Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	WARP
24	11304	.284	.370	.538	133	79.9

MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
1989	SEA	19	127	506	120	23	0	16	44	83	2	16	7	.264	.329	.420	110	6.3	-1.3	1.1	2.2
1990	SEA	20	155	666	179	28	7	22	63	81	2	16	11	.300	.366	.481	131	23.8	-0.5	-6.9	3.8
1991	SEA	21	154	633	179	42	1	22	71	82	1	18	6	.327	.399	.527	145	34.1	-0.9	8.4	6.4
1992	SEA	22	142	617	174	39	4	27	44	67	5	10	5	.308	.361	.535	142	30.8	-0.2	-6.3	4.5
1993	SEA	23	156	691	180	38	3	45	96	91	6	17	9	.309	.408	.617	166	58.0	5.4	-4.0	8.0
1994	SEA	24	111	493	140	24	4	40	56	73	2	11	3	.323	.402	.674	164	43.2	1.9	-2.9	5.6
1995	SEA	25	72	314	67	7	0	17	52	53	0	4	2	.258	.379	.481	135	15.2	-0.3	7.3	3.1
1996	SEA	26	140	638	165	26	2	49	78	104	7	16	1	.303	.392	.628	145	41.3	1.2	14.5	7.4
1997	SEA	27	157	704	185	34	3	56	76	121	8	15	4	.304	.382	.646	151	48.3	2.5	15.9	8.6
1998	SEA	28	161	720	180	33	3	56	76	121	7	20	5	.284	.365	.611	147	44.1	-1.1	11.6	7.5
1999	SEA	29	160	706	173	26	3	48	91	108	7	24	7	.285	.384	.576	138	39.1	2.7	3.1	6.2
2000	CIN	30	145	631	141	22	3	40	94	117	9	6	4	.271	.387	.556	133	32.6	-1.7	14.7	6.3
2001	CIN	31	111	417	104	20	2	22	44	72	4	2	0	.286	.365	.533	123	14.3	-0.3	-14.9	1.2
2002	CIN	32	70	232	52	8	0	8	28	39	3	1	2	.264	.358	.426	105	2.5	-2.8	-8.2	-0.1
2003	CIN	33	53	201	41	12	1	13	27	44	6	1	0	.247	.370	.566	126	7.3	2.0	-5.3	0.9
2004	CIN	34	83	348	76	18	0	20	44	67	2	1	0	.253	.351	.513	120	9.4	-1.1	-5.5	1.4
2005	CIN	35	128	555	148	30	0	35	54	93	3	0	1	.301	.369	.576	136	24.7	-2.6	-16.0	2.4
2006	CIN	36	109	472	108	19	0	27	39	78	2	0	0	.252	.316	.486	103	3.9	-0.1	-11.8	0.7
2007	CIN	37	144	623	146	24	1	30	85	99	1	6	1	.277	.372	.496	121	19.4	-1.6	-5.1	2.4
2008	CHA	38	41	150	34	10	0	3	17	25	1	0	0	.260	.347	.405	105	1.3	-1.9	-1.6	0.2
2008	CIN	38	102	425	88	20	1	15	61	64	2	0	1	.245	.355	.432	104	3.4	-1.3	-1.5	0.8
2009	SEA	39	117	454	83	19	0	19	63	80	1	0	0	.214	.324	.411	104	3.2	-2.7	-0.8	0.5
2010	SEA	40	33	108	18	2	0	0	9	17	0	0	0	.184	.250	.204	75	-2.9	0.4	0.0	-0.1
Career			2671	11304	2781	524	38	630	1312	1779	81	184	69	.284	.370	.538	133	503.3	-4.2	-14.3	79.9

