Clark Griffith

Full Name: Clark Calvin Griffith Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 5' 6.5"/156 First Game: April 11, 1891 Birthdate: November 20, 1869 Final Game: October 7, 1914 Birthplace: Clear Creek, Missouri MLB Experience: 20 years Died: October 27, 1955 Deathplace: Washington, D.C. Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946

Biography

Born on November 20, 1869 in Clear Creek, Missouri, Clark Griffith (Clark Calvin Griffith) played for the St. Louis Browns, Boston Reds, Chicago Colts, Chicago Orphans, Chicago White Sox, New York Highlanders, Cincinnati Reds and Washington Senators over the course of his 20 year career. Griffith broke into the bigs on April 11, 1891 with the St. Louis Browns, and put up a 3.74 ERA in 226.1 innings pitched in 1891, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Clark Griffith's best season was 1898, when he posted a 1.88 ERA, won 24 games and struck out 97 batters.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1891	STL	a	27	17	11	8	3.33	68	122	69	12	0	0	186.1	195	8	58	0	0	0
1891	BOS	a	7	4	3	1	5.62	20	33	25	3	0	0	40	47	3	15	0	0	0
1891	TOT	a	34	21	14	9	3.74	88	155	94	15	0	0	226.1	242	11	73	0	0	0
1893	CHI	N	4	2	1	2	5.03	9	14	11	2	0	0	19.2	24	1	5	0	0	0
1894	CHI	N	36	30	21	14	4.92	71	193	143	28	0	0	261.1	328	12	85	0	5	0
1895	CHI	N	42	41	26	14	3.93	79	228	154	39	0	0	353	434	11	91	0	7	0
1896	CHI	N	36	35	23	11	3.54	81	189	125	35	0	0	317.2	370	3	70	0	1	0
1897	CHI	N	41	38	21	18	3.72	102	231	142	38	1	1	343.2	410	3	86	0	11	17
1898	CHI	N	38	38	24	10	1.88	97	105	68	36	4	0	325.2	305	1	64	0	6	20
1899	CHI	N	38	38	22	14	2.79	73	163	99	35	0	0	319.2	329	5	65	0	1	14
1900	CHI	N	30	30	14	13	3.05	61	126	84	27	4	0	248	245	6	51	0	5	16
1901	CHI	A	35	30	24	7	2.67	67	114	79	26	5	1	266.2	275	4	50	0	2	4
1902	CHI	A	28	24	15	9	4.18	51	117	99	20	3	0	213	247	11	47	0	3	16
1903	NY	A	25	24	14	11	2.70	69	92	64	22	2	0	213	201	3	33	0	6	6
1904	NY	A	16	11	7	5	2.87	36	40	32	8	1	0	100.1	91	3	16	0	4	4
1905	NY	A	25	7	9	6	1.68	46	30	19	4	2	1	101.2	82	1	15	0	3	1
1906	NY	A	17	2	2	2	3.02	16	30	20	1	0	2	59.2	58	0	15	0	3	4
1907	NY	A	4	0	0	0	8.64	5	16	8	0	0	0	8.1	15	0	6	0	0	0
1909	CIN	N	1	1	0	1	6.00	3	8	4	1	0	0	6	11	0	2	0	0	0
1912	WAS	A	1	0	0	0	.00	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1913	WAS	A	1	0	0	0	.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1914	WAS	A	1	0	0	0	.00	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		266	253	152	97	3.40	576	1257	830	241	9	1	2194.2	2456	42	519	0	36	67
Total	AL		153	98	71	40	3.00	291	440	322	81	13	5	964.2	972	23	182	0	21	35
Total	AA		34	21	14	9	3.74	88	155	94	15	0	0	226.1	242	11	73	0	0	0
Total			453	372	237	146	3.31	955	1852	1246	337	22	6	3385.2	3670	76	774	0	57	102

