NAME:KEN GRIFFEY JR. TEAM:CINCINNATI REDS POSITION:CENTERFIELD NUMBER:30 THROWS:LEFT BATS:LEFT HEIGHT:6-3 WEIGHT:205 BORN:NOVEMBER 21, 1969, DONORA, PA DRAFTED:SELECTED BY SEATTLE (FIRST PLAYER OVERALL) JUNE,'87 DRAFT SEASON HIGHS G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS OBP SLG AVG 161 (1998) 633 (1998) 125 (96,97) 185 (1997) 42 (1991) 7 (1990) 56 (97,98) 147 (1997) 96 (1993) 121 (97,98) 24 (1999) 11 (1990) .408 (1993) .674 (1994) .327 (1991) AWARDS All-Star (11) 1990(AL), 1991(AL), 1992(AL), 1993(AL), 1994(AL), 1995(AL), 1996(AL), 1997(AL), 1998(AL), 1999(AL), 2000(NL) Gold Glove (11) 1990(AL), 1991(AL), 1992(AL), 1993(AL), 1994(AL), 1995(AL), 1996(AL), 1997(AL), 1998(AL), 1999(AL), 2000(NL) Silver Slugger (7) 1991(AL), 1993(AL), 1994(AL), 1996(AL), 1997(AL), 1998(AL), 1999(AL) MVP (1) 1997(AL) All-Star MVP (1) 1992 COMING SOON In his second consecutive injury-plagued season hit .286 in 111 games and 92 starts...led the club with 22 HR and with 65 RBIs ranked third behind Sean Casey (89 RBIs) and Dmitri Young (69 RBIs)...were his lowest homer and RBI totals since 1995 (17 HR, 42 RBIs), when he appeared in a career-low 72 games for the Mariners because of a broken left wrist. Was bothered all year by a torn left hamstring...during spring training suffered from soreness in his left hamstring, an injury dating back to 9/11/00...while rounding third base on 3/26 vs the Royals at Baseball City suffered a partial tear of that same muscle. Because of the injury, made his first 16 appearances of the season as a pinch hitter (0-12, 3 BB, 2 IBB, 5 K, 1 HBP) until he went on the disabled list on 4/29...was reinstated from the DL on 6/15 and that night vs Colorado made his first start of the season in the Reds' 65th game. Hit safely in his first nine games after coming off the DL (.371, 2 2B, 2HR, 8 RBIs, 7 R)...in 95 games after he returned from the DL hit .295 with all 22 HR and 65 RBIs...the Reds went 25-39 (.391) prior to his first start on 6/15 and 41-57 (.418) after 6/15, including 40-52 (.435) in his 92 starts. Missed an Opening Day start for the first time in his career... did not make the All-Star team for the first time since his rookie season (1989)...finished fifth in the All-Star voting among NL outfielders. At 31 years, 261 days old became the youngest player in baseball history to hit 450 HR when he homered off Russ Ortiz on 8/9 vs San Francisco...was 15 days younger than the previous record holder, Jimmie Foxx. Griffey (11 HR, 29 RBIs) and Adam Dunn (12 HR, 27 RBIs) combined for 23 HR and 56 RBIs in August...for the first time in the Reds' 133-year history, they had two players with at least 11 homers in a calendar month...their 23 homers is a club record for a pair of Reds teammates in any month and the most in the majors since Texas' Rafael Palmeiro (15 HR) and Ivan Rodriguez (12 HR) combined for 27 homers in August 1999...the previous club record was held by Ted Kluszewski (13 HR) and Jim Greengrass (9 HR), who combined for 22 homers in August 1954. In the bottom of the 11th inning of the 5-4 victory on 8/20 vs St. Louis snapped the 4-4 tie with an inside-the-park homer off Andy Benes...was the Major Leagues' first extra-inning, inside-the-park homer to end a game since Philadelphia's Bobby Abreu did it in a 10- inning, 2-1 victory on 8/27/00 vs San Francisco...was the third inside-the-park homer of his career and the first by a Red since Chris Stynes on 6/6/98 vs Cleveland off Jaret Wright...was his second career game-ending homer. From 8/28-9/21 went 16 games and 64 AB between his 19th and 20th homers, both season highs. Led the club with 90 starts in CF...also started a pair of games at DH (7/6-7/7 at Minnesota)...made a team-high 91 starts batting third in the order and one start batting fourth...on 7/5 vs Pittsburgh hit cleanup for the only time all season and for the 17th time in his career. Through 88g on 9/4 was hitting .302 (19 HR, 52 RBIs), his highest BA since 8/30/99 (.303 for Seattle)...beginning 9/5 hit .229 (3 HR, 13 RBIs) in his last 23 games of the season...hit .310 with RISP... began the season 0-for-13, his longest hitless skid of the season, until he singled off Ron Villone on 6/15 vs Colorado. Hit