The Top 10 Ken Griffey Jr. Stats
The Best Numbers from a Hall of Fame Career
One of the most exciting players in MLB history will take his rightful place in Cooperstown when Ken Griffey Jr. is inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame today. For 22 years, he graced baseball with an infectious smile, backwards caps and a poetically beautiful swing. While injuries hindered what could’ve been the most dominant offensive career in major league history, “The Kid” will still be enshrined with numbers only a precious few can match.
As Griffey attains baseball immortality, we remember his accomplishments with a collection of 10 of his most impressive stats — all found searching with simple, natural language on StatMuse’s new MLB platform.
- Ken Griffey Jr. hit 630 career home runs, placing him sixth on the all-time list.
2. Griffey hit 40+ HR in seven seasons (including five straight from 1996–2000), one of only seven players to accomplish that feat.
3. It goes without saying that Griffey is the Mariners’ franchise leader in home runs, but he leads the next closest players by over 100 homers.
4. He’s the only Seattle player to ever hit 45+ homers in a season — and he did it five times.
5. Junior is one of just four players to ever steal 20+ bases in the same season in which he hit 50+ home runs.
6. He’s also one of just four players to hit 300 home runs and steal 100 bases in the 1990s.
7. In July of 1993, he homered in eight consecutive games, an all-time record he shares with Dale Long and Don Mattingly (via Baseball-Almanac.com).
8. During his first 10 seasons with the Mariners, no other player in baseball knocked in more runs.
9. Overall, since Griffey entered the league in 1989, only his one-time teammate Alex Rodriguez has more total RBI.
10. Finally, Griffey was named on 99.3% of Hall of Fame ballots, beating Tom Seaver’s record of 98.84%. Surprisingly, he is also the first player ever selected first overall in the MLB draft to get elected to the Hall of Fame.