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1891	STL	a	P	27	0	0	8	45	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.930
1891	BOS	a	P	7	0	0	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.778
1891	BOS	a	OF	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1891	TOT	a	P	34	0	0	10	50	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.909
1893	CHI	N	P	4	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1894	CHI	N	SS	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1894	CHI	N	P	36	0	0	20	45	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.942
1894	CHI	N	OF	7	0	0	7	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.727
1895	CHI	N	OF	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1895	CHI	N	P	42	0	0	27	81	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.923
1896	CHI	N	P	36	0	0	20	79	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	.917
1897	CHI	N	SS	2	0	0	5	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.929
1897	CHI	N	3B	1	0	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667
1897	CHI	N	OF	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1897	CHI	N	P	41	0	0	23	85	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	.947
1897	CHI	N	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1898	CHI	N	P	38	0	0	18	82	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.952
1899	CHI	N	SS	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
1899	CHI	N	P	38	0	0	17	109	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	.933
1900	CHI	N	P	30	0	0	9	57	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.917
1901	CHI	A	P	35	0	0	9	78	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	.946
1902	CHI	A	P	28	0	0	10	55	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1902	CHI	A	OF	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1903	NY	A	P	25	0	0	8	50	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.983
1904	NY	A	P	16	0	0	3	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.946
1905	NY	A	P	25	0	0	1	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.960
1905	NY	A	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1906	NY	A	P	17	0	0	1	23	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1907	NY	A	P	4	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.800
1909	CIN	N	P	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1912	WAS	A	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1912	WAS	A	2B	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1913	WAS	A	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1913	WAS	A	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1914	WAS	A	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			2B	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	453	0	0	179	863	64	22	0	0	0	0	0	.942
Total			3B	1	0	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667
Total			SS	4	0	0	6	9	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.714
Total			1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			OF	18	0	0	13	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1891	STL	a	27	77	11	12	1	8	.156	.253	.208	1	0	8	15	2	0	2	0	0
1891	BOS	a	10	23	6	4	1	3	.174	.367	.435	1	1	6	5	1	0	1	0	0
1891	TOT	a	37	100	17	16	2	11	.160	.282	.260	2	1	14	20	3	0	3	0	0
1893	CHI	N	4	11	1	2	0	2	.182	.182	.182	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1894	CHI	N	46	142	27	33	0	15	.232	.339	.324	5	4	23	9	0	0	6	0	0
1895	CHI	N	43	144	20	46	1	27	.319	.391	.361	3	0	16	9	1	2	2	0	0
1896	CHI	N	38	135	22	36	1	16	.267	.313	.356	5	2	9	7	0	2	3	0	0
1897	CHI	N	46	162	27	38	0	21	.235	.311	.333	8	4	18	0	0	3	2	0	0
1898	CHI	N	38	122	15	20	0	15	.164	.244	.230	2	3	13	0	0	2	1	0	0
1899	CHI	N	39	120	15	31	0	14	.258	.346	.300	5	0	14	0	2	4	2	0	0
1900	CHI	N	30	95	16	24	1	7	.253	.311	.347	4	1	8	0	0	1	2	0	0
1901	CHI	A	35	89	21	27	2	14	.303	.446	.427	3	1	23	0	0	3	0	0	0
1902	CHI	A	35	92	11	20	0	8	.217	.273	.250	3	0	7	0	0	3	0	0	0
1903	NY	A	25	69	5	11	1	7	.159	.284	.261	4	0	11	0	1	2	1	0	0
1904	NY	A	16	42	2	6	0	1	.143	.217	.190	2	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0
1905	NY	A	26	32	2	7	0	5	.219	.286	.313	1	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	0
1906	NY	A	17	18	0	2	0	1	.111	.238	.111	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0
1907	NY	A	5	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1909	CIN	N	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1910	CIN	N	1	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1912	WAS	A	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1913	WAS	A	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1914	WAS	A	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		286	933	144	230	3	117	.247	.322	.320	32	14	101	26	3	14	18	0	0
Total	AL		162	347	41	75	3	38	.216	.318	.297	15	2	51	0	1	13	1	0	0
Total	AA		37	100	17	16	2	11	.160	.282	.260	2	1	14	20	3	0	3	0	0
Total			485	1380	202	321	8	166	.233	.318	.310	49	17	166	46	7	27	22	0	0

Transactions

• Released by St. Louis Browns (July, 1891).
• Signed by Boston Reds (@August, 1891).
• Signed by Chicago Colts (August, 1893).