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Breaking News: Ken Griffey Jr. Retires


One of the greatest baseball players of the 90's has finally decided to hang it up as Ken Griffey Jr. has announced his retirement from Major League Baseball and the Seattle Mariners.

Ken Griffey Jr. was the first overall pick of the Seattle Mariners back in 1987 where he became the first player to play with his father in the same season. While with the Mariners, Griffey became a superstar player endorsing many products from Nike to Nintendo.

Griffey is also noted as being the singular player who saved baseball in the Pacific Northwest due to his play and the Mariners magical run back in 1995 when the team was being rumored to be moved to Tampa Bay.

Griffey eventually left Seattle in 1999 to join the Cincinatti Reds from 2000-2006 which were mired by injuries and poor play. After the 2008 season, he went on to join the Chicago White Sox and eventually re-join the Mariners.

Griffey was a 13-time All-Star, winner of 10 Gold Gloves, and the MVP of the 1997 Major League Baseball season. Griffey finishes his career with 630 homeruns and 2,781hits during his major league career.

We here at Outside the Boxscore would like to wish Griffey and his family well in retirement.

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