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As of the summer of 2022, Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) certified over 4,000 copies of the 1989 Ken Griffey Jr. rookie card were graded a 10, or Gem Mint status. [41] The Bowman brand name was reissued by Topps in 1989. The other major card companies followed suit and created card brands with higher price points.
In the 1989 Upper Deck baseball set, Ken Griffey Jr. was selected to be featured on card number one. [28] The decision to make Griffey Jr. the first card was reached in late 1988. A teenage employee named Tom Geideman was the one who suggested the use of Griffey as its choice for the number-one card. [29]
The 1989 Seattle Mariners season was their 13th since the franchise creation, and the team finished sixth in the American League West, with a record of 73–89 (.451). The Mariners were led by first-year manager Jim Lefebvre and the season was enlivened by the arrival of nineteen-year-old Ken Griffey Jr. , the first overall pick of the 1987 draft .
One of Ken Griffey Jr.'s signature sneakers, the Nike Air Griffey Max. On April 3, 1989, in his very first MLB plate appearance, Griffey hit a line-drive double off Oakland Athletics pitcher Dave Stewart at the Oakland Coliseum. [23] One week later in his first at-bat at the Kingdome, Griffey hit his first major league home run. [24]
On August 3, 1989, at Riverfront Stadium against the Houston Astros, the Reds set or tied several team, National League, and major league records by scoring 14 runs on 16 hits in the first inning. [11] [12] The bottom of the first inning lasted 38 minutes, and the first eight consecutive batters reached base. [12] The Reds won the game 18-2. [11]
George Kenneth Griffey Sr. (born April 10, 1950) is an American former professional baseball outfielder.He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1973 through 1991, most notably as a member of the Cincinnati Reds team that won three division titles and two World Series championships between 1973 and 1976. [1]