very good rookie year with an outstanding second season at age 20 ... Finished fourth in the AL in total bases (287), fifth in hits (179), seventh in batting average (.300), tied for eighth in triples (seven) and ninth in slugging percentage (.481) ... Led the Mariners with 22 homers and 80 RBI ... Went 4-for-5 with a three-run home run off Bert Blyleven in Seattle's Opening Day win over California ... Robbed Jesse Barfield of his 200th career homer with an over-the-wall grab April 26 at New York ... Named AL Player of the Month for April, when he hit .388 with five home runs and 17 RBI ... Propelled the Mariners to victory with an inside-the-park home run June 20 at Kansas City ... Took a .331 batting average, 12 homers and 40 RBI into the All-Star break ... Became the first Mariner to start an All-Star Game, becoming the second-youngest player ever to do so (Al Kaline was younger in 1955) ... Teamed with his father to hit back-to-back home runs Sept. 14 at California, both shots coming in the first inning off Kirk McCaskill ... Became the second-youngest player in history to win a Gold Glove Award (Johnny Bench was younger in 1968).

    1989
    Made the team as a 19-year old non-roster player with a .359 performance in spring training and went on to have a fine rookie season ... Displayed his raw talent and incredible potential early and often ... Debuted at Oakland April 3 and doubled off Dave Stewart in his first at-bat ... Hit his first major league home run on the first pitch thrown to him at the Kingdome, April 10 off Chicago's Eric King ... Tied a club record with eight consecutive hits April 23-26 and established a new team mark by reaching base safely 11 straight times April 23-27 ... Hit a game-winning two-run homer off Milwaukee's Bill Wegman in his first major league pinch-hit at-bat May 16 ... Had two two-homer games during the year ... Hit an inside-the-park home run off New York's Clay Parker May 21 ... Was on the disabled list with a broken little finger July 25-Aug. 20 ... At the time of the injury, he led all major league rookies with a .287 average, 13 homers and 45 RBI ... Hit only .214 (31-145) with three homers and 16 RBI in 39 games after returning from the DL ... 13 of his 16 home runs tied the game or put Seattle ahead ... Led all league outfielders with six double plays and ranked fifth with 12 assists.

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