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Many Griffey cards were returned and the result was that Upper Deck printed many uncut sheets (sheets consisting of 100 cards) of just Ken Griffey, Jr. According to Professional Sports Authenticator, the Ken Griffey, Jr. would become the most graded card of all time with the company. PSA graded over 50,000 of the cards.
In the 1989 Upper Deck baseball set, Ken Griffey Jr. was selected to be featured on card number one. [28] The decision to make Griffey Jr. the first card was reached in late 1988. A teenage employee named Tom Geideman was the one who suggested the use of Griffey as its choice for the number-one card. [ 29 ]
He was the father of Ken Griffey Sr. and the grandfather of Ken Griffey Jr. The Griffeys (Ken Sr. and Ken Jr.) became the first father-and-son tandem to play on the same Major League Baseball team at the same time. They played their first game together for the Seattle Mariners on August 31, 1990 against the Kansas City Royals. [21]
Ken Griffey Jr. surprised future MLB stars with a photoshoot in Arizona. (Illustration by Stefan Milic/Yahoo Sports, photos by Jordan Shusterman/Yahoo Sports) (Stefan Milic/Yahoo Sports)
James Beckett (statistician) James Beckett III (born May 10, 1949) is an American statistician, author, editor, and publisher. His publications are well known in the hobby of sports card collecting. Beckett earned a Ph.D. degree in statistics at Southern Methodist University in 1975 and then joined the faculty of Bowling Green State University ...
99.3% (first ballot) George Kenneth Griffey Jr. (born November 21, 1969), nicknamed " Junior " and " the Kid ", is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played 22 years in Major League Baseball (MLB). He spent most of his career with the Seattle Mariners and Cincinnati Reds, along with a short stint with the Chicago White Sox.
Price guides are used mostly to list the prices of different baseball cards in many different conditions. One of the most famous price guides is the Beckett price guide series. The Beckett price guide is a graded card price guide, which means it is graded by a 1–10 scale, one being the lowest possible score and ten the highest.
Miami Dolphins ( 2017 )*. Pittsburgh Steelers ( 2018 – 2019 )*. * Offseason and/or practice squad member only. Player stats at PFR. George Kenneth "Trey" Griffey III (born January 19, 1994) is a former American football wide receiver. He played college football for the University of Arizona. He is the son of Major League Baseball Hall of ...