COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Fred McGriff, elected unanimously by the Contemporary Baseball Era Players Committee, and Scott Rolen will be inducted Sunday into the Baseball Hall of Fame. McGriff, the lanky ...

McGriff spent parts of five seasons with the then-Devil Rays. He joined the team for its inaugural season in 1998, adding needed credibility and a local draw for an expansion team that lost a lot of ...

ST. PETERSBURG -- For more than 40 years, Emeterio “Pop” Cuesta has been famous for all the wrong reasons. He was known best as the coach who cut future Hall of Famer Fred McGriff from the baseball ...

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TAMPA, Fla. — Sept. 22 will officially be known as “Fred McGriff Day” in the city of Tampa. The baseball legend, and Tampa native, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame back in July ...

Ralph Morrow - August 7, 2023 Fred McGriff is seen in 2007 while working as a special adviser for his hometown team, the Tampa Bay Rays. WIKIPEDIA/Contributed Editor’s Note: The Keys Weekly is honored ...

Selected in 1981 at the George W. Rulon American Legion Player of the Year (West Tampa Memorial Post 248), the following summer, during the weekend of the Hall's 1982 inductions that included ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa native Fred McGriff was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame after he was elected unanimously by the Contemporary Baseball Era Players Committee in December after falling ...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Fred McGriff enjoyed the opportunity to play at home during parts of five seasons with the expansion Rays, but — having never finished a season on a sub.-500 team before ...

McGriff, who was affectionately nicknamed “Crime Dog” by ESPN’s Chris Berman, batted .284 with 493 homers and 1,550 RBIs in 2,460 games over 19 seasons.

Fred McGriff, left, and Scott Rolen pose for a picture during the National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Sunday at the Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown, N.Y.