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Mike Griffin
Michael Joseph Griffin

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 7", Weight 160 lb.

Debut April 16, 1887
Final Game October 15, 1898
Born March 20, 1865 in Utica, NY
Died April 10, 1908 in Utica, NY

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1887 22 BAL AA 136  532  142  160  32 13   3   94  94     55      .301  .375  .427  128  227               8    
 1888 23 BAL AA 137  542  103  139  21 11   0   46  46     55      .256  .331  .336  115  182               5    
 1889 24 BAL AA 137  531  152  148  21 14   4   48  39     91  29  .279  .387  .394  124  209               3    
 1890 25 PHQ PL 115  489  127  140  29  6   6   54  30     64  19  .286  .377  .407  106  199               7    
 1891 26 BRO NL 134  521  106  139  36  9   3   65  65     57  31  .267  .340  .388  113  202               1    
 1892 27 BRO NL 129  452  103  125  17 11   3   66  49     68  36  .277  .376  .383  133  173               4    
 1893 28 BRO NL  95  362   85  103  21  7   6   59  30     59  23  .285  .396  .431  124  156               8    
 1894 29 BRO NL 107  402  122  144  28  4   5   75  39     78  14  .358  .467  .485  137  195               4    
 1895 30 BRO NL 131  519  140  173  38  7   4   65  27     93  29  .333  .444  .457  140  237   9          10    
 1896 31 BRO NL 122  493  101  152  27  9   4   51  23     48  25  .308  .380  .424  117  209   6           9    
 1897 32 BRO NL 134  534  136  169  25 11   2   56  16     81      .316  .416  .416  125  222  12          10    
 1898 33 BRO NL 134  537   88  161  18  6   2   40  15     60      .300  .379  .367  113  197   5           8    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons         5914      1753    108      719      0     206  .296  .388  .407  123       32   0   0  77   0
               1511      1405      313     42      473    809                            2408
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        634  151  188  34 12   5   77  51  0  87  22  .296  .388  .407  123  258   3   0   0   8   0
 Career High    137  542  152  173  38 14   6   94  94  0  93  36  .358  .467  .485  140  237  12   0   0  10   0
Special Batting  Glossary 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1887 22 BAL AA  595  372   83   5.8    92| .301  .272| .375  .336| .427  .368| .802  .703| 128  .621  21.3   2.1     
 1888 23 BAL AA  602  403   59   3.9    69| .256  .242| .331  .300| .336  .320| .667  .620| 115  .583  10.7   1.2     
 1889 24 BAL AA  625  383   80   5.4    91| .279  .265| .387  .337| .394  .360| .781  .697| 124  .623  20.3   2.1     
 1890 25 PHQ PL  560  349   73   5.5   108| .286  .285| .377  .364| .407  .396| .784  .760| 106  .558   6.1   0.6     
 1891 26 BRO NL  579  382   68   4.7    87| .267  .259| .340  .333| .388  .352| .728  .684| 113  .581   8.8   0.9     
 1892 27 BRO NL  524  327   64   5.1    78| .277  .247| .376  .320| .383  .331| .759  .651| 133  .652  20.5   2.2     
 1893 28 BRO NL  429  259   60   6.1   102| .285  .280| .396  .357| .431  .381| .827  .737| 124  .601  15.1   1.4     
 1894 29 BRO NL  484  258   90   9.1   120| .358  .306| .467  .376| .485  .431| .952  .808| 137  .682  31.5   2.7     
 1895 30 BRO NL  631  355  103   7.5   105| .333  .292| .444  .357| .457  .394| .901  .751| 140  .666  39.8   3.6     
 1896 31 BRO NL  556  347   77   5.8   102| .308  .290| .380  .354| .424  .387| .804  .740| 117  .580  13.8   1.3     
 1897 32 BRO NL  637  377   90   6.2   102| .316  .291| .416  .354| .416  .386| .832  .740| 125  .614  25.0   2.4     
 1898 33 BRO NL  610  381   73   5.0    91| .300  .278| .379  .342| .367  .356| .746  .699| 113  .606  11.9   1.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     6832 4193  920   5.7    95| .296  .275| .388  .343| .407  .370| .795  .714| 123  .613 224.8  21.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1887 22 BAL AA  OF  136    256   13   22    1  .924  .898  1.98  2.01                1  135    0
 1888 23 BAL AA  OF  137    274   27   20    6  .938  .907  2.20  1.79                0  137    0
 1889 24 BAL AA  OF  109    246   17   26    5  .910  .903  2.41  1.96                0  109    0
                 SS   25     38   68   22    7  .828  .873  4.24  5.12            
                 2B    5     14    6    4    0  .833  .917  4.00  5.60            
 1890 25 PHQ PL  OF  115    278   33   15   10  .954  .904  2.70  2.06                4  100   13
 1891 26 BRO NL  OF  134    353   31   16    7  .960  .912  2.87  1.88                2  132    0
 1892 27 BRO NL  OF  127    267   25    4    7  .986  .912  2.30  1.86                0  126    1
                 SS    2      1    9    3    1  .769  .901  5.00  5.35            
 1893 28 BRO NL  OF   93    232   19    9    8  .965  .915  2.70  2.14                0   93    0
                 2B    2      2    6    1    0  .889  .930  4.00  5.90            
 1894 29 BRO NL  OF  106    297   14   10    5  .969  .915  2.93  2.24                0  106    0
 1895 30 BRO NL  OF  131    349   23   12   12  .969  .917  2.84  2.14                0  131    0
                 SS    1      0    6    2    0  .750  .896  6.00  5.50            
 1896 31 BRO NL  OF  122    316    8   13    1  .961  .933  2.66  2.12                0  122    0
 1897 32 BRO NL  OF  134    353   13   17    6  .956  .935  2.73  2.06                0  134    0
 1898 33 BRO NL  OF  134    314   20    9    7  .974  .937  2.49  2.03                0  134    0

