Ken Griffey (original) (raw)
Ken Griffey
Full name George Kenneth Sr. Griffey |
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Born April 10, 1950, Donora, Pennsylvania |
First Game: August 25, 1973; Final Game: May 31, 1991 |
Managed First Game: May 21, 1997; Managed Final Game: June 17, 1999 |
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 5' 11" Weight: 190 |
Father of Ken Griffey |
Named All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (1980) |
Named outfielder on The Sporting News NL All-Star Team (1976) |
SABR Biography |
Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1973 CIN N Daily Splits 25 86 19 33 5 1 3 14 6 0 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 .384 .424 .570 0.5 1973 CIN N 1974 CIN N Daily Splits 88 227 24 57 9 5 2 19 27 2 43 1 1 0 0 3 2 9 4 .251 .333 .361 -0.3 1974 CIN N 1975 CIN N Daily Splits 132 463 95 141 15 9 4 46 67 2 67 1 6 3 0 13 10 16 7 .305 .391 .402 0.1 1975 CIN N 1976 CIN N Daily Splits 148 562 111 189 28 9 6 74 62 0 65 1 0 3 0 12 3 34 11 .336 .401 .450 2.5 1976 CIN N 1977 CIN N Daily Splits 154 585 117 186 35 8 12 57 69 2 84 0 1 2 0 4 12 17 8 .318 .389 .467 2.1 1977 CIN N 1978 CIN N Daily Splits 158 614 90 177 33 8 10 63 54 1 70 0 9 3 0 5 6 23 5 .288 .344 .417 0.4 1978 CIN N 1979 CIN N Daily Splits 95 380 62 120 27 4 8 32 36 3 39 1 0 3 0 4 7 12 5 .316 .374 .471 1.0 1979 CIN N 1980 CIN N Daily Splits 146 544 89 160 28 10 13 85 62 4 77 1 3 5 0 10 4 23 1 .294 .364 .454 1.8 1980 CIN N 1981 CIN N Daily Splits 101 396 65 123 21 6 2 34 39 6 42 1 2 4 0 8 9 12 4 .311 .370 .409 1.9 1981 CIN N 1982 NY A Daily Splits 127 484 70 134 23 2 12 54 39 1 58 0 1 3 1 6 10 10 4 .277 .329 .407 0.1 1982 NY A 1983 NY A Daily Splits 118 458 60 140 21 3 11 46 34 3 45 2 3 2 0 8 3 6 1 .306 .355 .437 0.8 1983 NY A 1984 NY A Daily Splits 120 399 44 109 20 1 7 56 29 2 32 1 3 4 0 4 7 2 2 .273 .321 .381 -0.6 1984 NY A 1985 NY A Daily Splits 127 438 68 120 28 4 10 69 41 4 51 0 0 8 0 4 2 7 7 .274 .331 .425 0.5 1985 NY A 1986 NY A Daily Splits 59 198 33 60 7 0 9 26 15 0 24 1 1 4 0 3 7 2 2 .303 .349 .475 0.6 1986 NY A 1986 ATL N Daily Splits 80 292 36 90 15 3 12 32 20 4 43 0 0 1 0 2 2 12 7 .308 .351 .503 0.5 1986 ATL N 1986 Total 139 490 69 150 22 3 21 58 35 4 67 1 1 5 0 5 9 14 9 .306 .350 .492 1.1 1986 Total 1987 ATL N Daily Splits 122 399 65 114 24 1 14 64 46 11 54 1 1 4 0 6 12 4 7 .286 .358 .456 -0.2 1987 ATL N 1988 ATL N Daily Splits 69 193 21 48 5 0 2 19 17 2 26 0 0 2 0 4 5 1 3 .249 .307 .306 -1.3 1988 ATL N 1988 CIN N Daily Splits 25 50 5 14 1 0 2 4 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280 .308 .420 -0.1 1988 CIN N 1988 TOT N 94 243 26 62 6 0 4 23 19 3 31 0 0 2 0 4 5 1 3 .255 .307 .329 -1.4 1988 TOT N 1989 CIN N Daily Splits 106 236 26 62 8 3 8 30 29 3 42 1 0 0 0 2 2 4 2 .263 .346 .424 -0.3 1989 CIN N 1990 CIN N Daily Splits 46 63 6 13 2 0 1 8 2 0 5 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 .206 .235 .286 -0.5 1990 CIN N 1990 SEA A Daily Splits 21 77 13 29 2 0 3 18 10 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .377 .443 .519 0.5 1990 SEA A 1990 Total 67 140 19 42 4 0 4 26 12 0 8 1 0 3 0 1 1 2 1 .300 .353 .414 0.0 1990 Total 1991 SEA A Daily Splits 