Ken griffey jr biography timeline info

Collecting a near-record x percent of the vote, Ken Griffey Jr. (1989-10) Wednesday swept into the Baseball Hall of Fame, becoming the second long-time Mariner in two years to gain induction in his first year of eligibility.

Last year, Randy Johnson, whose Seattle career (1989-98) coincided with Griffey’s first stint with the franchise, was elected with 97.3 percent of the vote.

Griffey joined the Mariners organization in 1987 when the club selected him No.

1 overall in that year’s June amateur draft. He rose swiftly through the club’s minor league system and reached the major leagues as a 19-year-old in 1989, when he began the first of two tenures with the Mariners, and by far the greatest.

The first stint ended when Griffey departed for Cincinnati in a multi-player trade in 2000.

He returned to Seattle in 2009 for his last full season with the club. Seventeen years old when he began his professional career, Griffey retired early in 2010 at 40. GriffeyR