his first homer on 6/19 vs Milwaukee (solo off Ben Sheets) in his fourth start of the season...on 7/15 and 7/16 vs Detroit hit three HR in two games (5 RBIs), including his only two-homer game of the season (7/16 vs Detroit, 2 HR, 4 RBis)...on 9/22 at Milwaukee recorded his first sacrifce bunt since 1996...from 8/1-8/11 had a season-high 10-game hitting streak (.333, 5 HR, 11 RBIs), raising overall BA from .288 to .300...from 8/17-8/23 recorded at least one RBI in a season-high seven straight games...had 29 multi-hit games, including 22 two-hit games, six three-hit games and a four-hit game on 8/23 vs St. Louis...had seven infield hits and three bunt hits... finished the season 3-for-24 in his last seven games, dropping BA from .297, and went hitless in his last 10 AB to drop BA from .294. 2/11/00 Griffey is Traded to the Cincinnati Reds for (RHP)B. Tomko, (OF)M. Cameron, (RHP)J. Meyer and (INF)A. Perez In his first season with the Reds led the club with 40 HR, 118 RBIs, 100 runs scored, 289 total bases and 94 walks...had at least 100 RBIs for the fifth straight seasonand for the eighth time in his career. Was voted to the All-Star Game's starting lineup for the 11th consecutive year, his first as a National League player, but did not play in the game because of tendinitis in his right knee. Ranked ninth in the National League in both HR and RBIs...ranked fifth with 17 intentional walks and T5th with an RBI every 4.4 AB. With 12 HR in June tied Baltimore's Albert Belle and Los Angeles's Gary Sheffield for the Major League lead...in July led the National League with 29 RBis. Hit the 13th and 14th grand slams of his career (4/11 at Colorado off Gabe White, 7/28 at Montreal off Mike Johnson)...the Reds went 24-11 when he homered...18 of his 40 HR tied games or put the Reds ahead. Throughout the season was hampered by hamstring injuries...on 9/11 vs Cubs suffered a partial tear of his left high hamstring and did not start another game the rest of the season...after that injury made three pinch-hit appearances (2-3, solo HR)...made his last appearance of the season on 9/23 vs Houston (PH, singled). In his first 96 games of the season through 7/21 hit .235 (30 HR, 78 RBIs)...in his last 49 games of the season beginning 7/22 hit .337 (10 HR, 40 RBIs), including .327 in August and .385 in September. Didn't miss a start until 6/1 vs Montreal, the club's 53rd game...made 140 of his 141 starts batting third in the order...on 6/13 at San Francisco batted cleanup for the only time all season, for the 16th time in his career and for the first time since 8/11/96 vs Minnesota. Produced five of the Reds' ten multi-homer games and two of their six grand slams. Had a pair of season-high 11-game hitting streaks, from 6/16-6/27 (.357, 7 HR, 13 RBIs) and from 7/31-8/12 (.333, 2 HR, 9 RBIs)...from 5/26-6/3 went 0-for-18, his longest hitless skid of the season, and from 7/15-7/18 went 0-for-15...on 6/3 vs Minnesota, snapped that 0-for-18 skid with a homer off Sean Bergman...had 35 multi-hit games, including six three-hit games and a four-hit game (7/8 vs Cleveland)...had eight infield hits, including a bunt single on 8/6 vs Florida. Did not commit an error until his 34th game (5/12 at Houston), his longest errorless streak of the season...on 4/25 at Mets reached over the wall to rob Derek Bell of a homer. From 4/5-4/12 had at least one RBI in eight straight games (14 RBIs), two games shy of the club record for RBIs in consecutive games (10g, Joe Morgan, 1975, 17 RBIs)...from 7/23-7/30 had an RBI in seven straight games (13 RBIs)...on 4/6 vs Milwaukee, in his fourth game, snapped an 0-for-10 start with an RBI-single off Jaime Navarro for his first hit as a Red. On 4/9 vs Cubs, his two-run HR off Lexington native Scott Downs was his first homer as a Red and the 399th of his career...on 4/10 at Colorado (off Rolando Arrojo) became the youngest player in baseball history to hit 400 HR...was 30 years, 141 days old and hit it on his father's 50th birthday...was his fourth career homer on his father's birthday (2000, 1994, 1992 and his first career HR in 1989). On 4/20 vs San Francisco had his first two-HR game as a Red...on 5/13 at Houston hit a pair of HR, including