DYK: 10 Griffey facts you should know about

From a childhood spent around the clubhouse of the Big Red Machine to being blessed with one of the sweetest left-handed swings the game has seen, Ken Griffey Jr. seemed destined for stardom.

Griffey faced his own pressures along the way, including the weight of being the son of a former All-Star and a No. 1 overall Draft pick of a then-struggling franchise in Seattle. But from the moment he started dazzling fans at age 19, the natural talent of the man nicknamed “The Kid” quickly rose to the surface.

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Griffey’s incredible combination of power, speed and athleticism — and the way he made it all look so easy — made him perhaps the preeminent baseball star of the 1990s. It also has him standing on the precipice of the game’s greatest honor: Induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown.

Coverage begins on MLB Network and MLB.com at 11 a.m. ET Sunday, with the Hall of Fame induction ceremonies getting underway live at 1:30.

Before he receives his plaque Sunday in upstate New York, here are 10 things you should know about the Hall of Fame career of Griffey:

• Griffey was born in Donora, Pa. (population: approximately 4,980), the same hometown as Hall of Famer Stan Musial. Remarkably, Musial and Griffey also share the same birthday. Musial was born on Nov. 21, 1920, and Griffey was born on the same day 49 years later.

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