Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1989
- Draft
- 1987Rd 1, Pk 1
- AL MVP
- 1997
- AL Gold Glove
- 10x
- AL Silver Slugger
- 7x
Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1989
- Draft
- 1987Rd 1, Pk 1
- AL MVP
- 1997
- AL Gold Glove
- 10x
- AL Silver Slugger
- 7x
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 2,671
- AB
- 9,801
- R
- 1,662
- H
- 2,781
- HR
- 630
- RBI
- 1,836
- SB
- 184
- AVG
- .284
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | SEA | 127 | 455 | 61 | 120 | 16 | 61 | 16 | .264 |
| 1990 | SEA | 155 | 597 | 91 | 179 | 22 | 80 | 16 | .300 |
| 1991 | SEA | 154 | 548 | 76 | 179 | 22 | 100 | 18 | .327 |
| 1992 | SEA | 142 | 565 | 83 | 174 | 27 | 103 | 10 | .308 |
| 1993 | SEA | 156 | 582 | 113 | 180 | 45 | 109 | 17 | .309 |
| 1994 | SEA | 111 | 433 | 94 | 140 | 40 | 90 | 11 | .323 |
| 1995 | SEA | 72 | 260 | 52 | 67 | 17 | 42 | 4 | .258 |
| 1996 | SEA | 140 | 545 | 125 | 165 | 49 | 140 | 16 | .303 |
| 1997 | SEA | 157 | 608 | 125 | 185 | 56 | 147 | 15 | .304 |
| 1998 | SEA | 161 | 633 | 120 | 180 | 56 | 146 | 20 | .284 |
| 1999 | SEA | 160 | 606 | 123 | 173 | 48 | 134 | 24 | .285 |
| 2000 | CIN | 145 | 520 | 100 | 141 | 40 | 118 | 6 | .271 |
| 2001 | CIN | 111 | 364 | 57 | 104 | 22 | 65 | 2 | .286 |
| 2002 | CIN | 70 | 197 | 17 | 52 | 8 | 23 | 1 | .264 |
| 2003 | CIN | 53 | 166 | 34 | 41 | 13 | 26 | 1 | .247 |
| 2004 | CIN | 83 | 300 | 49 | 76 | 20 | 60 | 1 | .253 |
| 2005 | CIN | 128 | 491 | 85 | 148 | 35 | 92 | 0 | .301 |
| 2006 | CIN | 109 | 428 | 62 | 108 | 27 | 72 | 0 | .252 |
| 2007 | CIN | 144 | 528 | 78 | 146 | 30 | 93 | 6 | .277 |
| 2008 |  CIN/CHW | 143 | 490 | 67 | 122 | 18 | 71 | 0 | .249 |
| 2009 | SEA | 117 | 387 | 44 | 83 | 19 | 57 | 0 | .214 |
| 2010 | SEA | 33 | 98 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .184 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 18
- AB
- 69
- R
- 12
- H
- 20
- HR
- 6
- RBI
- 11
- SB
- 5
- AVG
- .290
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 11,304
- TB
- 5,271
- XBH
- 1,192
- HBP
- 81
- IBB
- 246
- GIDP
- 199
- P/PA
- 1.23
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | SEA | 506 | 191 | 39 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | SEA | 666 | 287 | 57 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 1991 | SEA | 633 | 289 | 65 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 0 |
| 1992 | SEA | 617 | 302 | 70 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| 1993 | SEA | 691 | 359 | 86 | 6 | 25 | 14 | 0 |
| 1994 | SEA | 493 | 292 | 68 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | SEA | 314 | 125 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | SEA | 638 | 342 | 77 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | SEA | 704 | 393 | 93 | 8 | 23 | 12 | 0 |
| 1998 | SEA | 720 | 387 | 92 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 0 |
| 1999 | SEA | 706 | 349 | 77 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | CIN | 631 | 289 | 65 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | CIN | 417 | 194 | 44 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| 2002 | CIN | 232 | 84 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3.7 |
| 2003 | CIN | 201 | 94 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4.0 |
| 2004 | CIN | 348 | 154 | 38 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3.9 |
| 2005 | CIN | 555 | 283 | 65 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3.8 |
| 2006 | CIN | 472 | 208 | 46 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 3.7 |
| 2007 | CIN | 623 | 262 | 55 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 4.0 |
| 2008 | CIN/CHW | 575 | 208 | 49 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 |