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	DRC+ SD	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
1987	BLN	A-	NWN	54	228	.000	.000	.000	.339			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1988	SBR	A+	CLF	58	256	.000	.000	.000	.371			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1988	VER	AA	EAS	17	68	.000	.000	.000	.319			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1989	SEA	MLB	AL	127	506	.262	.324	.387	.289	104	10.1	13.2	1.2	110	12	1.1	-1.3	6.3	2.2
1990	SEA	MLB	AL	155	666	.260	.326	.389	.315	100	28	17.9	1.4	131	11	-6.9	-0.5	23.8	3.8
1991	SEA	MLB	AL	154	633	.259	.323	.394	.347	98	44.5	17.1	1.5	145	9	8.4	-0.9	34.1	6.4
1992	SEA	MLB	AL	142	617	.262	.325	.389	.310	101	34	16.0	1.2	142	7	-6.3	-0.2	30.8	4.5
1993	SEA	MLB	AL	156	691	.269	.338	.413	.298	100	59.2	19.8	0.1	166	11	-4.0	5.4	58.0	8.0
1994	SEA	MLB	AL	111	493	.273	.342	.437	.311	101	47.2	15.0	0.4	164	10	-2.9	1.9	43.2	5.6
1995	SEA	MLB	AL	72	314	.270	.338	.427	.260	102	9.6	9.4	0.6	135	9	7.3	-0.3	15.2	3.1
1995	TAC	AAA	PCL	1	3	.000	.000	.000	.000			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1996	SEA	MLB	AL	140	638	.278	.349	.447	.291	102	48.8	19.7	1.3	145	11	14.5	1.2	41.3	7.4
1997	SEA	MLB	AL	157	704	.275	.340	.433	.291	102	52.6	19.4	1.5	151	10	15.9	2.5	48.3	8.6
1998	SEA	MLB	AL	161	720	.271	.337	.433	.270	100	42.5	19.6	1.6	147	10	11.6	-1.1	44.1	7.5
1999	SEA	MLB	AL	160	706	.276	.345	.442	.277	99	38.7	19.7	1.4	138	9	3.1	2.7	39.1	6.2
2000	CIN	MLB	NL	145	631	.271	.343	.440	.272	114	19.6	19.9	1.8	133	8	14.7	-1.7	32.6	6.3
2001	CIN	MLB	NL	111	417	.261	.330	.424	.299	102	17.3	12.4	0.9	123	12	-14.9	-0.3	14.3	1.2
2002	CIN	MLB	NL	70	232	.256	.323	.406	.286	106	0.3	6.7	0.5	105	8	-8.2	-2.8	2.5	-0.1
2003	CIN	MLB	NL	53	201	.260	.330	.418	.255	101	9.3	5.3	0.2	126	12	-5.3	2.0	7.3	0.9
2004	CIN	MLB	NL	83	348	.260	.330	.420	.260	95	13.5	10.4	0.8	120	11	-5.5	-1.1	9.4	1.4
2005	CIN	MLB	NL	128	555	.262	.330	.414	.305	105	30.9	16.0	1.3	136	8	-16.0	-2.6	24.7	2.4
2006	CIN	MLB	NL	109	472	.264	.330	.428	.248	97	3	14.2	1	103	10	-11.8	-0.1	3.9	0.7
2007	CIN	MLB	NL	144	623	.269	.332	.424	.284	102	18.9	18.5	-6.9	121	7	-5.1	-1.6	19.4	2.4
2008	CHA	MLB	AL	41	150	.259	.326	.410	.298	104	-1.3	4.3	-0.2	105	8	-1.6	-1.9	1.3	0.2
2008	CIN	MLB	NL	102	425	.263	.329	.415	.258	99	5.3	12.3	-4.7	104	8	-1.5	-1.3	3.4	0.8
2009	SEA	MLB	AL	117	454	.261	.324	.413	.220	99	4.3	13.1	-7.7	104	11	-0.8	-2.7	3.2	0.5
2010	SEA	MLB	AL	33	108	.251	.317	.397	.220	98	-9.2	3.0	-1.8	75	10	0.0	0.4	-2.9	-0.1

