George Kenneth Griffey, Jr. was selected by Seattle with the first pick of the June 1987 free-agent draft...after just 2 Minor League seasons earned a spot on the Mariners' Opening Day roster in 1989 (his rookie year)...has been an All-Star 6 times in his 7 seasons...in 1992 won the All-Star Game's MVP Award...his .571 BA in All-Star Games is the highest in history for players with at least 10 at-bats...has won 6 Rawlings Gold Glove Awards and 3 Silver Slugger Awards...established the American League record for consecutive errorless chances by an outfielder (573, 4/16/92-8/8/93)...has hit at least .300 in 5 of his 7 seasons...has five 20-HR seasons and two 40-HR seasons...has three 100-RBI seasons...with 45 HR in 1993 and 40 HR in 1994 became the 22nd player ever to record consecutive 40-HR seasons...in 1994 hit .323 with 40 HR and 90 RBI to finish second behind Chicago's Frank Thomas in the AL Most Valuable Player voting...that season became the first Mariner ever to lead the American League in homers...in '94 established Major League records with 22 HR through May 31 and 32 HR through June 30...on 5/20/94 became the third-youngest player in history to hit 150 HR...may have had his best season in 1993, when he hit .309 with career highs in HR (45), RBI (109), hits (180) and runs (113)...was the first Mariner to hit 40 HR in a season and the 10th-youngest player ever to do it...became the fourth-youngest player ever to have 3 straight 100-RBI seasons (100, 103, 109)...from 7/20-7/28, 1993 tied the Major League record by hitting at least one homer in 8 consecutive games...on 7/29 doubled off the outfield wall in his attempt to make it 9 straight...at the 1993 All-Star Game in Camden Yards, became the first player ever to hit the B&O Warehouse in right field when he smacked it during the home run-hitting contest...with 100 RBI in 1991 and 103 RBI in 1992 became the first Mariners player with consecutive 100-RBI seasons...in 1990 became the first Mariners player ever elected to start an All-Star Game...was the second-youngest player ever to start an All-Star Game (Al Kaline, 1955)...earned his first Rawlings Gold Glove Award in 1990, becoming the second-youngest player ever to win one of those awards (Johnny Bench, 1968)...earned a spot on the Mariners' 1989 Opening Day roster after establishing club spring training records with 33 hits, 21 RBI and a 15-game hitting streak...was the youngest player in the majors that season...in April 1989 tied the Mariners record with 8 consecutive hits and set a club record by reaching base safely in 11 straight plate appearances...homered in his first professional at-bat...is Seattle's all-time home run leader with 189...in 1989, Ken Jr. and Ken Sr. became the first father-son combination to play in the Major Leagues at the same time...Ken Sr. played with Cincinnati that year...on 8/31/90, they became the first father-son combo to appear in the same lineup...on 9/14/90 at California off Kirk McCaskill they became the first father-son duo ever to hit back-to- back homers in the history of baseball.