| 2009 | SEA | 454 | 159 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4.0 |
| 2010 | SEA | 108 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 79.2
- RC
- 1927.5
- RC/27
- 7.00
- ISOP
- .254
- SECA
- .400
- BB/K
- 0.74
- AB/HR
- 15.6
- GO/FO
- 0.60
Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | SEA | 2.9 | 65.2 | 5 | .156 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 28.4 | 0 |
| 1990 | SEA | 5.0 | 102.3 | 6.2 | .181 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 27.1 | 0 |
| 1991 | SEA | 6.9 | 114.7 | 7.8 | .201 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 24.9 | 0 |
| 1992 | SEA | 5.5 | 103.2 | 6.7 | .227 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 20.9 | 0 |
| 1993 | SEA | 8.5 | 139.8 | 8.7 | .308 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 12.9 | 0 |
| 1994 | SEA | 6.7 | 109.3 | 9.6 | .351 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 10.8 | 0 |
| 1995 | SEA | 3.1 | 49.4 | 6.6 | .223 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 15.3 | 0 |
| 1996 | SEA | 9.5 | 132.8 | 9.1 | .325 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 11.1 | 0 |
| 1997 | SEA | 8.9 | 144.9 | 8.7 | .342 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 10.9 | 0 |
| 1998 | SEA | 6.3 | 137.1 | 7.8 | .327 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 11.3 | 0 |
| 1999 | SEA | 4.6 | 133.7 | 8 | .290 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 12.6 | 0 |
| 2000 | CIN | 5.2 | 113.1 | 7.7 | .285 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | CIN | 1.8 | 69.8 | 6.9 | .247 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 16.5 | 0 |
| 2002 | CIN | -0.8 | 30.1 | 5.2 | .162 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 24.6 | 0 |
| 2003 | CIN | 1.2 | 35.1 | 7.3 | .319 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 12.8 | 0 |
| 2004 | CIN | 0.5 | 53.4 | 6.2 | .260 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 15 | 0.6 |
| 2005 | CIN | 3.5 | 100.8 | 7.6 | .275 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 14 | 0.6 |
| 2006 | CIN | -0.3 | 63.2 | 5.1 | .234 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 15.9 | 0.8 |
| 2007 | CIN | 0.4 | 98.6 | 6.6 | .220 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 17.6 | 0.5 |
| 2008 | CIN/CHW | 0.2 | 74.8 | 5.2 | .176 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 27.2 | 0.6 |
| 2009 | SEA | 0.4 | 54.3 | 4.7 | .196 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 20.4 | 0.6 |
| 2010 | SEA | -0.8 | 3.7 | 1.2 | .020 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Ken Griffey Jr.'s career stats?
Ken Griffey Jr. played 22 seasons for the Mariners and the Reds. He was a career .284 hitter with 2,781 hits, 630 home runs and 1,836 RBI. His best season was 1991: a .327 batting average, 22 home runs and 100 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
22 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1989 to 2010
Ken Griffey Jr. led MLB in RBI (1997); finished top 10 in a stat 16 times; sits top 10 all time in home runs.
Awards
- AL Gold Glove ×10: 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
- AL Silver Slugger ×7: 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
- AL MVP: 1997
All-time career rank
- 7th in home runs (630)
- 52nd in hits (2,781)
- 15th in rbi (1,836)
Among the 10,343 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
- Batting Average: 1991 (3rd)
- Home Runs: 1993 (3rd), 1994 (2nd), 1996 (3rd), 1997 (2nd), 1998 (3rd), 1999 (3rd)
- RBI: 1996 (7th), 1997 (1st), 1998 (5th), 1999 (6th)
- OPS: 1991 (4th), 1992 (9th), 1993 (4th), 1994 (5th), 1997 (6th)
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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