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	lvl	LG	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF	SH
1987	BLN	A-	NWN	228	182	43	57	9	1	14	110	40	44	42	13	6	.313	.445	.604	.291	1	1
1988	VER	AA	EAS	68	61	10	17	5	1	2	30	10	5	12	4	2	.279	.353	.492	.213	0	0
1988	SBR	A+	CLF	256	219	50	74	13	3	11	126	42	34	39	32	9	.338	.430	.575	.237	1	1
1989	SEA	MLB	AL	506	455	61	120	23	0	16	191	61	44	83	16	7	.264	.329	.420	.156	4	1
1990	SEA	MLB	AL	666	597	91	179	28	7	22	287	80	63	81	16	11	.300	.366	.481	.181	4	0
1991	SEA	MLB	AL	633	548	76	179	42	1	22	289	100	71	82	18	6	.327	.399	.527	.201	9	4
1992	SEA	MLB	AL	617	565	83	174	39	4	27	302	103	44	67	10	5	.308	.361	.535	.227	3	0
1993	SEA	MLB	AL	691	582	113	180	38	3	45	359	109	96	91	17	9	.309	.408	.617	.308	7	0
1994	SEA	MLB	AL	493	433	94	140	24	4	40	292	90	56	73	11	3	.323	.402	.674	.351	2	0
1995	TAC	AAA	PCL	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1995	SEA	MLB	AL	314	260	52	67	7	0	17	125	42	52	53	4	2	.258	.379	.481	.223	2	0
1996	SEA	MLB	AL	638	545	125	165	26	2	49	342	140	78	104	16	1	.303	.392	.628	.325	7	1
1997	SEA	MLB	AL	704	608	125	185	34	3	56	393	147	76	121	15	4	.304	.382	.646	.342	12	0
1998	SEA	MLB	AL	720	633	120	180	33	3	56	387	146	76	121	20	5	.284	.365	.611	.327	4	0
1999	SEA	MLB	AL	706	606	123	173	26	3	48	349	134	91	108	24	7	.285	.384	.576	.290	2	0
2000	CIN	MLB	NL	631	520	100	141	22	3	40	289	118	94	117	6	4	.271	.387	.556	.285	8	0
2001	CIN	MLB	NL	417	364	57	104	20	2	22	194	65	44	72	2	0	.286	.365	.533	.247	4	1
2002	CIN	MLB	NL	232	197	17	52	8	0	8	84	23	28	39	1	2	.264	.358	.426	.162	4	0
2003	CIN	MLB	NL	201	166	34	41	12	1	13	94	26	27	44	1	0	.247	.370	.566	.319	1	1
2004	CIN	MLB	NL	348	300	49	76	18	0	20	154	60	44	67	1	0	.253	.351	.513	.260	2	0
2005	CIN	MLB	NL	555	491	85	148	30	0	35	283	92	54	93	0	1	.301	.369	.576	.275	7	0
2006	CIN	MLB	NL	472	428	62	108	19	0	27	208	72	39	78	0	0	.252	.316	.486	.234	3	0
2007	CIN	MLB	NL	623	528	78	146	24	1	30	262	93	85	99	6	1	.277	.372	.496	.220	9	0
2008	CIN	MLB	NL	425	359	51	88	20	1	15	155	53	61	64	0	1	.245	.355	.432	.187	3	0
2008	CHA	MLB	AL	150	131	16	34	10	0	3	53	18	17	25	0	0	.260	.347	.405	.145	1	0
2009	SEA	MLB	AL	454	387	44	83	19	0	19	159	57	63	80	0	0	.214	.324	.411	.196	3	0
2010	SEA	MLB	AL	108	98	6	18	2	0	0	20	7	9	17	0	0	.184	.250	.204	.020	1	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2008	2156	0.4712	0.4193	0.8009	0.6102	0.2491	0.8774	0.6338	0.1991	-0.0023
2009	1773	0.5116	0.4112	0.7915	0.5965	0.2171	0.8429	0.6436	0.2085	-0.0091
2010	430	0.5326	0.4488	0.7927	0.5983	0.2786	0.8540	0.6429	0.2073	0.0015
Career	4359	0.4937	0.4189	0.7963	0.6035	0.2390	0.8611	0.6387	0.2037	-0.0047