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1889 24 BAL AA  2B    5     14    6    4    0  .833  .917  4.00  5.60            
 1893 28 BRO NL  2B    2      2    6    1    0  .889  .930  4.00  5.90            

 1887 22 BAL AA  OF  136    256   13   22    1  .924  .898  1.98  2.01                1  135    0
 1888 23 BAL AA  OF  137    274   27   20    6  .938  .907  2.20  1.79                0  137    0
 1889 24 BAL AA  OF  109    246   17   26    5  .910  .903  2.41  1.96                0  109    0
 1890 25 PHQ PL  OF  115    278   33   15   10  .954  .904  2.70  2.06                4  100   13
 1891 26 BRO NL  OF  134    353   31   16    7  .960  .912  2.87  1.88                2  132    0
 1892 27 BRO NL  OF  127    267   25    4    7  .986  .912  2.30  1.86                0  126    1
 1893 28 BRO NL  OF   93    232   19    9    8  .965  .915  2.70  2.14                0   93    0
 1894 29 BRO NL  OF  106    297   14   10    5  .969  .915  2.93  2.24                0  106    0
 1895 30 BRO NL  OF  131    349   23   12   12  .969  .917  2.84  2.14                0  131    0
 1896 31 BRO NL  OF  122    316    8   13    1  .961  .933  2.66  2.12                0  122    0
 1897 32 BRO NL  OF  134    353   13   17    6  .956  .935  2.73  2.06                0  134    0
 1898 33 BRO NL  OF  134    314   20    9    7  .974  .937  2.49  2.03                0  134    0

 1889 24 BAL AA  SS   25     38   68   22    7  .828  .873  4.24  5.12            
 1892 27 BRO NL  SS    2      1    9    3    1  .769  .901  5.00  5.35            
 1895 30 BRO NL  SS    1      0    6    2    0  .750  .896  6.00  5.50            

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF 1478   3535  243  173   75  .956  .916  2.56  2.02                7 1459   14
                 SS   28     39   83   27    8  .819  .876  4.36  5.15            
                 2B    7     16   12    5    0  .848  .921  4.00  5.69            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1513   3590  338  205   83  .950  .915  2.60  2.09
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

On-base %
1894 NL-.467-7
1895 NL-.444-10

Games
1887 AA-136-7
1888 AA-137-3
1895 NL-131-10
1897 NL-134-4

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1888 AA-602-5
1889 AA-625-9
1895 NL-631-3
1897 NL-637-2

Runs
1887 AA-142-3
1889 AA-152-1
1890 PL-127-8
1895 NL-140-7
1897 NL-136-3
Car-1405-82

Total Bases
1887 AA-227-9

Doubles
1887 AA-32-8
1890 PL-29-10
1891 NL-36-1
1895 NL-38-4
1896 NL-27-8

Triples
1889 AA-14-2

Bases on Balls
1888 AA-55-8
1889 AA-91-3
1895 NL-93-3
1897 NL-81-3

Stolen Bases
1887 AA-94-6
1891 NL-65-3
Car-473-41

Adjusted OPS+
1887 AA-128-9
1894 NL-137-9

Runs Created
1887 AA-83-9

Adjusted Batting Runs
1887 AA-21-8
1894 NL-32-8
1895 NL-40-9

Batting Wins
1887 AA-2.1-8
1894 NL-2.7-8
1895 NL-3.6-8

Extra-Base Hits
1887 AA-48-7
1891 NL-48-5

Times on Base
1889 AA-242-10
1895 NL-276-4
1897 NL-260-6

Hit By Pitch
1895 NL-10-10

At Bats per Strikeout
1889 AA-18.3-10

Outs
1888 AA-403-8

Black Ink: Batting - 5 (369) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 42 (581) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 34.2 (200) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 53.5 (346) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

March 11, 1899: Purchased by the Cleveland Spiders from the Brooklyn Superbas for $4,000.

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