IAL Hall of Fame: Ken Griffey Jr

Ken Griffey Jr.

Outfielder inducted in 2012

The consummate slugger and great fielder, Ken Griffey Jr was inducted into the Illowa APBA League Hall of Fame by a unanimous vote.

Griffey has the unique distinction of being one of only three hitters with over 1500 rbis and runs.  His mark of 1754 rbis is second to only Barry Bonds.  That and his mark of 582 homeruns only tells part of the story.

Griffey was a superb outfielder for most of his career until injuries slowed him down.  He had speed too, at least for the first half of his career.  He stole 193 bases in the first 12 years of his career.  In his final nine, he stole none.

As fantastic as Junior was, he never found a permanent home in the IAL.  In the 21 years he played for the IAL, he played for 8 different teams and was traded seven times.  His longest stint was with his drafting team, the Chicago Mercenaries, who were renamed the DreamTeam in Griffey’s sophomore year (some believe that it was the hopes of Ken Griffey Jr’s promise that prompted the team name change). He played for the Mercs/Dreamteam for seven years and led them to a first place finish in 1992.

IAL Accomplishments:

Ranks 4th with 582 career homeruns; hit 50 or more four times including 63 (7th highest) in 1995

Is second all-time with 1754 career rbis and fourth all-time in runs scored with 1547.

Best season:  1995 – .299, 63 HR, 160 rbis, 136 runs, 13 triples,  

YEAR	CLUB	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	SLG	OBP
1990	MERCS	111	330	43	80	22	0	11	52	31	52	13	.242	.409	.307
1991	DRMTM	153	580	86	175	29	2	24	74	45	72	19	.302	.483	.352
1992	DRMTM	143	548	90	161	47	2	25	103	46	80	20	.294	.524	.348
1993	DRMTM	141	489	86	167	41	3	24	90	34	69	16	.342	.585	.384
1994	DRMTM	151	582	110	179	39	4	33	121	66	97	20	.308	.558	.378
1995	DRMTM	161	628	136	188	27	13	63	160	46	96	13	.299	.685	.347
1996	DRMTM	81	199	21	38	7	1	6	21	28	50	3	.191	.327	.291
1997	GMBLRS	138	545	105	140	16	2	59	131	66	129	6	.257	.618	.337
1998	GMBLRS	157	608	132	167	43	5	50	150	65	126	10	.275	.609	.345
1999	GMBLRS	161	631	135	164	30	7	43	155	64	124	32	.260	.534	.328
2000	GMBLRS	160	592	134	156	11	10	50	150	95	138	31	.264	.569	.365
2001	CHAMPS	145	513	91	123	26	5	33	96	81	128	10	.240	.503	.343
2002	CHAMPS	108	364	56	78	21	2	20	62	50	74	0	.214	.448	.309
2003	CHAMPS	64	135	20	34	3	0	5	24	19	26	0	.252	.385	.344
2004	SLGRS	45	84	7	18	2	0	6	12	14	38	0	.214	.452	.347
2005	TCHIX	85	290	42	71	23	1	15	48	39	68	0	.245	.486	.336
2006	TCHIX	128	471	76	115	21	2	30	87	50	98	0	.244	.488	.318
2007	UPDKRS	109	428	59	101	19	0	38	95	34	74	0	.236	.547	.292
2008	UPDKRS	144	517	71	126	29	3	36	88	82	92	0	.244	.520	.348
2009	MRDRS	115	357	44	81	19	1	9	32	54	59	0	.227	.361	.328
2010	BMBNOS	58	48	3	6	0	0	2	3	10	9	0	.125	.250	.276
21	Total	2558	8939	1547	2368	475	63	582	1754	1019	1699	193	.265	.527	.341