2004
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AVG .181 |
HR 2 |
RBI 7 |
Height: 6-3
Weight: 225 lbs.
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Pos: 1B
Age: 41
Born: October 31, 1963, Tampa, FL
Full Name: Frederick Stanley McGriff
College: None
Experience: 19 years
Fred has 493 career homers and 1,550 RBI during a 19-year major league career with Toronto (1986-1990), San Diego (1991-1993), Atlanta (1993-1997), Tampa Bay (1998-2001,2004), Chicago (2001-2002), Los Angeles (2003) ... he has ten 30-homer seasons. * at the end of the 2001 campaign, he ranked 6th among active players in homers, 7th in RBI, 5th in walks (1,202), 5th in extra-base hits (867), 8th in games played (2,201), 10th in runs scored (1,243) and 11th in hits (2,260). * ranked 26th all-time in homers. * his RBI total ranked 55th on the all-time list. * can crack the Top 100 all-time in 2002 in games played (needs 40 appearances) and runs scored (needs 48). * has driven in at least 80 runs in 14 consecutive seasons, including seven 100-RBI campaigns. * the only player in big league history with a longer streak is Hank Aaron (17 years, 1955-1971). * teams with Sammy Sosa as just the sixth 400-homer teammate duo in major league history, joining San Francisco's Willie Mays and Duke Snider in 1964, Atlanta's Hank Aaron and Eddie Mathews in 1966, Oakland's Willie McCovey and Billy Williams in 1976, Cleveland's Eddie Murray and Dave Winfield in 1995, and Tampa Bay's McGriff and Jose Canseco in 2000. * the five-time All-Star -- and the 1994 All-Star Game MVP -- has appeared in 50 playoff games, winning a World Series championship ring with Atlanta in 1995 ... has a .303 average in the postseason with 10 homers and 37 RBI. * will enter the 2002 season with 14 20-plus homer seasons, tying Barry Bonds for the most among active players ... other career highlights include: * being one of just three sluggers (joining Frank Robinson and Mark McGwire) to homer at least 200 times in both leagues ... has 226 homers in the National League to go with 222 American League roundtrippers. * joining Jose Canseco as the only players in big league history to hit 30 homers for four different clubs. * homering in 39 different ballparks, adding Detroit's Comerica Park and Houston's Enron Field in 2001 ... the only other players to homer in 39 facilities are Ellis Burks and Mark McGwire. * recording 36 career multi-homer games and hitting 8 grand slams. * homering off 317 different pitchers. * hitting homers in 4 consecutive games three times and in 3 straight games five times. * winning a trio of Silver Slugger Awards (1989, 1992, 1993). * has earned league Player of the Month honors once and Player of the Week honors four times. * has excelled on Opening Day, going 24-for-57 (.421) with 5 homers and 15 RBI. * is a 1981 graduate of Tampa's Jefferson High School, where he was an all-league selection. * the Tampa native grew up four blocks from Al Lopez Field, the former spring training home of the Cincinnati Reds. * as a youngster, he sold soft drinks at Tampa Stadium during Buccaneers games. * in 2000, he was a finalist for the Roberto Clemente Award. * his golf tournament at Tampa's Avila Country Club has raised $1.2 million for pediatric cancer research over the past six years ... also makes numerous visits to the pediatric cancer ward at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa. * his cousin, Terry McGriff, was a catcher with four teams (Cincinnati, Houston, Florida and St. Louis) ... his nephew, Charles Johnson, catches for the Florida Marlins.