Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
His family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, as his father, Ken Griffey Sr., made his MLB debut on August 25, 1973 for the Reds. [11] Ken Jr. was only three years old at the time. Ken Jr. was in the clubhouse during his father's back-to-back championships in the 1975 and 1976 World Series. When Griffey was a young child, Ken Sr. instilled in him the ...
For Ken Griffey Jr. — who ranks seventh all-time on the MLB home run list — watching another father and son duo do it again in pro sports is something that’s been on his radar for awhile, he ...
Ken's father, Joseph "Buddy" Griffey, was a local athlete who was a teammate of Stan Musial on the Donora High School baseball team. [ 24 ] The Griffeys (Ken Sr. and Ken Jr.) became the first father-and-son tandem to play on the same Major League Baseball team at the same time.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — When Ken Griffey Jr.'s own baseball-star father struggled to get through to the talented teen, Rickey Henderson somehow could. The younger Griffey, who considers himself fortunate to this day to have roamed the New York Yankees clubhouse and hit on their field alongside so many all-time greats, made sure to listen and ...
Dozens of father-and-son combinations have played or managed in Major League Baseball (MLB).. The first was Jack Doscher, son of Herm Doscher, who made his debut in 1903.. Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr. became the first father-and-son duo to play in MLB at the same time, in 1989 when Ken Jr. was called up by the Seattle Mariners while Ken Sr. was playing with the Cincinnati Reds.
Hall of Fame baseball player Ken Griffey Jr. said he will attend the LA Lakers’ season opener with his father in the hopes of seeing LeBron James and son Bronny make the same history Griffey ...
We look back at the anniversary of Ken Griffey Jr. and Sr. becoming teammates with the Seattle Mariners. On this day in 1990, Ken Griffey Jr. and Sr. became the first father-and-son teammates in ...
Griffey is the son of Major League Baseball (MLB) player Ken Griffey Jr., and the grandson of MLB player Ken Griffey Sr. [18] Trey Griffey was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 24th round of the 2016 MLB Draft; both his father and grandfather played for the Mariners.