a two-run shot off Billy Wagner on an 0-2 pitch with two outs in the ninth inning that erased a one-run deficit in Cincinnati's 8-7 victory...on 5/13 at Houston combined with Michael Tucker and Dmitri Young on the Reds' first set of back-to-back-to-back HR since 4/9/97 at Colorado (Larkin, Greene, RSanders). On 7/5 at St. Louis popped out in his first PH appearance since 9/24/92 at Kansas City. On 7/8 vs Cleveland, had two HR and a career-high eight RBIs, the most by a Reds player since Dave Parker had eight RBIs on 9/15/87 at Atlanta. On 7/1 at Arizona, left the game with a twisted right knee but did not miss a game...on 7/9 vs Cleveland, was ejected by HP umpire Justin Klemm for arguing balls and strikes. From 8/18-9/1 had his longest homerless streak of the season (12g, 52 AB), then in his next 11 games produced five HR and nine RBIs. On 9/19 at San Francisco hit his 40th HR of the season, a pinch-hit homer off Livan Hernandez...was his third career pinch-hit homer (9/16/90 vs California's Bryan Harvey, 5/16/89 vs Milwaukee's Bill Wegman) and his firstpinch-hit base hit since he singled off Chicago's Bobby Thigpen on 4/13/92. Was voted to the AL All-Star team for the 10th time, leading the Major Leagues with 2,928,055 vote Was voted Player of the Year by the Seattle Chapter of the BBWA Was named to The Sporting News AL All-Star team for the seventh time Won his seventh Silver Slugger Award and 10th Gold Glove Was named to the AP ML All-Star team Was voted Players Choice Player of the Decade Hit 48 HR to become the first player since Harmon Killebrew (1962-64) to lead the American League in home runs in 3 consecutive seasons Was among the league leaders in HR (1st), RBI (3rd), runs (5th), total bases (349, 3rd), extra-base hits (77, 6th), and HR/at-bat ratio (12.6, 4th) Also led the league with 17 intentional walks Had 100 RBI for the seventh time Stole a career-high 24 bases Had 4 multi-HR games, giving him 40 career multi-HR games (38 games w/ 2 HR) Hit seventh career opening night HR on April 5 at the Kingdome; 7 Opening Day HR ranks second in ML history Belted grand slam home runs in consecutive days April 29-30 to become only the 28th different player in ML history and second Mariner (Blowers) with GSHR in consecutive days Tied career-best with 6 RBI including GSHR #11 Apr. 29 Sets club record on April 30 by accumulating 11 RBI in 2 days in addition to hitting career GSHR #12 Drove in 14 RBI in 3 games April 28-30, setting club record for RBI in three consecutive games From 5/9-5/26 had career-high 16-game hitting streak (27-63, 429, 8HR, 21RBI) Hit HR #20 on May 31, the 3rd time in career with 20 HRs before June 1; is the only ML player to do it more than once Hit final Kingdome home run June 27 off Texas’ Aaron Sele; later in that game took a home run away from Juan Gonzalez Hit his first SAFECO Field home run July 18 vs. Arizona, giving him a home run in 23 different ML parks Stroked career-hit #1,700 off of Chicago’s Jamie Navarro Aug. 11 Won All-Star Game home run contest for third time in his career Launched 5 HR in interleague play to give him 19 career against the NL Is 75-for-92 (82%) in stolen base attempts over last 4 seasons. All-Star center fielder had second consecutive MVP-type season Matched career-high with 56 home runs (also: 1997) and 146 RBI was one off career-high Led the Majors in homers off LHP (21), road homers (26) and inter-league homers (10) Among the A.L. leaders in homers (1st), RBI (3rd), runs (3rd), total bases (2nd), slugging percentage (3rd/.611), extra base hits (3rd/92) and intentional walks (4th/11) Was one of only two Mariners (Alex Rodriguez) to play in all 161 games Opening Day HR March 31 was the sixth of his career; Brooks Robinson holds record with eight Hit two home runs April 13 (off Cle’s Burba & Mesa) to become second youngest player in ML history to 300 HR Named A.L. Player of the Week from May 4-10 Finished May with 19 home runs, breaking Babe Ruth’s A.L. record for most HR through May 31 Named A.L. Player of the Week from June 29-July 5 (2nd in ’98, 9th of career) Set Mariners club record with six consecutive extra-base hits (two HR, triple, three doubles) on July 1-2 Had 35 HR and 79 