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2009-10-26	2009-10-26	Off	0	0	Left	Knee	Surgery	Bone Spurs	2009-10-26
2009-09-04	2009-09-05	DTD	1	1	Right	Knee	Soreness		-
2009-08-28	2009-09-03	DTD	6	6	Left	Knee	Soreness		-
2009-06-20	2009-06-21	DTD	1	1	Right	Knee	Swelling		-
2009-05-03	2009-05-06	DTD	3	3		General Medical	Illness	Diverticulitis	-
2008-10-14	2008-10-14	Off	0	0	Left	Knee	Surgery	Cartilage and Mensicus	2008-10-14
2008-09-01	2008-09-05	DTD	4	3		Low Back	Soreness		-
2008-08-02	2008-08-02	DTD	0	0	Right	Lower Leg	Cramp		-
2008-06-18	2008-06-20	DTD	2	2		General Medical	Illness		-
2008-06-02	2008-06-03	DTD	1	1	Left	Knee	Soreness		-
2008-05-08	2008-05-10	DTD	2	0		General Medical	Illness		-
2007-09-20	2007-10-01	DTD	11	10		Abdomen	Strain	Lower Abdominal	-
2007-04-28	2007-05-01	DTD	3	2		General Medical	Illness	Pleurisy	-
2007-04-26	2007-04-27	DTD	1	1		General Medical	Illness	Diverticulitis	-
2007-04-23	2007-04-24	DTD	1	0		General Medical	Illness	Diverticulitis	-
2007-04-19	2007-04-22	DTD	3	3		General Medical	Illness		-
2006-12-26	2006-12-26	Off	0	0	Left	Hand	Fracture	Accident At Home	-
2006-09-05	2006-09-25	DTD	20	17	Right		Dislocation	2nd Toe	-
2006-06-07	2006-06-09	DTD	2	2		Thigh	Tightness	Quadriceps	-
2006-04-13	2006-05-10	15-DL	27	25	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring - Biceps Femoris Tendon	-
2005-09-26	2005-09-26	On-Alr	0	0	Left	Knee	Surgery	Debridement	2005-09-26
2005-09-26	2005-09-26	On-Alr	0	0	Right	Thigh	Surgery	Scar Tissue In Hamstring	2005-09-26
2005-09-05	2005-10-03	DTD	28	26	Right	Foot	Strain	Peroneal	-
2005-06-27	2005-06-30	DTD	3	2		General Medical	Respiratory	Flu	-
2004-08-07	2004-10-05	60-DL	59	53	Right	Thigh	Surgery	Proximal Hamstring	2004-08-16
2004-07-11	2004-08-02	15-DL	22	18	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-
2004-06-30	2004-07-01	DTD	1	1	Right	Lower Leg	Cramp	Calf	-
2004-05-04	2004-05-05	DTD	1	1		Thigh	Soreness	Hamstring	-
2004-04-05	2004-04-07	DTD	2	1	Right	Lower Leg	Soreness	Calf	-
2004-03-30	2004-04-05	Camp	6	0	Right	Lower Leg	Strain	Calf	-
2003-08-04	2003-08-04	On-Alr	0	0	Right	Shoulder	Surgery	Labrum and Torn Rotator Cuff	2003-08-04
2003-07-18	2003-09-29	60-DL	73	68	Right	Foot	Surgery	Peroneal Brevis	2003-07-18
2003-07-05	2003-07-07	DTD	2	2		General Medical	Dehydration		-
2003-06-14	2003-06-16	DTD	2	1	Right	Groin	Soreness		-
2003-06-05	2003-06-07	DTD	2	2	Right	Upper Arm	Strain	Biceps on Follow Through of Swing	-
2003-04-06	2003-05-12	15-DL	36	33	Right	Shoulder	Dislocation		2003-08-01
2002-06-24	2002-07-21	15-DL	27	24	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-
2002-04-07	2002-05-23	15-DL	46	41	Right	Knee	Dislocation	Patella	-
2001-04-29	2001-06-15	15-DL	47	41	Left	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-
1996-06-20	1996-07-13	15-DL	23	19	Right	Wrist	Surgery	Hamate Fracture	1996-06-20	-
1995-05-27	1995-08-15	15-DL	80	73	Left	Wrist	Surgery	Fracture	-	-
1992-06-09	1992-06-25	15-DL	16	15	Right	Wrist	Sprain	Diving Catch	-	-
1989-07-25	1989-08-20	15-DL	26	24	Right	Fingers	Fracture	Little Finger	-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2000	CIN	$9,329,700
2001	CIN	$12,500,000
2002	CIN	$8,557,223
2003	CIN	$12,500,000
2004	CIN	$12,500,000
2005	CIN	$12,500,000
2006	CIN	$12,500,000
2007	CIN	$12,500,000
2008	CIN, CHA	$12,500,000
2009	SEA	$2,000,000
2010	SEA	$2,350,000

Years	Description	Salary
11 yr	Previous	$109,736,923
11 yr	Total	$109,736,923

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
21 y	Brian Goldberg	1 year/$2.35M (2010)

