Fred McGriff Parents: Meet Eliza And Earl
Lucas Hayes
Updated on February 07, 2026
Fred McGriff Parents: Meet Eliza And Earl: – Fred McGriff, nicknamed Crime Dog is a former American professional baseball player born on Thursday, October 31, 1963.
Fred McGriff, officially known as Frederick Stanley McGriff first attracted the attention of professional ball clubs after hitting a long home run off of Hillsborough High School’s Doc Gooden with scouts in attendance to watch Gooden pitch.
He played for 6 Major League Baseball teams from 1986 through 2004. Fred became a 5-time All-Star and led both leagues in home runs in separate years; the American League in 1989 and the National League in 1992.
He appeared in commercials for Tom Emanski’s Baseball Fundamentals training videos in 1991. The commercials ran for over a decade on ESPN, making them the longest-running sports infomercial on television.
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The 59-year-old baseball player, Fred McGriff is married to Veronica McGriff. The couple has been blessed with 2 children; Erick McGriff and Ericka McGriff. As of November 2022, the left-handed former professional baseball player had an estimated net worth of $30 million.
Fred McGriff Parents: Meet Eliza And Earl
McGriff was born in Tampa, Florida. His mother, Eliza, was a schoolteacher, and Earl, his father was an electronics repairman. However, they lived their lives out of the public eye hence details like their dates of birth, ages, heights, and weight is not known.
