IAL Hall of Fame: Ken Griffey Jr

IAL Hall of Fame: Ken Griffey Jr

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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,  

YEARCLUBGABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBAVGSLGOBP
1990MERCS11133043802201152315213.242.409.307
1991DRMTM153580861752922474457219.302.483.352
1992DRMTM1435489016147225103468020.294.524.348
1993DRMTM141489861674132490346916.342.585.384
1994DRMTM15158211017939433121669720.308.558.378
1995DRMTM161628136188271363160469613.299.685.347
1996DRMTM8119921387162128503.191.327.291
1997GMBLRS13854510514016259131661296.257.618.337
1998GMBLRS157608132167435501506512610.275.609.345
1999GMBLRS161631135164307431556412432.260.534.328
2000GMBLRS1605921341561110501509513831.264.569.365
2001CHAMPS1455139112326533968112810.240.503.343
2002CHAMPS1083645678212206250740.214.448.309
2003CHAMPS6413520343052419260.252.385.344
2004SLGRS45847182061214380.214.452.347
2005TCHIX852904271231154839680.245.486.336
2006TCHIX12847176115212308750980.244.488.318
2007UPDKRS10942859101190389534740.236.547.292
2008UPDKRS14451771126293368882920.244.520.348
2009MRDRS115357448119193254590.227.361.328
2010BMBNOS58483600231090.125.250.276
21Total255889391547236847563582175410191699193.265.527.341

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