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Hall-of-Famers as Seen Through Player Won-Lost Records: Ken Griffey Jr.

Ken Griffey Jr. was elected to the Hall of Fame in his 1st year of eligibility, 2016, with a then-record 99.3% of the vote.

Five highlights of Ken Griffey Jr.'s career:

Ken Griffey Jr. was named to thirteen All-Star teams. He won ten Gold Gloves and received MVP votes ten times.

On August 31, 1990, Ken Griffey Jr. (CF) and Ken Griffey Sr. (LF) became the first father and son to play as teammates in a major-league game. Batting second and third in the lineup, the Griffeys hit back-to-back singles their first time up in the bottom of the first inning. Both Griffeys eventually came around to score as the Mariners jumped out to a 3-0 lead in a game in which they eventually beat the Kansas City Royals 5-2.

Ken Griffey Jr. hit 40 or more home runs in a season seven times. He led the American League in home runs four times. His 630 career home runs are currently the seventh-most in major-league history.

In 1997, Ken Griffey Jr. was unanimously selected as the American League MVP. That season, he batted .304/.382/.646 and led the American League in total bases (393), home runs (56), runs scored (125), RBI (147), and slugging percentage (.646).

Ken Griffey Jr. was the first player chosen in the 1987 MLB draft. In 2016, he became the first number one overall draft pick to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

The first two tables below present Ken Griffey Jr.'s career as measured by Player won-lost records, in and out of context.

Season	Team	Age	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWORL	pWOPA

Basic Player Won-Lost Records
						Value Decomposition
1989	SEA	19	127	15.5	15.1	1.7	0.3
1990	SEA	20	155	20.2	18.8	2.9	1.0
1991	SEA	21	154	20.5	16.7	5.4	3.6
1992	SEA	22	142	17.9	16.4	2.9	1.3
1993	SEA	23	156	20.4	16.4	5.6	3.7
1994	SEA	24	111	15.2	12.2	4.1	2.8
1995	SEA	25	72	9.6	8.1	2.4	1.5
1996	SEA	26	140	19.4	14.6	6.3	4.6
1997	SEA	27	157	22.8	15.9	8.6	6.7
1998	SEA	28	161	23.4	18.7	6.6	4.5
1999	SEA	29	160	23.8	17.9	7.8	5.7
2000	CIN	30	145	20.1	16.9	4.3	2.5
2001	CIN	31	111	12.8	12.7	1.1	-0.2
2002	CIN	32	70	6.0	6.9	-0.3	-1.0
2003	CIN	33	53	5.3	5.3	0.4	-0.1
2004	CIN	34	83	11.8	8.9	3.7	2.7
2005	CIN	35	128	17.7	17.3	1.6	-0.1
2006	CIN	36	109	14.1	13.2	1.9	0.6
2007	CIN	37	144	17.3	17.7	0.2	-1.5
+– 2008		38	143	16.7	15.5	2.0	0.5
	CHA		41	4.0	4.4	-0.0	-0.4
	CIN		102	12.7	11.1	2.1	0.9
2009	SEA	39	117	9.8	9.4	1.4	0.1
2010	SEA	40	33	1.7	2.8	-0.8	-1.1
			------	------	------	------	------
CAREER (reg. season)			2,671	342.1	297.2	69.8	38.3
			------	------	------	------	------
PostSeason (career)			18	2.2	2.0	0.4	0.2
			------	------	------	------	------
COMBINED			2,689	344.3	299.2	70.2	38.4

