Former Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Fred McGriff was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee on Sunday according to Gregor Chisholm of The Toronto Star. McGriff played five seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays from 1986 to 1990. He was also with the San Diego Padres from 1991-1993, the Atlanta Braves from 1993 to 1997, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays from 1998 to 2001 and again in 2004, the Chicago Cubs in 2001 and 2002, and the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2003.
While with the Blue Jays in 1989, McGriff led the American League in home runs (36), and on base plus slugging percentage (.924). He won his first of three Silver Slugger Awards in 1989 (also won in 1992 with San Diego and 1993 with San Diego and Atlanta). In 1944 at bats with Toronto, McGriff batted .278 with 125 home runs, and 305 runs batted in. He scored 348 runs and had 540 hits, 99 doubles, eight triples, 21 stolen bases, 352 walks, 1030 total bases, two sacrifice bunts, and 13 sacrifice flies. McGriff had a slugging percentage of .530 and an on base percentage of .389 with Toronto.
In his career, McGriff batted .284 with 493 home runs and 1550 runs batted in. He scored 1349 runs and had 2490 hits, 441 doubles, 24 triples, 72 stolen bases, 1305 walks, 4458 total bases, two sacrifice bunts, and 71 sacrifice flies. McGriff had a career slugging percentage of .509 and a career on base percentage of .377.
McGriff also led the National League in home runs with 35 while with San Diego in 1992. He was also a five-time All-Star (1992 with San Diego, 1994 to 1996 with Atlanta, and 2000 with Tampa Bay), and won the 1995 World Series with Atlanta.
