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THE BATTALION
•riday. Februar
Griffey traded to Cincinnati Reds
CINCINNATI (AP) — Junior has
come home.
The final piece of the deal came when
Griffey agreed to a nine-year contract
worth $116.5 million, the richest package
in baseball history. The pact covers from
2000-09, and the Reds even have an option
for a 10th season.
While Gri (fey boarded a plane in Flori
da to fly to Cincinnati for a news confer
ence, euphoric fans honked horns on the
streets, put up “Welcome Home” signs in
their yards and reveled in the team’s most
celebrated trade since Pete Rose returned
as player-manager in 1984.
“His name comes up like Pete Rose’s
name as far as Cincinnati,” said coach
Ron Oester, a native who played for the
Reds. “That’s the magnitude he’s at for
Cincinnati fans.”
And for all of baseball, too.
Widely regarded as the best all-around
player in the game, the 30-year-old Griffey
is considered a threat to break Hank
Aaron’s career home run record of755. Ju
nior already has hit 398 with his sweet, left-
handed swing, and was voted onto base
ball’s All-Century team last fall.
Perhaps never before has such a great
player been traded in his prime. Babe Ruth,
Rogers Hornsby and Frank Robinson are
others that come to mind.
Cincinnati is the only place the 10-time All-
Star center fielder wanted to play. And when
spring training begins later this month, his
trademark backward hat will have a “C” on it.
Pitcher Brett Tomko and outfielder
Mike Cameron were sent to Seattle for
Griffey, along with a pair of minor lea
guers: inllelder Antonio Perez and right
hander Jake Meyer.
“It’s like being traded for Jordan or
something,” Tomko said.
Indeed, Griffey could be his sport's
Michael Jordan. No wonder the Mariners
were so reluctant to lose him.
“We hope that Ken decides to go into
the Hall of Fame as a Mariner,” Seattle
president Chuck Armstrong said. “We
might not have baseball here except for
Ken, and we might not have Safeco Field.”
The Mariners, though, had little hope of
keeping him after this season. He was eli
gible for free agency, and said he wanted
to be closer to his home in Florida.
He eventually limited his list of eligible
teams to one — Cincinnati, where he grew
playing in the Clubhouse during the days
when his father, Ken Sr., was part of the
Big Red Machine.
Ken Sr. is now the Reds’ bench coach
and a candidate to eventually succeed Jack
McKeon as manager.
Junior seeing red
Ken Griffey Jr. will become a Cincinnati Red if a new contract can be
worked out by this weekend.
Career statistics
Regular season (Seattle, 1989-1999)
AB
5,832
R
1,063
H
1,742
HR
398
RBI
1,152
Avg.
.299
Division Series (1995, 1997)
AB R H HR
38 9 11 5
RBI
9
Avg.
.289
League Championship Series (1995)
HR
1
RBI
2
Avg.
.333
Most home runs
(Active)
Mark McGwire
Barry Bonds
Jose Canseco
Cal Ripken Jr.
522
445
431
402
Ken Griffey Jr. 398
Best at-bat to HR ratio
(Active)
Mark McGwire 10.8
Juan Gonzalez 14.2
Ken Griffey Jr. 14.7
Albert Belle 14.8
Jose Canseco 15.0
Sources: Elias Sports Bureau: Compiled Iron AP wire reports
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