Last week, Ken Griffey Jr. was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with a record 99.3% of the vote.
Griffey accumulated most of his Hall of Fame credentials in Seattle from 1989-1999. He was 1997 AL MVP, a 10-time All Star, hit 398 HR and was arguably on pace to break Hank Aaron’s career mark, and won 10 consecutive Gold Gloves (despite hints of declining defense).
The best player in the game was traded to the Reds in February of 2000, where he played until being traded to the White Sox in the summer of 2008.