Ken Griffey Jr. Anniversary Joe Votto Moves Up All-Time List Reds Cardinals History

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Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 600th career home run 10 years ago off Mark Hendrickson at Florida's Dolphin Stadium on this date.

Griffey, who is still being paid by the Reds until 2024, hit eight more for the Reds in that 2008 season before he was traded to the Chicago White Sox at the trading deadline for Nick Massett and Danny Richar.

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Griffey hit three more that season for the White Sox to give him 18 for the season.  Griffey was born on November 21, 1969 in Denora, Pennsylvania on the same date and the same town as St. Louis Cardinals great, Stan Musial.  He hit 630 career home runs, finishing with his original organization the Seattle Mariners for whom he played in 2009 and through May 31, 2010.

His father Ken Griffey Sr. played for the Reds most of his career.  Junior grew up in Cincinnati and graduated from Moeller High School in 1987.  The Mariners made him the first pick in the draft.  Griffey made his debut less than two years later on April 3, 1989 at the age of 19.  He played 22 years in the Major Leagues and was inducted into Baseball's Hall of Fame in 2016.

REHAB

Homer Bailey will test his inflamed right knee in a start at Louisville on Monday.  When he is healthy, Bailey will be inserted back into the Reds' starting rotation.  The organization changed its mind about moving Bailey to the bullpen.

MILESTONES AHEAD

Joey Votto is poised to catch former Reds' great and Hall of Famer, Frank Robinson in several categories on the team's all-time list.

Votto is starting his 1,494th game as a Red.  He is currently in 10th place on the list and within eight games of Robinson, who is number nine with 1,502 games in his 10 years as a Red from 1956 through 1965.

Votto has 1,656 hits, 10th on the list.  Robinson is also ninth with 1,673 hits.  Pete Rose is the leader with 3,358.

Votto is fifth on the list with 354 doubles.  Johnny Bench is fourth with 381.

Votto is ninth with 857 RBI, four shy of George Foster, who is eighth with 861.

RIVALRY

The Reds and Cardinals have played each other every National League season since 1892 when the Cardinals joined the league.   The Reds joined in 1890 and missed St. Louis for two seasons after being competitors from 1882 through 1889 in the American Association.

The Reds are 998-1,149 against the Cardinals all-time.  The Cardinals are 9,993-9,513 in its history.  The Cardinals need seven wins to reach 10,000.   The Reds need two wins to notch its 1,000th win over St. Louis.

The Cardinals have won 12 straight against the Reds.

"We've had some great ballgames against them but we keep coming up short," said Jim Riggleman, who got his start managing in the Cardinals' organization.  "There are no morale victories there.  I think we're close to being a respectable club.  Our record says we're not but we're not far away from getting out of this last place rut we've been in for a couple of years."