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How good was Ken Griffey Jr. ?
Posted on 3/5/26 at 3:08 am
Posted on 3/5/26 at 3:08 am
He was a household name on par with Jordan at one point in the 90's
Was he as good as his 'brand' says he was?
Was he as good as his 'brand' says he was?
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Posted on 3/5/26 at 4:33 am to Rankest
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He was a household name on par with Jordan at one point in the 90's
That's some revisionist history. He was extremely popular, but well shy of on par with Jordan.
Posted on 3/5/26 at 5:08 am to Rankest
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Was he as good as his 'brand' says he was?
The sweetest swing in all of baseball and the backwards ballcap was emulated everywhere but not on the same level as Jordan.
Posted on 3/5/26 at 5:16 am to Rankest
On a scale of prety good to really good he would fall on the really good spectrum not the goat but definitly one of the really good ones of his time I do believe his “brand” helped him out and got him a few more commercials and all star games and what not but he was still really good in his own right having a daddy that also played mlb ball and shared a name with him gave him a bit of nepotism boost early on for sure but he worked hard and took off in his own right!
Posted on 3/5/26 at 5:19 am to Rankest
The guy had his own video game. He was good and the baseball brand for a few years.
Posted on 3/5/26 at 5:24 am to lsubatman1
I need you to put some more respect on Jr’s name
Posted on 3/5/26 at 5:29 am to Rankest
So good that he kept the whitest name ever.
Posted on 3/5/26 at 5:40 am to MoarKilometers
Ken Griffey was a God. That was peak baseball.
Posted on 3/5/26 at 5:43 am to Rankest
At one point he and Bonds were neck and neck for the games best player. Injuries took control of Griffeys career and Bonds ascended to heights the game has never seen. Griffey was the face of baseball in his era. Thats as close to Jordan as he ever got. There has never been a par for Jordan. Tiger Woods is the only thing anywhere close. Ali before him.
Posted on 3/5/26 at 5:47 am to lsufanva
Bonds ascended to unfathomable amounts of peds
This post was edited on 3/5/26 at 5:47 am
Posted on 3/5/26 at 6:13 am to DiamondDog
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The guy had his own video game.
Spent so many hours playing that game.
Posted on 3/5/26 at 6:16 am to Rankest
I had his Nintendo 64 game
Call me call me call me call me call me Junior.
Call me call me call me call me call me Junior.
Posted on 3/5/26 at 6:31 am to DolphinDaddy94
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Bonds ascended to unfathomable amounts of peds
All of MLB did.
Pitchers.
Hitters.
Bat boys probably.
Bonds was a HOF level player before he got on gear like everyone else.
They should just discount the numbers from a record book standpoint and stop acting like an entire era of baseball that they encouraged for ratings never occurred.
Posted on 3/5/26 at 6:40 am to MoarKilometers
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That's some revisionist history. He was extremely popular, but well shy of on par with Jordan.
I was a kid during this era, but I wouldn’t say he was well shy of Jordan.
Everyone my age started showing up to baseball practice in a backwards hat and wanted the Griffey Jr. cleats.
Obviously wasn’t as sustained as Jordan’s popularity but at his peak I remember it being really close.
Posted on 3/5/26 at 6:55 am to Rankest
He had as much natural ability as anyone in that era and if he stayed healthy would be considered as a Top 5 player of all time. He was legitimately amazing when healthy.
Posted on 3/5/26 at 7:05 am to Rankest
Still hit over 600 career homers even though he lost a couple of years due to his wrist injury... Sweetest swing in baseball.
He was the man
He was the man
Posted on 3/5/26 at 7:09 am to Rankest
The kid could play
Posted on 3/5/26 at 7:10 am to Rankest
If he could have stayed healthy he was easily top 10 if not top to ever do it.
Posted on 3/5/26 at 7:26 am to Rankest
well he is a top 15-20 player of all time and if he stayed even close to healthy is top 5 for sure. In the 90s him and bonds were the most consistent and he was an amazing CF. what hurt junior was being in the Pac NW. if he was with Chicago or one of the NE teams he would be remembered even better.
but Junior in the 90s......dude was on pace to be top 5 all time. So yea he was that good.
but Junior in the 90s......dude was on pace to be top 5 all time. So yea he was that good.
Posted on 3/5/26 at 7:27 am to Rankest
Prettiest swing
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