RBI at the All-Star Break; collected a total of 61 homers and 142 RBI between 1997 ASB and 1998 ASB in 163 games Voted to ninth consecutive All-Star game; was 2x3 and won the home run contest Hit HR #37 off Anaheim’s Chuck Finley into Kingdome’s 3rd deck in RF on July 10; was his fourth 3rd deck shot in 1998, 20th career Had two HR July 14 off Texas’ Burkett & Bailes; 1st HR was career hit #1,500 Hit 40th HR July 21 at Tampa Bay; reached 40 HR in 100 games, his fastest ever (prev: 112 games in ’94) Stole career-high three bases July 25 at Baltimore Hit HR #41 July 30 vs. Cleveland, equaling A.L. record for HR’s before Aug. 1 (also: Babe Ruth, 1928 and Jimmie Foxx, 1932) Hit HR #42 Aug. 15 at Chicago; longball snapped season-high 54 AB homerless drought Twin-shots Sept. 15 was his 7th multi-homer game in ’98 and the 36th of his career; the four RBI gave him 1,003 in his career making him the fourth youngest player ever to 1,000 RBI Swiped 20th base of the year (a new career-high) Sept. 16 at Oakland becoming the third player ever in the 50 HR-20 SB club (also: Willie Mays (51 HR, 24 SB in 1955) and Brady Anderson (50 HR, 21 SB in 1996) Hit two-HR’s off A’s Witasick and drove in his 140th run for the third consecutive season on Sept. 22; joined Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig as only players to record 140+ RBI in three straight seasons Hit HR #56, equaling career-high & becoming fastest in M.L. history to 350, on Sept. 25 vs. Texas Named Co-Player of the Year by the Seattle Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America Is only the third player to ever hit 50+ HR in consecutive seasons (Babe Ruth 1920-21, 1927-28) and Mark McGwire (1996-98) Homered vs. every opponent, a total of 18 clubs Became only M.L. player with three 140+ RBI seasons since 1963 Won his sixth Silver Slugger and ninth consecutive Gold Glove following season Named to post-season All-Star team by AP and The Sporting News. Became the 13th unanimous MVP selection in baseball history after posting the best season ever by a Seattle player and one of the best years in history His 56 home runs was 7th most in history, the 3rd-most since 1961, and his 147 RBI was 6th-highest total over the last 48 years Had 393 total bases, the 29th most in M.L. history Became just the sixth Major Leaguer to hit over 100 home runs over two consecutive seasons Named the American League's Player of the Month for April Broke the Major League record for most homers in the month of April (11) by blasting his 11th, 12th and 13th home runs on April 25 against the Blue Jays. It was the second career three-homer game in Griffery's career Finished May with 24 home runs, breaking own M.L. record for most HR through the end of May Missed two games (June 26-27) with tight right hanstring suffered June 25 Named American League Player of the Week for April 1-7. Elected to Eighth All-Star Game and led the A.L. in voting for the fifth time and the Majors for the third time Named Player of the Week for second time in 1997 (seventh career) Sept. 5 Became just the 15th player in history with 50 or more home runs in a season Won his fifth Silver Slugger Award (also: 1991, ’93, ’94 & ’96) and his eight consecutive (1990-1997) Gold Glove Named to post-season All-Star team by AP and The Sporting News TSN also named him M.L. Player of the Year He hit his 250th career home run off Toronto’s Roger Clemens, April 25, 1997. Despite missing 205 games because of injuries and work stoppage, he was the fourth youngest player to reach that mark. He trailed Jimmie Foxx, Eddie Mathews and Mel Ott. An All-Star, a Gold Glover (for the seventh straight year) and a Silver Slugger Set franchise records with 49 home runs (third in the American League) and 140 RBIs (5th in AL) despite missing 20 games (June 20 - July 13) with broken bone in his wrist Finished fourth in the AL MVP balloting Was among the league leaders in runs (125, fifth), total bases (342, sixth), slugging percentage (.628, fifth) and extra base hits (77, eighth) Led all MLB players in All-Star balloting (3,064,814 votes) Homered against every club except Texas He hit his 200th career home run off Boston’s Vaughn Eshelman, May 21, 