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 voted by mail to select from a
2016 inductees Ken Griffey Jr. (left) and Mike Piazza
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George Kenneth Griffey Jr., nicknamed "Junior" and "the Kid", is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played 22 years in Major League Baseball. He spent most of his career with the
2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
…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 elected to the Hall of Fame. The Pre-Integration Era Committee, the last of three new voting committees established during an…
Griffey with the Seattle Mariners in 2009
A mural of Griffey in downtown Seattle from the strike-shortened 1994 season. The tick-marks represent his home runs up to the time of the strike, when Griffey Jr. was chasing the single-season home run record set by Roger Maris in 1961.
One of Griffey's signature sneakers, the Nike Air Griffey Max.
Griffey bats for the Mariners, 1997