| 1969 | Born November 21 in Donora, Pennsylvania |
| 1979 | Begins playing Little League baseball |
| 1983 | Enters Cincinnati's Moeller High School |
| 1987 | Drafted on June 2 as first-round, first pick by Seattle Mariners |
| 1987 | Plays in the minors in the Northwest League on a team based in Bellingham, Washington |
| 1988 | Swallows aspirin overdose in apparent suicide attempt in January |
| 1988 | Plays in the California League for the San Bernardino Spirit |
| 1989 | Attends Mariners training camp; plays so well he earns position on roster |
| 1989 | Makes major league debut on April 3 |
| 1990 | Makes baseball history in August when his father, Ken Griffey, Sr., joins the Mariners and the Griffeys become the first father-son teammates in baseball history |
| 1994 | Becomes father on January 19 when Trey Kenneth Griffey is born |
| 1995 | Becomes father again on October 21 as Taryn Kennedy Griffey is born |
| 1995 | Fractures wrist on May 26; misses 73 games |
| 2000 | Traded from Seattle Mariners to Cincinnati Reds on February 10 |
| 2000 | Plagued with sore knee and partially torn hamstring throughout season |
| 2001 | Partially tears hamstring during spring training on March 26 |
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