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After spending the first third of his career with the Toronto Blue Jays and San Diego Padres, McGriff became a major component in the Atlanta Braves' long run of division champions, posting over 90 RBI for five straight years after joining the club in a midseason 1993 trade, and helped lead the team to the 1995 World Series title over the ...
Fred McGriff played for 6 teams; the Toronto Blue Jays, San Diego Padres, Atlanta Braves, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers. How many World Series has Fred McGriff won? Fred McGriff has won 1 World Series.
- Tampa, FL, United States
- October 31, 1963
Briefly played for the Blue Jays, appearing in 3 games in May and going 1-for-5...made his ML debut May 17 vs. Cleveland...singled the next day off the Indians' Don Schulze for his first big league hit...spent most of the season at Syracuse (AAA), hitting 19 homers in 133 games...led International League first basemen with a .992 fielding ...
Dec 5, 2022 · Fred McGriff was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday by the Contemporary Era Committee. Nicknamed the "Crime Dog," he spent five seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays and hit 493...
Dec 4, 2022 · Fred (Crime Dog) McGriff is heading for the Hall of Fame — with or without a Blue Jays cap. The former all-star first baseman was the only player elected by Cooperstown’s second-chance...
- Gregor Chisholm
- gchisholm@thestar.ca
The tall, lanky McGriff was drafted in the ninth round of the 1981 amateur draft by the New York Yankees. The following year he was traded to the Blue Jays – in a deal that sent Tom Dodd and Dale Murray to the Yankees – and began playing full-time at the major league level in 1987.
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Dec 5, 2022 · One of the most important figures in Blue Jays history, “Crime Dog” was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday with a unanimous vote from the Contemporary Baseball Era Players Committee, ending a long debate with McGriff finding his rightful home.
