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Griffey to get $3.15M for return

Associated Press

Monday, October 5, 2009

SEATTLE -- Ken Griffey Jr. will collect $3.15 million of a potential $5 million for returning to the Seattle Mariners. The 39-year-old slugger earned an additional $1.15 million in bonuses tied to playing time and home attendance, according to contract details obtained by The Associated Press. That's on top of the $2 million in base salary the active home run leader received in his one-year contract. A spike in playing time over the final week of the season, when Griffey started five times in ...

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