1996. He was the seventh youngest to reach that mark. The other six are all Hall of Famers. Became the seventh-youngest player in major league history to reach the 200 HR mark with his fourth inning blast off Vaughn Eshelman on May 21 at Boston Hit three home runs in a game for the first time in his career in a 10-4 win over the New York Yankees on May 24 Named the American League Player of the Week for the period ending May 26th Stole 100th career base June 2 vs. Boston to become the first Mariner with 100 steals and 100 homers Placed on the DL and expected to miss six weeks after fouling off an Eric Hanson pitch and breaking the hamate bone in his right hand on June 19 vs. Toronto Returned to the lineup sooner than expected on July 14 vs. California and hit a HR in his third AB (off Jason Grimsley) Recorded four RBIs, raising his career total to 669, to pass Alvin Davis for the most RBIs in club history on July 27 vs. Detroit. Griffey hit two HRs in the game. Rang in the new season with a game-winning, 3-run, third-deck shot off Detroit's Sean Bergman on Opening Day in Mariners' 3-0 win Made an amazing catch crashing into right-center field wall on a drive off the bat of Baltimore's Kevin Bass on May 26, but fractured both bones in his left wrist Was expected to miss 3 months, but returned two weeks early on August 15 Missed 73 games due to the injury (Mariners went 36-37 during his absence) Was selected to his sixth straight All-Star starting lineup and received the second most votes in the AL behind Cal Ripken Collected his 1,000th career hit with a single off Frankie Rodriguez, becoming the seventh youngest player in history to reach the 1,000-hit plateau Hit in a season-high nine straight games September 4-12 (.393, 11x28) Hit his eighth career grand slam in eighth inning on September 28 for a 6-2 win at Texas September 28. In Seattle’s first appearance in post-season play in 1995, Junior hit .364 with six home runs and nine RBI in 11 games. His five home runs in the Divisional Series tied Reggie Jackson’s 1977 mark for the most HRs in any post-season series and six tied the most in a post-season (Bob Robertson, ’71 Pirates and Lenny Dykstra, ’93 Phillies). Led the league in homers (40); finished second in home run-ratio (1:10.8 AB), intentional walks (19) and total bases (292); and ranked third in runs (94), slugging percentage (.674) and extra-base hits (68); finished fifth in hits (140), seventh in RBI (90) and eighth in batting average (.323) Started the season on a torrid pace, hitting .315 with seven homers and club-record 20 RBIs in April Was on pace for most of the season to break Roger Maris' home run Broke Babe Ruth's record for homers by June 30th by two as he clubbed 32 by the month's close Hit the longest home run by a left-hander at Camden Yards when he launched a 438 ft. shot in the eighth inning off Brad Pennington that landed on Eutaw Street on April 24 Became the third-youngest player (Mel Ott and Eddie Mathews) ever to reach the 150-homer plateau when he clubbed the milestone round tripper May 20 vs. Texas' Roger Pavlik at age 24 and five months Took over the franchise's all-time lead in home runs when he hit the 161st of his career June 15 in Texas to pass Alvin Davis' former mark of 160 Was selected to start in his fifth straight All-Star Game after amassing an all-time record of 6,079,688 votes (broke Rod Carew's 1977 record of 4,292,740) Won the All-Star Game's home-run hitting contest as he hit seven out July 11 at Pittsburgh Went 2-for-3 in the mid-summer's classic to increase his all-time All-Star average to .571 (8-for-14), the best among any player with over 10 at-bats Clubbed his 40th homer of the season with his seventh career grand slam Aug. 11 at Oakland to become only the 22nd player in Major League history to hit 40 or more in consecutive seasons Excelled versus right-handers, batting .339 with 24 homers Finished third among AL outfielders with 12 assists Was the runner-up to Frank Thomas in the AL MVP balloting. Set new club records in home runs (45), runs (113), total bases (359), intentional walks (25) and slugging percentage (.617) Ranked among league leaders in 11 categories, including first in total