Details

1 year/$2.35M (2010). Signed extension with Seattle 11/11/09. Performance/attendance bonuses: $0.1M for 350 PAs. $0.2M each for 400, 450, 500 PAs. With 350 PAs, $0.1M each for 2.3 million and 2.35 million fans. With 400 PAs, $0.15M each for 2.4 million, 2.45 million and 2.5 million fans. Roster bonuses if Griffey is on active ML roster at end of 2010: $50,000 each for 2.4 million and 2.45 million fans. $0.1M for 2.5 million fans. Award bonuses: $50,000 for All Star. $0.1M for Comeback Player of Year. $0.15M for MVP. Retired 6/2/10.
1 year/$2M (2009). Signed by Seattle as a free agent 2/18/09, with $3M in possible bonuses. Performance bonuses: $0.25M each for 450, 500 PAs. With 2 million in paid attendance, $0.1M for 300 PAs, $0.2M each for 350, 400 PAs. $0.2M each for 1) 2.1 million fans and 300 PAs, 2) 2.15 million fans and 350 PAs, 3) 2.2 million fans at 400 PAs, 4) 2.25 million fans and 450 PAs, 5) 2.3 million fans and 500 PAs. Roster bonuses (pro-rated to account for any days on disabled list): If Griffey is on Major League roster through July 31, $50,000 each for paid attendance of 2.35, 2.4, 2.45, 2.5, 2.55, 2.6 million. If Griffey is on Major League roster through last day of regular season, $0.1M each for paid attendance of 2.65, 2.7, 2.75, 2.8, 2.95, 3 million. Award bonuses: $25,000 for All Star reserve. $50,000 each for All Star starter, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger, LCS MVP. $0.1M each for WS MVP, Comeback Player of Year. $0.15M for MVP.
9 years/$116.5M (2000-08), plus 2009 club option. Signed by Cincinnati 2/2000, replacing final year of previous contract. 00-08: $12.5M annually, 09:$16M club option ($4M buyout). $57.5M in salary deferred at 4% interest, to be paid 2009-2024, reducing contract's present-day value at time of signing to between $9.2M and $9.3M annually, according to Reds management sources. $5.5M of 2000 salary deferred. $6.5M/year of 2001-2008 salaries deferred. Acquired by White Sox in trade from Cincinnati 7/31/08, with Griffey waiving 10-and-5 veto right and Reds and White Sox splitting cost of Griffey's remaining 2008 salary and buyout of 2009 option. White Sox declined 2009 option 10/30/08.
4 years/$34M (1997-2000). Signed extension with Seattle 1/31/1996. $2.5M signing bonus ($1M paid 2/96, $1.5M paid 1/97). 97:$7.25M, 98:$7.75M, 99:$8.25M, 00:$8.25M. $5M ($1.25M/year) deferred without interest & paid 2001-04), reducing contract's present value to $32.5M. Acquired by Cincinnati in trade from Seattle 2/10/2000.
4 years/$24M (1993-96). Signed extension with Seattle 12/92.
2 years/$2.535M (1991-92). Signed extension with Seattle 3/1991. 91:$0.535M, 92:$2M.
1 year/$0.18M (1990)
1 year/$68,000 (1989)
Drafted by Seattle 1987 (1-1). $0.16M signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

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Date	Question	Answer
2009-02-03 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Please tell me the Abreu to the White Sox is a joke. I just don't see where he plays and why they want another player past his prime. (jalee121 from (Normal, Illinois))	He'd help the team OBP, and the White Sox window is basically now, so a good player on a one-year deal for small money is a good idea. Because of the different configuration of US Cellular, you can suffer the bad D he'd create a bit more readily. I mean, they were going to run Ken Griffey Jr. out there last year, so that bridge has been crossed. Abreu > Konerko, so you could also teach someone first base. Or go back to whatever pawn shop Jim Thome sold his glove to. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-05-29 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Why is Ken Griffey Jr. still batting in the three hole? He is declining so quickly and Dusty Baker is making it worse by batting him in the heart of the lineup! (pmuehlenkamp from Cincinnati)	There are non-baseball issues here, and in fairness, Griffey had a good year last season. I don't know if you help matters by dropping him. It's one of those cases where the optimal lineup causes enough headaches to make it suboptimal. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-03-19 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What is one of the most impressive injury recoveries you've seen in recent years? Personally I was amazed that Ken Griffey Jr. could detach the hamstring tendon from the bone and still play outfield the next year. Thanks for a great chat! (havybeaks from Michigan)	Brian Roberts without a doubt. Slight edge over Jason Kendall. (Will Carroll)

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2008-10-02 11:00:00	Thursday Playoff Games	A few ChiSox-related notes on Mike Cameron: 18th-round pick by the White Sox in 1991. Traded to the Reds in 1998 for Paul Konerko Traded to Seattle in 2000 as part of Ken Griffey Jr. deal (David Laurila)
2008-09-30 16:30:00	Twins/White Sox Play-In Game	"benrosenberg02 (boston): Why Wise and not Swisher?" I don't know, and frankly, the whole issue is getting a little weird. The White Sox are playing DeWayne Wise, and using Ken Griffey Jr. in center field, while benching Nick Swisher...and they're eight innings from the playoffs. (Joe Sheehan)

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