What years did Ken Griffey play?

Ken Griffey played in Major League Baseball from 1973 to 1991.

Was Ken Griffey a pitcher?

No. Ken Griffey was a position player (Outfielder).

How many home runs did Ken Griffey hit?

Ken Griffey hit 152 career home runs with 2143 hits.

What was Ken Griffey's career batting average?

Ken Griffey batted .296 over his career, with 2,143 hits in 7,229 at bats.

How many RBI did Ken Griffey have?

Ken Griffey drove in 859 runs in his career.

Is Ken Griffey in the Hall of Fame?

No. Ken Griffey has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Ken Griffey

Outfielder · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1973-1991)

Ken Griffey was an outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1973 to 1991 for 4 teams, including the Cincinnati Reds, a span of 19 seasons. In 2,097 career games, he hit .296 with 2,143 hits, 152 home runs, and 859 RBI. Ken Griffey was a 3-time All-Star and an All-Star Game MVP. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 15,957.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated September 9, 2026

AVG .296

HR 152

RBI 859

H 2,143

OPS .790

PIV 15,957

Position: Outfielder
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 5'11" / 190 lb
Born: 4/10/1950 in Donora, PA, USA
MLB Debut: 1973-08-25
Last Game: 1991-05-31
Awards: 3× All-Star · All-Star Game MVP

Full name: George Kenneth Griffey

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Career Batting Statistics

Ken Griffey — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
2,097	7,229	1,129	2,143	364	77	152	859	200	719	898	.296	.359	.431	.790	15,957

Career AVG .296 vs. league average .259 across their career seasons — +14.5% above league average.

Career OBP .359 vs. league average .324 across their career seasons — +10.6% above league average.

Career SLG .431 vs. league average .385 across their career seasons — +12.0% above league average.

Career OPS .790 vs. league average .709 across their career seasons — +11.3% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Ken Griffey (b. 1950) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1973	CIN	NL	25	86	19	33	5	1	3	14	4	6	10	.384	.256 (+49%)	.325 (+30%)	.378 (+50%)	.703 (+41%)	561.5
1974	CIN	NL	88	227	24	57	9	5	2	19	9	27	43	.251	.256 (-2%)	.324 (+3%)	.369 (-2%)	.693 (avg)	29.1
1975	CIN	NL	132	463	95	141	15	9	4	46	16	67	67	.305	.257 (+18%)	.327 (+20%)	.374 (+7%)	.701 (+13%)	1377.3
1976	CIN	NL	148	562	111	189	28	9	6	74	34	62	65	.336	.255 (+32%)	.320 (+25%)	.360 (+25%)	.681 (+25%)	2828.1
1977	CIN	NL	154	585	117	186	35	8	12	57	17	69	84	.318	.264 (+20%)	.329 (+18%)	.401 (+16%)	.730 (+17%)	2198.9
1978	CIN	NL	158	614	90	177	33	8	10	63	23	54	70	.288	.257 (+12%)	.323 (+6%)	.378 (+10%)	.702 (+8%)	985.3
1979	CIN	NL	95	380	62	120	27	4	8	32	12	36	39	.316	.265 (+19%)	.329 (+13%)	.397 (+19%)	.727 (+16%)	1146.6
1980	CIN	NL	146	544	89	160	28	10	13	85	23	62	77	.294	.264 (+11%)	.326 (+12%)	.387 (+17%)	.714 (+15%)	1602.4
1981	CIN	NL	101	396	65	123	21	6	2	34	12	39	42	.311	.255 (+21%)	.320 (+16%)	.368 (+11%)	.688 (+13%)	976.1
1982	NYA	AL	127	484	70	134	23	2	12	54	10	39	58	.277	.261 (+6%)	.324 (+2%)	.388 (+5%)	.712 (+3%)	280.4
1983	NYA	AL	118	458	60	140	21	3	11	46	6	34	45	.306	.260 (+17%)	.324 (+9%)	.389 (+12%)	.714 (+11%)	952.1
1984	NYA	AL	120	399	44	109	20	1	7	56	2	29	32	.273	.259 (+5%)	.322 (-1%)	.384 (-1%)	.707 (-1%)	-73.3
1985	NYA	AL	127	438	68	120	28	4	10	69	7	41	51	.274	.257 (+7%)	.323 (+2%)	.390 (+9%)	.714 (+6%)	383.4
1986	NYA	AL	59	198	33	60	7	0	9	26	2	15	24	.303	.257 (+18%)	.325 (+7%)	.395 (+20%)	.720 (+14%)	459.6
1986	ATL	NL	80	292	36	90	15	3	12	32	12	20	43	.308	.257 (+20%)	.325 (+8%)	.395 (+27%)	.720 (+19%)	459.6
1987	ATL	NL	122	399	65	114	24	1	14	64	4	46	54	.286	.262 (+9%)	.331 (+8%)	.415 (+10%)	.746 (+9%)	750.5
1988	ATL	NL	69	193	21	48	5	0	2	19	1	17	26	.249	.254 (-2%)	.317 (-4%)	.377 (-19%)	.695 (-12%)	-330.7
1988	CIN	NL	25	50	5	14	1	0	2	4	0	2	5	.280	.254 (+10%)	.317 (-3%)	.377 (+11%)	.695 (+5%)	-330.7
1989	CIN	NL	106	236	26	62	8	3	8	30	4	29	42	.263	.254 (+3%)	.319 (+8%)	.375 (+13%)	.694 (+11%)	509.1
1990	CIN	NL	46	63	6	13	2	0	1	8	2	2	5	.206	.257 (-20%)	.324 (-28%)	.385 (-26%)	.710 (-27%)	-287.1
1990	SEA	AL	21	77	13	29	2	0	3	18	0	10	3	.377	.257 (+46%)	.324 (+37%)	.385 (+35%)	.710 (+36%)	-287.1
1991	SEA	AL	30	85	10	24	7	0	1	9	0	13	13	.282	.255 (+10%)	.323 (+18%)	.384 (+4%)	.708 (+10%)	181.1
Career · 22 seasons			2,097	7,229	1,129	2,143	364	77	152	859	200	719	898	.296	—	—	—	—	14,372

