Peoria, AZ (My Sportsbook) - Ken Griffey, Jr. has reportedly turned down an offer from the Atlanta Braves and chosen to sign with the Mariners, returning to the club for which he starred throughout the 1990s.

According to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the Mariners' Web site, Griffey will take an incentive-laden one-year deal to return to the Emerald City.

The Atlanta-Journal Constitution reported on Tuesday that Griffey would join the Braves, as Atlanta provides better proximity to his family. But apparently the lure of the Mariners was too much to turn down, and Seattle will bring back arguably its best player in franchise history.

An 11-time All-Star, Griffey spent the first 11 years of his 20-year career in Seattle, finishing in the top-10 in the MVP voting in seven of his years with the Mariners. After being the top pick in the 1987 draft, Griffey helped put Seattle on the baseball map, quickly becoming one of the best and most marketable players in the game.

His best season came in 1997, winning his only MVP award with a .304 batting average, also posting league-highs of 56 home runs, 146 runs batted in, 125 runs scored and a .646 slugging percentage. In his time with the Mariners, Griffey totaled 398 homers and 1,152 RBI.

After leading the Mariners to their first two division titles in team history (1995, 1997), Griffey demanded a trade following the 1999 season. He was subsequently traded to the Cincinnati Reds for Mike Cameron, Brett Tomko, Antonio Perez and Jake Meyer.

Griffey was unable to duplicate his production in Cincinnati, topping 40 homers and 100 RBI only in his first of eight-plus years with the club. He suffered numerous injuries during his tenure with the Reds, notching only three All-Star selections.

The Reds did not record a playoff appearance in his time with the team, and he was traded to the White Sox before the trade deadline in 2008. Griffey made his first playoff appearance since 1999, as Chicago won the AL Central Division, but the team was promptly ousted by the eventual AL champion Tampa Bay Rays in the first round of the playoffs.

In total for 2008, Griffey recorded a career-low .249 batting average, with 18 homers and 71 RBI. His career marks rank among the all-time greats, ranking fifth in homers with 611 and 18th in RBI with 1,772. He also won 10 consecutive Gold Gloves from 1990-1999 to go with his career .288 batting average and .547 slugging percentage.