Ken Griffey Jr was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame class of 2016 along with Mike Piazza. Griffey was an outfielder with 22 seasons MLB experience with the Seattle Mariners (1989-1999, 2009-2010), Cincinnati Reds (2000-2008) and Chicago White Sox (2008). For his MLB career he hit .284/.370/.538 with 630 HR, 1836 RBI, 1662 R, 184 SB in 2671 games.
I believe his three best seasons were 1997 when he hit .304/.382/.646 with 56 HR, 147 RBI, 125 R, 15 SB in 157 games, 1998 when he hit .284/.365/.611 with 56 HR, 146 RBI, 120 R, 20 SB in 161 games and 1999 when he hit .285/.384/.576 with 48 HR, 134 RBI, 123 R, 24 SB in 160 games.
Griffey won the American League MVP in 1997 and finished second in AL MVP voting in 1994.
Griffey led the American League in home runs in 1994 (40), 1997, 1998 and 1999. He led the AL in runs in 1997.
He was an All-Star 13 times (1990-2000, 2004, 2007). He won 10 Gold Glove (1990-1999) and seven Silver Slugger Awards (1991, 1993-1994, 1996-1999). His 630 career home runs currently rank sixth all time.
He was originally drafted by the Mariners with the first overall pick in 1987 which is the highest draft pick ever inducted into the Hall of Fame
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