Ken Griffey Jr.

Okay, real talk: Ken Griffey Jr. has the sweetest swing I've ever seen, period. That looping, effortless lefty cut looked like art, not labor, and watching "The Kid" rob homers over the wall in center with that backwards cap on felt like the coolest thing in sports. He basically WAS the '90s for a generation of kids, the guy whose name was on the video game and the smile that made baseball fun. I love that he did it the right way too, hanging up massive Gold Gloves and an MVP while the era around him got murky. The Seattle years, the homecoming to Cincinnati, that gorgeous Hall of Fame trajectory, all of it screams natural-born superstar. Easy, joyful greatness. Junior just had it.

Name (English)

Ken Griffey Jr.

Name (Japanese)

ケン・グリフィー・ジュニア

Reading

けん・ぐりふぃー・じゅにあ

Born

November 21, 1969 (age 56)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rooster

Origin

Donora, Pennsylvania, United States

Occupation

baseball player / aircraft pilot

High school

Moeller High School

Awards & achievements

• 1990 Major League Baseball All-Star
• 1990 Rawlings Gold Glove Award
• 1991 Silver Slugger Award
• 1997 Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
• 1999 Major League Baseball All-Century Team
• 2005 Major League Baseball Comeback Player of the Year Award
• 2011 Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award
• 2013 Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/therealkengriffeyjr/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AA%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2

Tags

• Pennsylvania
• baseball player
• aircraft pilot

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.