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He was inducted into both the Mariners Hall of Fame [6] and the Reds Hall of Fame. [7] In 2016 , Griffey was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, receiving 99.32% of the vote, breaking pitcher Tom Seaver 's record of 98.84%, [ 8 ] a record that had stood for 24 years.
The World Video Game Hall of Fame is an international hall of fame for video games. The hall's administration is overseen by The Strong's International Center for the History of Electronic Games, and is located at The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York, United States. [1] [2] The museum began the International Center for the ...
Griffey made his MLB debut with the Reds on August 25, 1973, finishing 2-for-4 in a 6–4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. [4] That season, Griffey played in only 25 games, but batted .384 with three home runs and 14 RBI. [5] The following season, Griffey saw more playing time with 88 games, and hit .251 with two home runs and 19 RBI. [5]
Jul. 30—Biggio, Glavine, Griffey Jr. elected to Hall of Fame's Board of Directors The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced on Thursday that Craig Biggio, Tom Glavine and Ken ...
Among the seven players nominated, first baseman Steve Garvey earned the highest vote total during the 15 years players were eligible for the Hall of Fame via the writers' ballot – earning 42.6% ...
Griffey was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2016 after a 22-year big league career spent mostly with the Seattle Mariners and Cincinnati Reds. He was a 13-time All-Star and hit 630 home runs, which ...
Ken Griffey Jr. (left) and Mike Piazza, the two inductees of 2016 Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 2016 proceeded according to rules most recently amended in 2015. . As in the past, the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from a ballot of recently retired players, with results announced on January 6, 2016; Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza were ...
These reveals have led to the creation of the Hall of Fame Tracker, operated by Ryan Thibodaux. Thibodaux does tireless work as he scours the interwebs for writers who have posted their ballots.