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Ken Griffey — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
20	75	11	18	5	2	0	11	6	8	.240

Playoff Batting by Year

Ken Griffey — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1976	NLCS	CIN	3	13	2	5	0	1	2	2	1	.385
1976	WS	CIN	4	17	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	.059
1975	NLCS	CIN	3	12	3	4	1	0	4	0	3	.333
1975	WS	CIN	7	26	4	7	3	1	4	4	2	.269
1973	NLCS	CIN	3	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.143

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Ken Griffey — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	1045	3505	587	1046	87	452	.298
Away	1052	3724	542	1097	65	407	.295

Last 10 Games — Batting

Ken Griffey — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO
1991-05-31	SEA	TEX	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	2
1991-05-28	SEA	KCR	L	1	0	1	0	2	0	0
1991-05-27	SEA	KCR	L	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
1991-05-26	SEA	TEX	L	5	0	2	1	2	0	1
1991-05-25	SEA	TEX	L	3	1	1	1	0	1	0
1991-05-22	SEA	KCR	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
1991-05-20	SEA	KCR	W	3	2	3	1	0	2	0
1991-05-19	SEA	NYY	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1991-05-17	SEA	NYY	W	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
1991-05-15	SEA	CLE	W	2	1	0	0	0	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Ken Griffey — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	172	148	1320	93	23	121
OF	1703	1600	3258	106	66	22

Season-by-Season Fielding

Ken Griffey — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1973	CIN	OF	21	20	25	1	0	0
1974	CIN	OF	70	66	115	5	0	1
1975	CIN	OF	119	115	202	6	7	0
1976	CIN	OF	144	126	270	10	6	2
1977	CIN	OF	147	144	298	10	3	3
1978	CIN	OF	154	150	296	13	10	2
1979	CIN	OF	93	94	175	8	3	1
1980	CIN	OF	138	137	266	5	6	3
1981	CIN	OF	99	99	268	8	3	1
1982	NYA	OF	125	117	282	8	5	2
1983	NYA	1B	101	95	830	57	7	82
1983	NYA	OF	14	13	40	0	1	0
1984	NYA	1B	27	26	241	16	11	23
1984	NYA	OF	82	74	181	6	5	0
1985	NYA	1B	1	0	5	0	0	0
1985	NYA	OF	110	94	222	8	7	3
1986	NYA	OF	51	42	96	5	3	2
1986	ATL	1B	1	0	0	1	0	0
1986	ATL	OF	77	73	136	1	2	0
1987	ATL	1B	3	2	24	1	1	2
1987	ATL	OF	107	97	181	7	1	1
1988	ATL	1B	11	7	68	8	1	8
1988	ATL	OF	42	39	61	2	2	0
1988	CIN	1B	10	9	64	6	1	1
1989	CIN	1B	9	4	46	0	1	3
1989	CIN	OF	58	52	76	2	1	1
1990	CIN	1B	9	5	42	4	1	2
1990	CIN	OF	6	4	12	0	0	0
1990	SEA	OF	20	19	25	1	1	0
1991	SEA	OF	26	25	31	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Ken Griffey (b. 1950) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
First Base	172
Left Field	532
Center Field	203
Right Field	990
Designated Hitter	14

Awards & Honors

Ken Griffey — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1990	Player of the Week	Week of 1990-09-08
1980	All-Star Game MVP
1976	TSN All-Star	OF

Salary History

Ken Griffey — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1990	CIN	NL	$510,000
1989	CIN	NL	$320,000
1988	ATL	NL	$500,000
1987	ATL	NL	$1,150,000
1986	NYA	AL	$1,050,000
1985	NYA	AL	$1,075,000
Total Career Earnings			$4,605,000

Award Voting History

Ken Griffey — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1980	Most Valuable Player	NL	22th	1.0	336	0
1976	Most Valuable Player	NL	8th	49.0	336	0

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Frequently Asked Questions about Ken Griffey

What years did Ken Griffey play?: Ken Griffey played in Major League Baseball from 1973 to 1991.
Was Ken Griffey a pitcher?: No. Ken Griffey was a position player (Outfielder).
How many home runs did Ken Griffey hit?: Ken Griffey hit 152 career home runs with 2143 hits.
What was Ken Griffey's career batting average?: Ken Griffey batted .296 over his career, with 2,143 hits in 7,229 at bats.
How many RBI did Ken Griffey have?: Ken Griffey drove in 859 runs in his career.
Is Ken Griffey in the Hall of Fame?: No. Ken Griffey has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.