bases and extra-base hits (86), second in home runs, sixth in runs and doubles, and eighth in hits Trailed major league home run leaders Juan Gonzalez and Barry Bonds by only one HR Hit a three-run homer off Toronto's Jack Morris in his first at-bat Opening Night Tied a major league record (set by Dale Long in 1956 and matched by Don Mattingly in 1987) by homering in eight consecutive games July 20-28, just missing a record-breaking ninth long ball when he doubled off the right-center field wall July 29 The night Griffey tried to break the consecutive-game home run record, 30,220 tickets were sold the day of the game. That remains a Mariners’ walk-up record. Became the sixth-youngest player in history to reach the 100-home run plateau (23 years, six months, 25 days) with his shot June 15 off Kansas City's Billy Brewer Established a new AL record for outfielders July 18 at Boston with his 542nd consecutive errorless chance, breaking the mark set earlier in the year by Milwaukee's Daryl Hamilton Was the AL's leading All-Star vote-getter Finished second to Texas' Juan Gonzalez in the All-Star home run contest prior to the game, but provided the most memorable highlight when he became the first player to hit a ball to the B&O warehouse at Baltimore's Camden Yards, a shot estimated at 460 feet Became the first Seattle player and the 10th-youngest player in major league history to hit 40 home runs in a season when he connected off Detroit's Mike Moore Sept. 1 Became the fourth-youngest player (trailing only Mel Ott, Ty Cobb and Ted Williams) ever to have three 100+ RBI seasons when he drove in run number 100 with his 41st HR Sept. 13 at California Hit .317 with 22 home runs and 60 RBI before the All-Star break and .300 with 23 homers and 49 RBI afterward Won his fourth straight Gold Glove Award and second Silver Slugger Award. Enjoyed another outstanding season, finishing third in the AL in extra-base hits (70), fourth in slugging (.535), fifth in doubles (39) and multiple-hit games (tied, 52), sixth in total bases (302) and eighth in batting average (.308) and home runs (27) Ranked second among AL outfielders with a .997 fielding percentage and won his third straight Gold Glove Award Had a career-high five RBI April 19 at Milwaukee Missed half of June with a sprained wrist Finished the first half with a .285 average, 15 home runs and 50 RBI and was the AL's starting center fielder in the All-Star Game for the third straight year Went 3-for-3 in the classic, homering off Chicago's Greg Maddux, and was named All-Star MVP Joined Ken Sr. (1980) as the only father-son All-Star MVP combination in major league history Became the first Mariner ever to have back-to-back 100+ RBI seasons with a three-run homer off Milwaukee's Chris Bosio Sept. 30 Batted .358 (62-173) against left-handed pitching, the best mark by any major league left-handed hitter Named to The Sporting News' AL All-Star team following the season. Rewrote Seattle's record book, setting new standards for batting average (.327), doubles (42), slugging percentage (.527) and intentional walks (21), all of which have since been broken Led the AL with a team-record three grand slams, hit July 23 at New York (Guetterman), July 30 against Baltimore (Smith) and Sept.19 against Kansas City (Gordon) Ranked fourth in the league in average and doubles, sixth in slugging percentage, eighth in on-base percentage (.399) and RBI and tenth in total bases (289) Homered three times in a four game span May 25-28 Was the AL's leading vote-getter for the All-Star Game; started for the second straight year and went 2-for-3 Tied a club record with five hits July 18 at Milwaukee Batted an incredible .434 in July, homering five times and driving in 25 runs Was named A.L. Player of the Week for Aug. 12-18, when he batted .542 (13-24) with three HR and nine RBI Became the youngest player to drive in 100 runs in a season (21 years old) since Al Kaline in 1956 Had the best second half of any AL player, hitting .372 with 13 homers and 64 RBI after the All-Star break Was named to AP's post-season All-Star Team, received his second straight Gold Glove Award and won his first Silver Slugger Award Recognized as the best