Signed a $34 million contract from 1997 through 2000, making him the highest paid baseball player ever at the time, averaging $8.5 million a year.

Turned down an offer to play baseball in Japan for $12 million a year

First father-son duo to play simultaneously in the Major Leagues

Wife is Melissa, son is Trey Kenneth born on 1/19/94, and daughter is Taryn Kennedy 10/21/95

Seventh youngest player to ever to reach 200 career home runs... the first six are in the Hall of Fame

Third youngest player ever to reach 150 career home runs

Fourth youngest player ever to reach 250 career home runs

Second youngest player ever to reach 300 career home runs, 4-13-98

Considered by many to be the best all around player in baseball

Sold his Ferrari F40 to Reggie Jackson

Currently endorses Gargoyles, Nike, Nintendo, Power Aid, Upper Deck, Pizza Hut, General Mills, and a few more...

Hit a 3 run homer in first pro at bat, and a double in first M.L. at bat

Was baseball player of the year twice during high school while also playing 3 years of football(running back/wide receiver), and 4 years of baseball(outfielder/relief pitcher)

Had a chocolate bar named after him, which sold over a million

Took piano lessons as a kid

Has 2 Super Nintendo baseball games made after him, and one out for the Nintendo 64

It would cost over $12,000 to collect all his 540+ cards listed in the Beckett, and there are over 900 cards total(1996)

Leading vote getter of four All-Star games, and holds the all time record with 6,079,688 votes in 1994

Appeared on Aresenio Hall, Fresh Prince, Little Big League, The Simpsons, Medicine Ball, and Harry and the Hendersons

Missed the opportunity to appear on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and New York Undercover, because the strike ended

Worked on songs with M.C. Hammer

Recorded the song, "The Way I Swing" with Kid Sensation

Deeply involved with the Make-A-Wish Foundation, which he received the 1994 Celebrity Recognition Award

Authored an "Ask Junior" column in a local newspaper where he answered questions from kids

Offered a chunk of his salary to the Mariners, so they could sign a free agent or two, but rules prohibited it

Won 8 consecutive Gold Glove awards, and counting

Voted into 8 straight All-Star games, and counting

Homered in every American League ballpark

Co-partner of the All-Star Cafe restaurant chain along with Joe Montana, Shaquille O'Neal, Wayne Gretzky and Andre Agassi

Has received a total of 23,041,011 All Star Votes

In 1997, fastest to reach 50 homeruns since Micky Mantle and Roger Maris in 1961

In 1997, became only the ninth unanimous AL MVP winner, while leading the AL in homeruns, RBIs, runs, total bases, and slugging percentage