Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza, two of the most productive sluggers of the high-scoring 1990s, were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Wednesday. Griffey, who slammed 630 home runs, was elected on the first ballot with 99.3 percent of the votes cast by members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Piazza, whose 396 homers as a catcher are the most for anyone at the position, got in on his fourth try, with 83 percent.
Griffey will be the first player to wear a Seattle Mariners cap on his plaque in Cooperstown, having starred for the team from 1989 to 1999 and returning a decade later to end his career.