30 85 10 24 7 0 1 9 13 0 13 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 .282 .380 .400 -0.1 1991 SEA A Total NL (14 Years) 1495 5090 831 1527 256 67 99 581 538 41 672 9 23 32 0 75 74 173 67 .300 .366 .435 8.1 Total NL Total AL ( 7 Years) 602 2139 298 616 108 10 53 278 181 10 226 5 8 23 1 25 32 27 16 .288 .342 .422 1.8 Total AL Total (19 Years) Splits 2097 7229 1129 2143 364 77 152 859 719 51 898 14 31 55 1 100 106 200 83 .296 .359 .431 9.9 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
League Championship Series Batting Record Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1973 CIN N Daily Splits 3 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .250 .286 1973 CIN N 1975 CIN N Daily Splits 3 12 3 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 .333 .333 .417 1975 CIN N 1976 CIN N Daily Splits 3 13 2 5 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .385 .467 .538 1976 CIN N Total ( 3 Years) Splits 9 32 5 10 2 1 0 6 2 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 .313 .371 .438 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1975 CIN N Daily Splits 7 26 4 7 3 1 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .269 .367 .462 1975 CIN N 1976 CIN N Daily Splits 4 17 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 .059 .056 .059 1976 CIN N Total ( 2 Years) Splits 11 43 6 8 3 1 0 5 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 .186 .250 .302 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1976 NL Daily Splits 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 1976 NL 1980 NL Daily Splits 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.667 1980 NL Total ( 2 Years) Splits 2 4 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 1.500 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1973 CIN N Daily Splits OF 21 20 16 180 25 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 21 1973 CIN N RF 21 20 16 180 24 1 0 0 0 1.000 1974 CIN N Daily Splits OF 71 66 38 521.1 115 5 0 1 0 1.000 2 0 69 1974 CIN N RF 69 66 38 516.1 113 5 0 1 0 1.000 1974 CIN N LF 2 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1975 CIN N Daily Splits OF 119 115 101 1010.2 202 6 7 0 0 .967 0 0 119 1975 CIN N RF 119 115 101 1010.2 202 6 7 0 0 .967 1976 CIN N Daily Splits OF 144 126 120 1190 270 10 6 2 0 .979 0 0 144 1976 CIN N RF 144 126 120 1190 266 9 6 2 0 .979 1977 CIN N Daily Splits OF 147 144 135 1251.1 298 10 3 3 0 .990 0 0 147 1977 CIN N RF 147 144 135 1251.1 297 10 3 3 0 .990 1978 CIN N Daily Splits OF 154 150 137 1324.1 296 13 10 2 0 .969 0 13 142 1978 CIN N RF 142 137 127 1223.1 266 12 9 1 0 .969 1978 CIN N CF 13 13 10 101 31 1 1 1 0 .970 1979 CIN N Daily Splits OF 93 93 79 799.2 175 8 3 1 0 .984 0 8 91 1979 CIN N RF 91 86 78 749.2 157 8 3 1 0 .982 1979 CIN N CF 8 7 1 50 17 0 0 0 0 1.000 1980 CIN N Daily Splits OF 138 137 118 1179.2 266 5 6 3 0 .978 0 2 138 1980 CIN N RF 138 137 118 1177.2 262 4 6 3 0 .978 1980 CIN N CF 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 1981 CIN N Daily Splits OF 99 99 86 849.2 268 8 3 1 0 .989 0 98 2 1981 CIN N CF 98 98 85 839.2 260 5 2 1 0 .993 1981 CIN N RF 2 1 1 10 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1982 