Cincinnati ? Ken Griffey Jr. was determined to play like an All-Century outfielder this season, showing Cincinnati Reds fans what they’ve been missing since he came home.

For the fourth year in a row, the show was cut short.

Griffey had surgery Friday to repair a shredded tendon in his right ankle, his sixth major injury since he joined his hometown team in 2000.

Griffey also is expected to have surgery in the next few weeks to repair his right shoulder, which he dislocated while trying to make a diving catch April 5. Both injuries should be fully healed by the start of spring training, said Dr. Timothy Kremchek, who performed the surgery.

There’s growing concern that Griffey, 33, may never be the same player again. The All-Star center fielder was perhaps the best in the game in the ’90s, but has been little more than a curiosity since coming home in a trade with Seattle.

Even Griffey’s most ardent supporters have to wonder whether they’ll ever see the old Junior.

“I think it’s a possibility he could come back and be close to the player he was when we acquired him,” said general manager Jim Bowden, who had a sleepless night after the latest setback. “In the five games prior to the All-Star break, we all saw what a special player he is when he’s healthy.”

He homered in five consecutive starts, an indication he was starting to regain his stroke after missing 51/2 weeks because of a dislocated shoulder. He was running out a double Thursday night when his season abruptly ended.

Griffey completely tore one of the two tendons on the outside of the right ankle as he rounded first base.