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Ken Griffey Jr.
George Kenneth "Ken" Griffey, Jr. (born November 21, 1969), nicknamed "Junior" and "The Kid", is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played 22 years in Major League Baseball (MLB) for three teams (1989–2010). He spent most of his career with the Seattle Mariners and Cincinnati Reds, along with a short stint with the Chicago White Sox. A 13-time All-Star, Griffey was one of the most prolific home run hitters in baseball history; his 630 home runs rank as the sixth-most in MLB history. Griffey was also an exceptional defender and won 10 Gold Glove Awards in center field. He is tied for the record of most consecutive games with a home run (8 games, tied with Don Mattingly and Dale Long).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=',Consecutive Home Run Records by Baseball Almanac', )〕
Although popular with fans around the league, Griffey was unable to shake reports of his petulant demeanor throughout his major league baseball career. Griffey signed lucrative deals with companies of international prominence like Nike and Nintendo (owners of the Mariners); his popularity reflected well upon MLB and is credited by some〔Hayek, Todd. (Ken Griffey Jr. vs. Albert Pujols? Jr. Gets the Nod ). Bleacher Report. June 3, 2010.〕〔(Ken Griffey Jr and the Synthesis of Baseball ). February 13, 2010.〕 with helping restore its image after the 1994 labor dispute. He currently works in the Mariners' front office as a special consultant. Griffey is one of only 29 players in baseball history to date to have appeared in Major League games in four different calendar decades. On August 10, 2013, Griffey became the seventh person inducted into the Mariners' Hall of Fame. He is the son of former MLB player Ken Griffey, Sr.
==Early life==
Griffey was born in Donora, Pennsylvania on November 21, 1969. His family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where his father, Ken Griffey, Sr., played for the Cincinnati Reds, when Ken Jr. was six years old. Ken Jr. was in the clubhouse during his father's back-to-back championships in the 1975 and 1976 World Series.
As a young child, Ken Sr. would instill in his son the pride of a team accomplishment rather than the individual performance. "My dad would have bopped me on the head when I was a kid if I came home bragging about what I did on the field. He only wanted to know what the team did." He attended Archbishop Moeller High School〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ken Griffey Jr. )〕 in Cincinnati (the same high school as his future teammate Barry Larkin),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ken Griffey Jr.: Biography and Career Highlights , whitesox.com: Players )〕 where he was the U.S high school baseball player of the year in 1987. He was also a running back on the school's football team and was pursued by many top Division I college football programs around the country.
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