defensive outfielder in the AL in a Toronto Sun poll of major league managers. Built on his very good rookie year with an outstanding second season at age 20 Finished fourth in the AL in total bases (287), fifth in hits (179), seventh in batting average (.300), tied for eighth in triples (seven) and ninth in slugging percentage (.481) Led the Mariners with 22 homers and 80 RBI Went 4-for-5 with a three-run home run off Bert Blyleven in Seattle's Opening Day win over California on April 9 Named A.L. Co-Player of the Week (with Brian Holman) for April 16-22, when he batted .414 (12-29) with two homeruns and 10 RBI Robbed Jesse Barfield of his 200th career homer with an over-the-wall grab April 26 at New York Named AL Player of the Month for April, when he hit .388 with five home runs and 17 RBI Propelled the Mariners to victory with an inside-the-park home run June 20 at Kansas City Took a .331 batting average, 12 homers and 40 RBI into the All-Star break Became the first Mariner to start an All-Star Game, becoming the second-youngest player ever to do so (Al Kaline was younger in 1955) Aug. 31 vs. Kansas City, played with his father for the first time Teamed with his father to hit back-to-back home runs Sept. 14 at California, both shots coming in the first inning off Kirk McCaskill Became the second-youngest player in history to win a Gold Glove Award (Johnny Bench was younger in 1968). Made the team as a 19-year old non-roster player hitting .359 with two homers and 21 RBI in 26 spring games Set new club spring records with 33 hits, 21 RBI and a 15-game hitting streak Displayed his raw talent and incredible potential early and often Debuted at Oakland April 3 and doubled off Dave Stewart in his first at-bat Hit his first major league home run on the first pitch thrown to him at the Kingdome, April 10 off Chicago's Eric King Tied a club record with eight consecutive hits April 23-26 and established a new team mark by reaching base safely 11 straight times April 23-27 Was named A.L. Player of the Week for April 24-30 (.600, 1 HR, 4 RBI) Hit a game-winning two-run homer off Milwaukee's Bill Wegman in his first major league pinch-hit at-bat May 16 Had two two-homer games during the year Hit an inside-the-park home run off New York's Clay Parker May 21 He missed a month (July 25-August 20) of his rookie season when he fractured a bone in his right hand after slipping in the shower of a Chicago hotel. That lost him the Rookie of the Year Award, He got third place. At the time of the injury, he led all major league rookies with a .287 average, 13 homers and 45 RBI Hit only .214 (31-145) with three homers and 16 RBI in 39 games after returning from the DL 13 of his 16 home runs tied the game or put Seattle ahead Led all league outfielders with six double plays and ranked fifth with 12 assists. At age 19 was the youngest player in the majors Led all centerfielders with 10 errors as a rookie, but he also had a league-leading six double plays from the outfield. Split the season between San Bernardino and Vermont Finished third on San Bernardino in home runs (11) and fourth in stolen bases (32), Despite playing in 58 games Placed on disabled list with a strained lower back on June 9 At the time of the injury, was leading the California League in home runs, total bases (126) and stolen bases and was second in average Came off the D.L. on August 15 and was promoted to Vermont Hit .444 (8-18) with a club-high seven RBI vs. Pittsfield in the Eastern League playoffs Was named the #1 M.L. prospect in the California League by Baseball America and was also selected as an outfielder on the league’s All-Star team Began pro career at age 17 first hit was a homerun at Everett on June 17 Named Northwest League Player of the Week, June 16-22 (3 HR, 8 RBI, 4 SB) Collided with centerfield wall on July 4, injuring his shoulder Came back to hit in 14 of 16 games, July 12-August 13, for an average .453 (24-53, 7 HR, 16 RBI) Finished sixth in the Northwest League batting race with a .313 average Named All-League outfielder and #1 M.L. prospect in Northwest League by Baseball America Click here for Personal Information

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