It is tantalizing to think about what his career might have been had Griffey managed to stay healthy during his time in Cincinatti. He should have been hitting his home run hitting prime when he requested a trade from Seattle to the Reds on the dawn of the new millenium, but instead had a career marred with disappointment and injury. The only player to have a realistic shot of being on two all-century teams, Griffey never managed to match his Seattle home run numbers while donning the red stripes thanks to a number of ankle and wrist injuries. Still, he managed to reach the 600 mark before coming back to where he started in Seattle.
I was honestly hoping that one of these years Nintendo would revisit its old Ken Griffey Jr baseball games, and now that Michael Jordan is hitting NBA2K11, perhaps they still will. They are still majority owners of the Mariners, so having him return to the Emerald City was the best shot at another game.
Some more unique achievements:
Most consecutive games with a home run (8)
Part of the first and only Father-Son back-to-back home run duo.
And there there was this, the definitive Ken Griffey Jr, and Seattle Mariner moment:
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