Season	Team	Age	Games	eWins	eLosses	eWORL	eWOPA

Expected Player Won-Lost Records
						Value Decomposition
1989	SEA	19	127	15.6	15.0	1.9	0.5
1990	SEA	20	155	20.5	18.5	3.5	1.7
1991	SEA	21	154	20.9	16.3	6.1	4.4
1992	SEA	22	142	18.7	15.7	4.4	2.7
1993	SEA	23	156	21.5	15.4	7.6	5.7
1994	SEA	24	111	15.7	11.7	5.2	3.8
1995	SEA	25	72	9.3	8.3	1.9	1.0
1996	SEA	26	140	19.9	14.2	7.1	5.5
1997	SEA	27	157	22.4	16.3	7.7	5.8
1998	SEA	28	161	24.0	18.2	7.7	5.6
1999	SEA	29	160	22.8	18.8	5.9	3.8
2000	CIN	30	145	20.5	16.6	5.1	3.3
2001	CIN	31	111	13.5	12.0	2.3	1.0
2002	CIN	32	70	6.2	6.7	0.0	-0.7
2003	CIN	33	53	6.0	4.6	1.8	1.3
2004	CIN	34	83	10.6	10.0	1.5	0.4
2005	CIN	35	128	18.8	16.2	3.6	1.9
2006	CIN	36	109	13.3	13.9	0.5	-0.9
2007	CIN	37	144	17.9	17.1	1.3	-0.3
+– 2008		38	143	16.3	15.8	1.1	-0.4
	CHA		41	4.0	4.3	-0.0	-0.5
	CIN		102	12.3	11.5	1.2	0.0
2009	SEA	39	117	9.8	9.5	1.3	0.0
2010	SEA	40	33	1.7	2.8	-0.8	-1.1
			------	------	------	------	------
CAREER (reg. season)			2,671	345.7	293.6	76.6	45.0
			------	------	------	------	------
PostSeason (career)			18	2.3	1.9	0.6	0.4
			------	------	------	------	------
COMBINED			2,689	348.0	295.5	77.2	45.4

Ken Griffey Jr. was one of the greatest center fielders in major-league history: 10-time Gold Glove winner, 7th-most home runs in major-league history (630), 15th in total bases (5,271), 16th in RBI (1,836). The next table ranks the top center fielders for whom I have calculated Baseball Player won-lost records. Players are ranked by (context-neutral, teammate-adjusted) player wins over positional average earned as a center fielder.

	Top 10 Center Fielders, ranked by eWins over Positional Average
		eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
1	Willie Mays	435.6	331.9	84.3
2	Mickey Mantle	271.4	181.6	78.9
3	Joe DiMaggio	258.5	195.6	53.5
4	Mike Trout	156.5	108.7	46.2
5	Ken Griffey Jr.	292.1	246.8	40.7
6	Duke Snider	216.7	166.0	40.5
7	Jim Edmonds	234.0	194.2	35.2
8	Tris Speaker	256.1	213.1	30.6
9	Larry Doby	191.0	152.5	29.5
10	Jimmy Wynn	175.2	139.5	28.0

Through age 30, Ken Griffey Jr. was not merely one of the greatest center fielders in major-league history; he was one of the greatest players in major-league history at any position.

The final table below shows the top 25 players through age 30 in eWins over replacement level for whom I have calculated Baseball Player won-lost records.

		Top 25 Players through age 30, ranked by eWORL
		eWins	eLosses	eWOPA	eWORL
1	Babe Ruth	260.4	168.5	87.8	111.5
2	Mel Ott	297.2	206.7	76.6	102.8
3	Mickey Mantle	260.2	169.8	80.6	102.7
4	Alex Rodriguez	247.1	194.5	60.0	81.6
5	Jimmie Foxx	227.0	151.4	60.4	80.1
6	Ted Williams	207.2	135.4	62.2	79.9
7	Rogers Hornsby	237.7	179.5	58.5	79.9
8	Albert Pujols	220.4	149.7	56.3	74.2
9	Arky Vaughan	238.3	193.3	50.1	72.5
10	Eddie Mathews	227.7	169.3	52.0	72.4
11	Hank Aaron	261.8	198.1	48.6	71.8
12	Mike Trout	178.4	122.0	54.0	68.7
13	Barry Bonds	219.1	159.7	49.1	67.3
14	Lou Gehrig	191.4	129.0	50.6	67.2
15	Willie Mays	218.9	162.2	46.8	66.3
16	Stan Musial	210.3	151.5	47.2	65.8
17	Frank Robinson	248.1	188.9	42.7	64.7
18	Ken Griffey Jr.	231.6	184.9	43.7	64.1
19	Cal Ripken	225.8	194.8	43.8	63.7
20	Greg Maddux	158.2	124.4	45.9	63.1
21	Clayton Kershaw	142.4	106.7	47.0	62.6
22	Pedro J. Martinez	129.2	87.1	47.5	62.2
23	Roger Clemens	142.9	98.5	46.1	62.1
24	Rickey Henderson	225.4	177.9	40.5	59.8
25	Duke Snider	196.2	146.1	41.7	59.6

Pretty damn impressive!

Article last updated: September 27, 2019

All articles are written so that they pull data directly from the most recent version of the Player won-lost database. Hence, any numbers cited within these articles should automatically incorporate the most recent update to Player won-lost records. In some cases, however, the accompanying text may have been written based on previous versions of Player won-lost records. I apologize if this results in non-sensical text in any cases.

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