SHOWDOWN HALL OF FAME: Ken Griffey Jr

The third entry into the Showdown Hall of Fame is the one, the only, "The Kid!" Son of a key cog in the Big Red Machine, Griffey Jr burst onto the scene in 1989 as a nineteen year old. Griffey was famous for his smile, backwards hat, and the smoothest left-handed swing baseball has ever seen. Over the next eleven years, Griffey would go to every All Star games and led the majors in HR four different times. More impressively, The Kid actually made baseball fun and relevant in Seattle. Teamed with fellow young star Alex Rodriguez, Griffey led the Mariners to the franchise's first three playoff berths, including two trips to the ALCS.

In 2000, Griffey went home to Cincinnati. Sadly, his Reds career was ridden with injuries. He made three All Star teams in nearly a decade with the Reds, but never put up the consistent power numbers he did in Cincinnati. With his career coming to a close, The Kid came back to Seattle as a man and still contributed for a season. Now, Griffey is in the real Hall of Fame, after 22 seasons and 630 HRs.

So without further ado, one of the greatest power hitters of all time: Ken Griffey Jr!