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, the kid dubbed “The Natural” delivered everything his skills and makeup promised.

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 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.. Griffey, a ...

Ken Griffey Jr. played in the Seattle Mariners' Kingdome for 11 seasons, from 1989-99. He hit the last home run in the ballpark's history on June 27, 1999. (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) In his 22-year big league career, Griffey Jr. totaled 630 home runs and led the league in home runs four times.

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 · Ichiro Suzuki was a near-unanimous selection for the Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday night. That was no surprise. What was a surprise -- at least to Ichiro himself -- was when a fellow Mariners legend and inner-circle Hall of Famer interrupted Ichiro’s interview on MLB Network to congratulate the

Jan 22, 2025 · Ichiro Suzuki is surprised by Ken Griffey Jr. after being elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Ken Griffey Jr. was named to the Board of Directors in 2021, five years after he was elected to the Hall of Fame with what was then the highest percentage ever recorded in the Baseball Writers’ Association of America election.

Jul 25, 2016 · - For someone who made everything on the field look so easy, Ken Griffey Jr. made his induction speech for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum look anything but. It...

Griffey is one of four Baseball Hall of Fame inductees who have been chosen first overall in an MLB draft. The other three are Chipper Jones , who was inducted in 2018, Harold Baines , who was inducted by the Veterans Committee in 2019, and Joe Mauer , who was inducted in 2024.