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Ken
Griffey Sr.		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 210
 
Born: April 10, 1950 in Usa, PA, DONORA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1978    1980   
Bronze Rookie 1974   
Gold Glove 1978   
All-Star Selections 1975    1979   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 23 SDP NL     7 7 7 3 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1974 24 SDP NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1975 25 SDP NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1976 26 SDP NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1977 27 SDP NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 5 5 7 7 7 4 5 4 8 8 8
1978 28 SDP NL $ 3,421,429   8 8 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 5 5 8 8 8
1979 29 SDP NL $ 2,350,000   8 8 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1980 30 SDP NL $ 2,350,000   8 8 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 9 8
1981 31 SDP NL $ 2,350,000   8 8 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1982 32 CLN NL $ 2,350,000   7 7 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 8 7
1983 33 SEM AL $ 2,000,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1984 34 SEM AL $ 2,000,000   4 4 4 1 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,421,429   8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 9 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 23 AAA   137 566 100 179 42 3 21 73 25 6 74 59 .316 .395 .512 .908 110.7  
1974 24 SDP NL 151 578 67 180 26 9 5 81 17 10 42 48 .311 .356 .413 .769 79.6 16.1
1975 25 SDP NL 153 577 71 167 27 5 10 104 11 4 34 42 .289 .330 .406 .736 73.6 13.6
1976 26 SDP NL 118 396 43 102 17 4 6 61 12 5 27 46 .258 .301 .366 .668 43.3 5.8
    AAA   28 114 23 42 6 1 4 17 4 1 10 7 .368 .419 .544 .963 23.5  
1977 27 SDP NL 120 416 79 128 21 1 17 79 7 6 30 31 .308 .353 .486 .839 59.7 12.3
    AAA   18 59 9 19 4 1 2 14 1 0 7 6 .322 .394 .525 .919 11.5  
1978 28 SDP NL 154 582 68 152 35 5 7 82 10 4 32 64 .261 .297 .375 .672 58.0 8.4
1979 29 SDP NL 151 572 85 187 26 7 15 109 15 5 41 42 .327 .368 .476 .843 94.2 24.1
1980 30 SDP NL 80 298 39 78 11 2 8 55 12 5 33 24 .262 .332 .393 .725 38.2 6.1
1981 31 SDP NL 155 584 68 160 26 11 8 67 9 8 28 43 .274 .307 .397 .704 58.0 9.9
1982 32 CLN NL 148 548 67 150 18 7 7 79 12 4 42 51 .274 .320 .370 .690 64.3 8.6
1983 33 SEM AL 129 465 50 117 11 7 6 71 20 8 26 44 .252 .288 .344 .632 48.3 6.8
1984 34 SEM AL 29 60 8 13 2 0 0 3 4 0 6 9 .217 .284 .250 .534 3.6 0.0
11 Years Sim 1388 5076 645 1434 220 58 89 791 129 59 341 444 .283 .325 .401 .727 620.8 111.7
3 Years AAA 183 739 132 240 52 5 27 104 30 7 91 72 .325 .398 .518 .916 145.7  
162 Game Average 592 75 167 25 6 10 92 15 6 39 51 .283 .325 .401 .727 72.5  
Career Highs 155 584 85 187 35 11 17 109 20 10 42 64 .327 .368 .486 .843 94.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3674 478 1077 165 44 65 606 92 45 252 301 .293 .336 .415 .751 498.2
vs LH   1402 167 357 55 14 24 185 37 14 89 143 .255 .296 .365 .662 152.8
Home 696 2497 321 707 97 33 41 391 68 29 166 227 .283 .325 .398 .723 318.8
Away 692 2579 324 727 123 25 48 400 61 30 175 217 .282 .326 .405 .730 332.3
RISP   1487 0 447 61 20 29 668 0 0 115 136 .301 .341 .427 .768 214.2
Pinch Hitting   38 2 13 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 2 .342 .359 .395 .754 4.9
Close/Late   489 97 159 26 5 15 83 0 0 52 37 .325 .388 .491 .879 88.0
Mar/Apr 213 790 109 229 34 11 18 134 17 12 61 64 .290 .340 .429 .769 110.9
May 255 942 109 263 38 10 16 147 25 8 51 81 .279 .312 .392 .703 114.4
June 249 925 123 276 41 9 20 164 29 13 65 80 .298 .342 .427 .769 131.5
July 213 754 118 224 46 8 18 118 20 6 53 80 .297 .342 .451 .793 112.2
August 215 797 100 217 35 12 9 115 18 13 55 62 .272 .316 .380 .696 93.2
Sep/Oct 243 868 86 225 26 8 8 113 20 7 56 77 .259 .303 .335 .638 88.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1974 24 SDP NL CF 145 145 1283.7 328 8 0 3 1.000 2.36   4.2
    RF 2 1 9.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.96    
