Ken Griffey

CF/RF/DH · L/L · MLB · ACTIVE: 1989–2010 BORN: DONORA, USA
MVP 1997 All-Star ×13 Gold Glove ×10 Silver Slugger ×7 Hall of Fame
Career
2781 H · 630 HR · 1836 RBI · 184 SB
.284 AVG · .907 OPS · 2671 G
2010 Season
.184 AVG · 0 HR · 7 RBI · 0 SB
.250 OBP · .204 SLG · .454 OPS
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Ken Griffey was a center fielder in MLB. Across 2671 career games, with a .284 batting average and 630 home runs. This page covers season stats, team history, salary history, and career profile.

Deep Data

Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Batting
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Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1989 SEA 127 455 61 120 23 0 16 61 16 44 83 .264 .329 .420 .748
1990 SEA 155 597 91 179 28 7 22 80 16 63 81 .300 .366 .481 .847
1991 SEA 154 548 76 179 42 1 22 100 18 71 82 .327 .399 .527 .926
1992 SEA 142 565 83 174 39 4 27 103 10 44 67 .308 .361 .535 .896
1993 SEA 156 582 113 180 38 3 45 109 17 96 91 .309 .408 .617 1.025
1994 SEA 111 433 94 140 24 4 40 90 11 56 73 .323 .402 .674 1.076
1995 SEA 72 260 52 67 7 0 17 42 4 52 53 .258 .379 .481 .860
1996 SEA 140 545 125 165 26 2 49 140 16 78 104 .303 .392 .628 1.020
1997 SEA 157 608 125 185 34 3 56 147 15 76 121 .304 .382 .646 1.028
1998 SEA 161 633 120 180 33 3 56 146 20 76 121 .284 .365 .611 .977
1999 SEA 160 606 123 173 26 3 48 134 24 91 108 .285 .384 .576 .960
2000 CIN 145 520 100 141 22 3 40 118 6 94 117 .271 .387 .556 .942
2001 CIN 111 364 57 104 20 2 22 65 2 44 72 .286 .365 .533 .898
2002 CIN 70 197 17 52 8 0 8 23 1 28 39 .264 .358 .426 .784
2003 CIN 53 166 34 41 12 1 13 26 1 27 44 .247 .370 .566 .936
2004 CIN 83 300 49 76 18 0 20 60 1 44 67 .253 .351 .513 .864
2005 CIN 128 491 85 148 30 0 35 92 0 54 93 .301 .369 .576 .946
2006 CIN 109 428 62 108 19 0 27 72 0 39 78 .252 .316 .486 .802
2007 CIN 144 528 78 146 24 1 30 93 6 85 99 .277 .372 .496 .869
2008 CIN 102 359 51 88 20 1 15 53 0 61 64 .245 .355 .432 .787
2008 CWS 41 131 16 34 10 0 3 18 0 17 25 .260 .347 .405 .751
2009 SEA 117 387 44 83 19 0 19 57 0 63 80 .214 .324 .411 .735
2010 SEA 33 98 6 18 2 0 0 7 0 9 17 .184 .250 .204 .454
Career Totals 2671 9801 1662 2781 524 38 630 1836 184 1312 1779 .284 .370 .538 .907
Awards & Achievements
  • All-Star Game MVP (1): 1992
  • Comeback Player of the Year (1): 2005
  • Gold Glove (10): 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
  • MLB Players Choice Comeback Player (1): 2005
  • MLB Players Choice Outstanding Player (1): 1997
  • Most Valuable Player (1): 1997
  • Player of the Month (2): 1990, 1997
  • Player of the Week (10): 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1997, 1998, 1998, 2007
  • Silver Slugger (7): 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
  • TSN All-Star (8): 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2005
  • TSN Comeback Player of the Year (1): 2005
  • TSN Major League Player of the Year (1): 1997
All-Star Selections

1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2007

Salary & Contract
Year Salary
1989$68,000
1990$180,000
1991$700,000
1992$2,025,000
1993$4,150,000
1994$5,100,000
1995$7,600,000
1996$7,650,000
1997$7,885,532
1998$8,153,667
1999$8,760,532
2000$9,329,700
2001$12,500,000
2002$8,557,223
2003$12,500,000
2004$12,500,000
2005$12,500,000
2006$10,464,686
2007$8,446,647
2008$8,282,695
2009$2,000,000
2010$2,350,000

Career Total: $151,703,682 (22 seasons)

Average: $6,895,622

Salary data is available from 1985 onward.

TGN salary figures show base salary. Signing bonuses, accounting allocations, and luxury-tax values are listed separately where available.

Contract Detail

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.