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» Ken Griffey   |   Salaries and Contracts


Positions:  CF-1266, OF-1005, RF-230, DH-169, LF-11, 1B-2

Full Name:  George Kenneth Griffey Jr.
Nickname:  Junior
Born:  Nov 21,1969  in  Donora, Pennsylvania
Height:  6-3  Weight:  205  Bats:  Left  Throws:  Left
High School:  Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio)  "Crusaders"
College:  None

Contract:   Signed 1-year, $2,000,000 contract with the Seattle Mariners on Feb 18,2009.

Drafted:  Selected by Seattle Mariners in 1st Round (1st overall) of 1987 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)  (Signing Bonus: $160,000)

  • 3+ Homers in a game  2x May 24,1996 and Apr 25,1997
  • 40+ Homers in a Season MLB  7x
  • 500+ Career Homers 
  • Actors in Baseball Movies  Little Big League,Summer Catch
  • All-Star Game Most Valuable Player  2x 1980,1992
  • Amateur Draft #1 Pick  1987
  • Comeback Player of the Year  NL 2005
  • First Round Draft Pick  1987 (#1)
  • Gold Glove Award  10x AL (OF) 1990-1999
  • Home Run Derby Participant  8x 1990,1992-1994,1997-2000 3x Winner: 1994,1998,1999
  • HR Leader by Franchise  Seattle Mariners (398)
  • Major League All-Star Game  13x 1990-2000,2004,2007
  • MLB Most Valuable Player  AL 1997
  • Player of the Month  2x Apr-1990 (AL),Apr-1997 (AL)
  • Player of the Week  3x Apr-30-1989, Apr-22-1990, Aug-18-1991
  • Player of the Week  7x Jul-25-1993, May-26-1996, Apr-6-1997, Sep-7-1997, May-10-1998, Jul-5-1998, May-13-2007
  • Regional Home Run Leader  Pennsylvania
  • Silver Slugger Award  7x AL (OF) 1991,1993-1994,1996-1999
  • Simpsons Episodes  Homer at the Bat. Played of on Mr. Burns baseball team
  • Teenaged Rookie  19 yrs old
  • Topps All-Star Rookie  1989
  • World Baseball Classic  United States 2006

  • Signed by Scout:  Tom Mooney

    MLB Debut:  Apr 3,1989




    Scouting Report
    Power: 87
    Power: 64
    Speed: 44
    Contact: 48
    Patience: 77
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     Salary History

    YearSalary (US $) Rank  Lg Avg (US $)  Centile
    19851,075,00031  299,1084
    19861,050,00048  325,4666
    19871,150,00042  292,8535
    1988500,000  325,30525
    1989320,000  375,25768
    198968,000  375,25768
    1990180,000  426,35850
    1990510,000  426,35850
    1991700,000  617,62729
    19922,025,000  798,18517
    19934,150,00035  815,7234
    19945,100,00013  914,1572
    19957,600,0004  831,5041
    19967,650,0003  835,2621
    19977,885,5326  996,9901
    19988,153,66710  1,054,0371
    19998,760,53215  1,222,5372
    20009,329,70019  1,369,5052
    200112,500,00011  1,609,5121
    20028,557,22346  1,654,0884
    200310,174,11042  1,773,3644
    200412,500,00022  1,716,3032
    200512,500,00026  1,825,7563
    200610,464,68654  1,937,0045
    2007*8,446,64792  2,923,34012
    2008*8,282,695  NA
    20092,000,000  NA
    Career:  $151,632,792   estimate

    Salary Notes:  Major League salary data has been publicly available since 1985. Though TBC has salary data for most major leaguers since the data became public, mid-season callups and late signees might not appear. In these cases, the league minimum has been assigned. Minor league salaries are not available as they are not public.

    Centiles divide all players into 100 groups and in this situation, a centile of 1 indicates a player is in the highest-paid group, contrary to centile reporting conventions. Players who are in the bottom 20% will automatically earn a centile value of 80 since most likely, all of these players earn the minimum.

    The ranking column includes only the top 100 players for each season.

    Contract History

    2009-2009    Signed 1-year, $2,000,000 contract with the Seattle Mariners on Feb 18,2009.