The Kid

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The Kid is the nickname of Ken Griffey Jr., a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball outfielder renowned for his smooth left-handed swing and prolific home run hitting.

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The Kid canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Baseball player
human
allStarSelectionCount 13
alsoKnownAs Junior
bats left
battingAverage .284
battingStyle left-handed swing
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1969-11-21
era early 21st century baseball
late 20th century baseball
familyName Ken Griffey Jr.
surface form: Griffey
father Ken Griffey Sr.
fieldingReputation elite defensive center fielder
fullName Ken Griffey Jr.
surface form: George Kenneth Griffey Jr.
givenName George
GoldGloveAwardCount 10
HallOfFameInduction National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
surface form: National Baseball Hall of Fame
HallOfFameInductionYear 2016
HallOfFameVotePercentage 99.32%
hasChild Trey Griffey
hits 2781
homeRuns 630
knownFor prolific home run hitting
smooth left-handed swing
league Major League Baseball
memberOfSportsTeam Chicago White Sox
Cincinnati Reds
Seattle Mariners
MLBDebutDate 1989-04-03
MLBDebutTeam Seattle Mariners
MLBHomeRunDerbyWinner 1994
1998
1999
mostValuablePlayerAward 1997 American League MVP
nickname The Kid self-linksurface differs
notableAchievement member of MLB All-Century Team
one of the youngest players to reach 400 home runs
placeOfBirth Donora, Pennsylvania
surface form: Donora, Pennsylvania, United States
playedIn American League
National League
positionPlayed outfielder
retiredJerseyNumber 24
runsBattedIn 1836
sexOrGender male
SilverSluggerAwardCount 7
sport baseball
teamWithRetiredNumber Seattle Mariners
throws left

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ken Griffey Jr. nickname The Kid
The Kid nickname The Kid self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Ken Griffey Jr.
George nickname The Kid
subject surface form: George Kenneth Griffey Jr.