Likely the only first-time selection from this year’s class, Ken Griffey Jr. had a long standout career.
The son of a key figure of the Big Red Machine in the 1970s, Junior would end up surpassing what his father accomplished, and a whole lot more.
The case for Griffey as a Hall of Famer
He arrived in Seattle as a teenager in 1989 and finished third in Rookie of the Year voting. He was voted into 11 straight All-Star games (13 altogether), won the MVP unanimously in 1997 when he hit 56 bombs and drove in 147 while scoring 125, all league-leading marks.