Goodbye Ken Griffey, Jr.

Ken Griffey, Jr. has retired after what had become an unfortunate end to an otherwise illustrious career. 10 Gold Gloves and a MVP. 13 time All Star.

Tim Brown at Yahoo! Sports thinks Griffey may have been the best clean player in the steroid era.

He was “The Natural” long before it meant anything more than a man whose skills seemed derived from the heavens. From the day of his first MVP vote in 1990 to the day of his last in 2005, 16 of 32 MVP recipients eventually were linked to performance-enhancing drugs, Barry Bonds accounting for seven alone. Enough others – Alex Rodriguez, Miguel Tejada, Jason Giambi, Sammy Sosa, Ken Caminiti, Mo Vaughn and Juan Gonzalez – were rumored to have used, accused of using, or admitted to using, to have fouled those 16 seasons.

Was he? What about Ripken? Did Ripken's career not overlap enough with the steroid era? Pujols?