NY A Daily Splits OF 125 117 106 1047 282 8 5 2 0 .983 0 27 101 1982 NY A RF 101 95 87 841 211 7 5 1 0 .978 1982 NY A CF 27 22 19 206 72 1 0 1 0 1.000 1983 NY A Daily Splits 1B 101 95 91 848.1 830 57 7 82 0 .992 1983 NY A OF 14 13 9 111 40 0 1 0 0 .976 2 12 1 1983 NY A CF 12 11 8 91 36 0 1 0 0 .973 1983 NY A LF 2 2 1 17 3 0 0 0 0 1.000 1983 NY A DH 2 2 2 - 1983 NY A RF 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 1984 NY A Daily Splits OF 82 74 56 635 181 6 5 0 0 .974 38 35 9 1984 NY A LF 38 34 25 290.2 69 2 2 0 0 .973 1984 NY A CF 35 34 26 285.2 101 2 3 0 0 .972 1984 NY A 1B 27 26 25 231.1 241 16 11 23 0 .959 1984 NY A RF 9 6 5 58.2 14 0 0 0 0 1.000 1984 NY A DH 2 0 0 - 1985 NY A Daily Splits OF 110 94 85 851.1 222 8 7 3 0 .970 106 5 1 1985 NY A LF 106 90 81 814.1 211 8 7 3 0 .969 1985 NY A DH 7 7 5 - 1985 NY A CF 5 3 3 29 15 0 0 0 0 1.000 1985 NY A RF 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 - 1985 NY A 1B 1 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 1.000 1986 NY A Daily Splits OF 51 42 37 391.1 96 5 3 2 0 .971 50 2 1 1986 NY A LF 50 41 37 376.1 89 5 3 2 0 .969 1986 NY A DH 2 1 0 - 1986 NY A CF 2 1 0 14 5 0 0 0 0 1.000 1986 NY A RF 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1986 ATL N Daily Splits OF 77 73 69 643 136 1 2 0 0 .986 77 0 0 1986 ATL N LF 77 73 69 643 135 1 2 0 0 .986 1986 ATL N 1B 1 0 0 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1986 Total LF 127 114 106 1019.1 224 6 5 2 0 .979 1986 Total OF 128 115 106 1034.1 232 6 5 2 0 .979 127 2 1 1987 ATL N Daily Splits OF 107 97 92 882 181 7 1 1 0 .995 107 1 0 1987 ATL N LF 107 97 92 880 183 7 1 1 0 .995 1987 ATL N 1B 3 2 2 20 24 1 1 2 0 .962 1987 ATL N CF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 1988 ATL N Daily Splits OF 42 39 25 327.2 61 2 2 0 0 .969 41 0 2 1988 ATL N LF 41 37 24 313.2 59 2 2 0 0 .968 1988 ATL N 1B 11 7 6 73.1 68 8 1 8 0 .987 1988 ATL N RF 2 2 1 14 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1988 CIN N Daily Splits 1B 10 9 5 78.2 64 6 1 1 0 .986 1988 TOT N 1B 21 16 11 152 132 14 2 9 0 .986 1989 CIN N Daily Splits OF 58 52 23 419 76 2 1 1 0 .987 58 0 1 1989 CIN N LF 58 52 23 418 76 2 1 1 0 .987 1989 CIN N 1B 9 4 3 45.1 46 0 1 3 0 .979 1989 CIN N RF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1990 CIN N Daily Splits 1B 9 5 2 43.2 42 4 1 2 0 .979 1990 CIN N OF 6 4 1 32.2 12 0 0 0 0 1.000 5 0 1 1990 CIN N LF 5 4 1 31.2 12 0 0 0 0 1.000 1990 CIN N RF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1990 SEA A Daily Splits OF 20 19 8 151 25 1 1 0 0 .963 20 0 0 1990 SEA A LF 20 19 8 151 25 1 1 0 0 .963 1990 Total LF 25 23 9 182.2 37 1 1 0 0 .974 1990 Total OF 26 23 9 183.2 37 1 1 0 0 .974 25 0 1 1991 SEA A Daily Splits OF 26 25 7 181 31 0 0 0 0 1.000 26 0 0 1991 SEA A LF 26 25 7 181 31 0 0 0 0 1.000 1991 SEA A DH 1 0 0 - Total (19 Years) Splits OF 1704 1599 1348 13978.2 3258 106 66 22 0 .981 532 203 990 Total (17 Years) RF 990 936 828 8236.2 1818 62 39 12 0 .980 Total (10 Years) LF 532 474 368 4121.2 895 28 19 7 0 .980 Total (10 Years) CF 203 189 152 1620.1 537 9 7 3 0 .987 Total ( 8 Years) 1B 172 148 134 1345 1320 93 23 121 0 .984 Total ( 5 Years) DH 14 10 7 - Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
