Ken Griffey Jr. Career Upper Deck Set Run. ... In 2000, Griffey signed a 9-year, $116.5 million contract with the Cincinnati Reds. But in its first 2000 release, ...

Ken Griffey Jr.'s rookie cards, like the 1989 Upper Deck Star Rookie, hold significant value for collectors, with some reaching over $2,000. ... Ken Griffey Jr. [Autograph] #220 1989 Bowman ...

1994 Upper Deck Mickey Mantle/Ken Griffey, Jr. (DUAL AUTO) In 1994 the baseball card scientists at Upper Deck came up with the formula for one of the hottest cards of all-time.

I was ten years old and obsessed with baseball card collecting in 1989 when Upper Deck debuted a new set of baseball cards. Up to that point there were three card companies: Topps, Donruss, and ...

Obviously, Upper Deck hit a home run choosing Griffey as the No. 1 card in its debut set. No doubt about that. But even with that huge vote of confidence, the company still underestimated him.

Straight up, if you didn’t have a 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr. rookie card, ... so when Jordan wanted Griffey’s autograph at the 1993 MLB All-Star game, there could be no greater co-sign.

Ken Griffey Jr.’s 1989 Upper Deck rookie card. The photo was actually a doctored version of his minor league head shot, with a Mariners cap superimposed onto the glossy card.

Ken Griffey Jr. was sometimes overshadowed by his slugging counterparts of the ... No. 1 by an Upper Deck employee ... throng of reporters and asked a 23-year-old Griffey to autograph his ...

Ken Griffey Jr.’s election to the Baseball Hall of Fame is sure to elicit visions of moon shots launched into the Kingdome’s upper deck and leaping catches against the wall.

David Gonos reveals nine intriguing facts about Upper Deck's 1989 Ken Griffey Jr. card, one of the most popular baseball cards of all-time.

There is no such thing as a “bad” Ken Griffey Jr. rookie card, but the Upper Deck card stands alone.