    LF 3 0 6.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.35    
1975 25 SDP NL CF 148 147 1278.3 381 11 0 4 1.000 2.76   2.7
    RF 5 1 14.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
1976 26 SDP NL CF 114 112 940.0 279 9 0 4 1.000 2.76   2.7
    RF 4 0 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1977 27 SDP NL CF 112 107 919.3 256 5 1 2 .996 2.56   1.4
    LF 4 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1978 28 SDP NL CF 149 145 1296.7 385 8 1 3 .997 2.73   4.2
    RF 2 0 6.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1979 29 SDP NL CF 149 146 1295.3 324 7 1 2 .997 2.30   3.1
    LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    RF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1980 30 SDP NL CF 75 75 659.0 154 4 0 0 1.000 2.16   2.0
    LF 4 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
1981 31 SDP NL CF 150 145 1275.7 312 6 0 3 1.000 2.24   5.0
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1982 32 CLN NL CF 115 111 966.0 313 3 0 1 1.000 2.94   4.5
1983 33 SEM AL CF 117 117 952.0 285 7 0 3 1.000 2.76   3.9
    LF 5 3 28.0 4 0 1 0 .800 1.29    
    RF 3 2 12.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1984 34 SEM AL RF 12 9 75.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.2
    CF 9 7 51.3 22 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
    LF 2 2 16.0 3 0 1 0 .750 1.69    
  CF 1283 1257 10917.3 3039 68 3 25 .999 2.56   33.8
  RF 31 13 131.7 26 0 0 0 1.000 1.78   0.2
  LF 23 5 70.7 10 0 2 0 .833 1.27    
  SS 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1338 1275 11121.0 3075 68 5 25 .998 2.54   34.0
Career Highs   153 148 1304.7 389 11 1 4 1.000 2.94    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1974 24 SDP NL 7 31 6 10 1 0 0 7 2 0 2 3 .323 .364 .355 .718
1976 26 SDP NL 5 19 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .158 .158 .263 .421
1978 28 SDP NL 17 61 4 15 1 0 1 6 1 0 6 6 .246 .313 .311 .625
1980 30 SDP NL 17 64 8 16 1 0 2 8 2 0 5 5 .250 .300 .359 .659
1981 31 SDP NL 5 19 3 6 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 2 .316 .300 .632 .932
1982 32 CLN NL 14 47 4 13 0 0 1 6 0 1 4 6 .277 .333 .340 .674
Career Post-Season Batting 65 241 26 63 3 1 6 31 6 2 17 24 .261 .308 .357 .665
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1974-9-.311
1979-3-.327
 Slugging Pct
1979-9-.476
 OPS
1979-8-.843
 Games
1978-9-154
1981-6-155
 Hits
1974-4-180
1979-5-187
 Singles
1974-3-140
1979-4-139
Doubles
1978-8-35
 Triples
1974-1-9
1975-10-5
1981-1-11
1982-6-7
1983-10-7
 RBIs
1975-6-104
1979-5-109
 Caught Stealing
1974-8-10
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 34    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Larry Hisle (943)
  2. Carl Furillo (940)
  3. Pete Lacock (937)
  4. Dan Thomas (935)
  5. Manny Jimenez (929)
  6. Bill Sample (927)
  7. Roy Weatherly (926)
  8. Red Worthington (925)
  9. Ollie Brown (925)
  10. Cito Gaston (920)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by San Diego in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/2/1974, off Alan Foster (KCR)
Hit first career homerun on 5/4/1974, off Mark Littell (TOR)
Drove in 6 runs against Colorado on 6/21/1975
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1975, hitting .429 with 3 HR, 13 RBI
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Injured on 5/20/1976 with a Inflamed Rib Cage Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 4/19/1977 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,421,429 through salary arbitration
10/23/1978: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $2,350,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Championship with San Diego in 1978
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1978
Won Player of the Week award on 4/8/1979, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Toronto on 9/14/1979
Injured on 6/25/1980 with a Pulled Achilles Tendon, out for 4-5 weeks
Won World Championship with San Diego in 1980
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Boston (A) on 7/7/1981
 
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