League Championship Series Fielding Record Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1973 CIN N Daily Splits OF 2 2 2 17 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2 1973 CIN N RF 2 2 2 17 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1975 CIN N Daily Splits OF 3 3 3 28 4 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 3 1975 CIN N RF 3 3 3 28 4 0 0 0 0 1.000 1976 CIN N Daily Splits OF 3 3 3 27 11 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 3 1976 CIN N RF 3 3 3 27 11 0 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 3 Years) Splits OF 8 8 8 72 17 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 8 Total ( 3 Years) RF 8 8 8 72 17 0 0 0 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1975 CIN N Daily Splits OF 7 7 7 65 10 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 7 1975 CIN N RF 7 7 7 65 10 1 0 0 0 1.000 1976 CIN N Daily Splits OF 4 4 4 36 5 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4 1976 CIN N RF 4 4 4 36 5 0 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 2 Years) Splits OF 11 11 11 101 15 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 11 Total ( 2 Years) RF 11 11 11 101 15 1 0 0 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1976 NL Daily Splits OF 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1 1976 NL RF 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1980 NL Daily Splits OF 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 0 1980 NL LF 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 2 Years) Splits OF 2 0 0 9 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 1 Total ( 1 Year ) RF 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 1 Year ) LF 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1997 CIN N 3 1 2 .333 8 8 5-21 5-24 5 5 3 1999 CIN N 1 1 0 1.000 2 0 6-17 6-17 3 2 2 Total ( 2 Years) 4 2 2 .500 10 8 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
Coaching Record
Year Team Position START END 1993 SEA A Hitting 4- 6 10- 3 1996 COL N Hitting 4- 2 9-29 1997 CIN N Coach 4- 1 9-28 1998 CIN N Coach 3-31 9-27 1999 CIN N Coach 4- 5 10- 4 2000 CIN N Coach 4- 3 10- 1 2001 CIN N Coach 4- 2 10- 7 Total ( 7 Years)
Transaction Information
Selected by Cincinnati Reds in the 29th round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1969).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to New York Yankees in exchange for Brian Ryder and a player to be named later (November 4, 1981); Cincinnati Reds received Freddie Toliver (December 9, 1981).
Traded by New York Yankees with Andre Robertson to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Claudell Washington and Paul Zuvella (June 30, 1986).
Granted free agency (November 9, 1987).
Signed by Atlanta Braves (November 13, 1987).
Released by Atlanta Braves (July 28, 1988).
Signed by Cincinnati Reds (August 2, 1988).
Released by Cincinnati Reds (December 21, 1988).
Signed by Cincinnati Reds (March 30, 1989).
Released by Cincinnati Reds (August 24, 1990).
Signed by Seattle Mariners (August 29, 1990).
Granted free agency (November 5, 1990).
Signed by Seattle Mariners (December 17, 1990).