Ken Griffey Jr : 2008

2008-Jul-16 Washington DC

Despite being ranked second in the National League All-Star voting for outfielders for most of the first half of the season, Griffey finished fourth with 2,907,746 ballots, 87,000 votes behind Kosuke Fukudome. He was not selected to the All-Star Game as a reserve. At the All-Star Break, Griffey was batting .239 with 12 home runs and 42 runs batted in. "I always have a backup plan... If you can't hit a tough lefty, bunt. If you can't hit a tough righty, bunt. If you can't go to the All-Star Game, go to the Bahamas," Griffey said.

2008-Jul-15 Bronx New York – Yankee Stadium - 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 79th midseason exhibition between the all-stars of the American League and the National League, the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. 

 

Hall of Fame - 2016 : Griffey, Piazza

2016-jul-24 Cooperstown NY Hall of Fame Inductions

Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from a ballot of recently retired players, with results announced on January 6, 2016; Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza were elected to the Hall of Fame.

St Vincent - MLB Rookies : 1989

July 23, 1989

Major League Baseball Rookies

18 stamps issued in two 9-stamp souvenir sheets

St Vincent and the Grenadines, former British colony in the Winward Islands, has produced stamps since 1861. these featured the British monarchs head or the ER Mongram and crown until 1970. Stamps were then printed with "St. Vincent" until 1992 when stamps began carrying the "St. Vincent and the Grenadines" title

Since 1988 the country has been client of the Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corporation (IGPC), which has been criticized for inappropriate (stamp subjects not related to the country) and excessive issues. The IGPC represents over 70 different countries

Ken Griffey - Sr & Junior

1989-April-03  Oakland, Ca - Oakland Coliseum

1989-April-03  Cincinnati, Ohio - Riverfront Stadium

Ken Griffey Jr major league debut with the Seattle Mariners, while his father was playing for the Cincinnati Reds

1990-Aug-31 Seattle, Wa

First father/son teammates to take the field in the same game

1997-May-31 Seattle Wa

Most home runs in first 2 months of the season

1997-Oct-22 New York NY - Gold Glove Award

1997-October-30 Cooperstown, NY

Player of the Year

Bevil cachet #/450

2000-Feb-10  Cincinnati - Traded

2000-April -04  Cincinnati, Oh - Cinergy Field

Wild Horse painted cachet

Milwaukee Brewers 5-1 Cincinnati Reds

Griffey's first game with the Reds, 0-4 with 2 strikeouts

2004-June-20 - St Louis, Mo

500th Career Home Run

Ken Griffey Sr played  from 1973-1991 for the Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Seattle Mariners. A 3-time All-star, he was inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 2004

Ken Griffey Jr followed in his father's footsteps. Junior played 22 years (1989-2010) for the Seattle Mariners, Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox. 

• Batting Ave .284
• RBI - 1,836
• Home Runs - 630
• 13-time All-Star
• AL MVP - 1997
• 10-time Gold Glove
• 7-time Silver Slugger
• 4-time AL Home Run Leader
• AL RBI Leader - 1997
• Seattle Mariners retire #24 - 2016
• Seattle Mariner sHall of Fame - 2013
• Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame - 2014
• Baseball Hall of Fame - 2016

Junior was honored by St Vincent July 23, 1989