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Tommy Griffith
Thomas Herman Griffith

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 175 lb.

Debut August 25, 1913
Final Game September 22, 1925
Born October 26, 1889 in Prospect, OH
Died April 13, 1967 in Cincinnati, OH

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1913 23 BSN NL  37  127   16   32   4  1   1   12   1      9   8  .252  .301  .323   78   41   3           0    
 1914 24 BSN NL  16   48    3    5   0  0   0    1   0      2   6  .104  .140  .104  -28    5   0           0    
 1915 25 CIN NL 160  583   59  179  31 16   4   85   6 24  41  34  .307  .355  .436  137  254  23           2    
 1916 26 CIN NL 155  595   50  158  28  7   2   61  16     36  37  .266  .310  .346  103  206   8           2    
 1917 27 CIN NL 115  363   45   98  18  7   1   45   5     19  23  .270  .308  .366  110  133  10           1    
 1918 28 CIN NL 118  427   47  113  10  4   2   48  10     39  30  .265  .326  .321   99  137  12           0    
 1919 29 BRO NL 125  484   65  136  18  4   6   57   8     23  32  .281  .315  .372  104  180  11           1    
 1920 30 BRO NL  93  334   41   87   9  4   2   30   3  3  15  18  .260  .292  .329   75  110  14           0    
 1921 31 BRO NL 129  455   66  142  21  6  12   71   3  3  36  13  .312  .364  .464  114  211  17           1    
 1922 32 BRO NL  99  329   44  104  17  8   4   49   7  1  23  10  .316  .361  .453  109  149  12           0    
 1923 33 BRO NL 131  481   70  141  21  9   8   66   8  2  50  19  .293  .361  .424  109  204  14           1    
 1924 34 BRO NL 140  482   43  121  19  5   3   67   0  5  34  19  .251  .300  .330   71  159  15           0    
 1925 35 TOT NL  83  239   40   67  12  1   7   27   3  4  24  13  .280  .348  .427   95  102   5           1    
         BRO NL   7    4    2    0   0  0   0    0   1  0   3   2  .000  .429  .000   21    0   0           0    
         CHC NL  76  235   38   67  12  1   7   27   2  4  21  11  .285  .346  .434   96  102   5           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1401 4947  589 1383 208 72  52  619  70 42 351 262  .280  .328  .382  102 1891 144   0   0   9   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        572   68  160  24  8   6   72   8  5  41  30  .280  .328  .382  102  219  17   0   0   1   0
 Career High    160  595   70  179  31 16  12   85  16 24  50  37  .316  .364  .464  137  254  23   0   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1913 23 BSN NL  139   98   12   3.3    91| .252  .270| .301  .334| .323  .367| .624  .701|  78  .426  -3.8  -0.4     
 1914 24 BSN NL   50   43    1   0.6    87| .104  .263| .140  .332| .104  .352| .244  .684| -28  .040  -7.8  -0.9     
 1915 25 CIN NL  649  451   81   4.8    82| .307  .258| .355  .321| .436  .345| .791  .667| 137  .669  24.1   2.8  20%
 1916 26 CIN NL  641  445   63   3.8    77| .266  .252| .310  .310| .346  .336| .656  .646| 103  .566   1.6   0.2     
 1917 27 CIN NL  393  275   41   4.0    75| .270  .252| .308  .309| .366  .333| .674  .641| 110  .584   3.4   0.4     
 1918 28 CIN NL  478  326   45   3.7    78| .265  .259| .326  .316| .321  .334| .647  .651|  99  .538   0.1   0.0     
 1919 29 BRO NL  519  359   56   4.2    83| .281  .267| .315  .321| .372  .350| .687  .671| 104  .577   1.4   0.2     
 1920 30 BRO NL  363  264   32   3.3    94| .260  .281| .292  .335| .329  .374| .621  .709|  75  .429 -11.7  -1.3  50%
 1921 31 BRO NL  509  333   76   6.1   110| .312  .303| .364  .354| .464  .417| .828  .771| 114  .627   8.7   0.9  50%
 1922 32 BRO NL  364  238   55   6.2   112| .316  .301| .361  .359| .453  .419| .814  .778| 109  .602   3.4   0.3  87%
 1923 33 BRO NL  546  356   74   5.6   105| .293  .289| .361  .348| .424  .403| .785  .751| 109  .575   6.6   0.6  80%
 1924 34 BRO NL  531  381   46   3.2   101| .251  .286| .300  .341| .330  .399| .630  .740|  71  .349 -19.7  -2.0   0%
 1925 35 TOT NL  269  181   34   5.0   116| .280  .303| .348  .361| .427  .432| .775  .793|  95  .492  -1.7  -0.1  42%
         BRO NL    7    4    0   0.0   111| .000  .296| .429  .354| .000  .423| .429  .777|  21  .000  -0.2   0.0 100%
         CHC NL  262  177   34   5.1   116| .285  .303| .346  .361| .434  .432| .780  .793|  96  .502  -1.5  -0.1  33%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     5451 3750  616   4.4    92| .280  .275| .328  .332| .382  .372| .710  .704| 102  .549   4.8   0.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1913 23 BSN NL OF 35 55 7 8 1 .886 .960 1.77 2.08 0 0 35 1914 24 BSN NL OF 14 20 7 2 2 .931 .957 1.93 1.97 1 0 14 1915 25 CIN NL OF 160 225 11 12 1 .952 .959 1.48 2.01 2 0 160 1916 26 CIN NL OF 155 238 28 9 5 .967 .967 1.72 2.00 0 0 155 1917 27 CIN NL OF 100 165 19 5 3 .974 .963 1.84 2.08 0 0 100 1918 28 CIN NL OF 118 201 18 7 3 .969 .962 1.86 2.13 0 0 118 1919 29 BRO NL OF 125 210 20 11 3 .954 .964 1.84 2.18 0 0 125 1920 30 BRO NL OF 92 132 7 4 1 .972 .964 1.51 2.21 0 0 92 1921 31 BRO NL OF 124 215 27 7 5 .972 .965 1.95 2.24 0 0 124 1922 32 BRO NL OF 82 167 13 9 4 .952 .962 2.20 2.26 0 0 82 1923 33 BRO NL OF 127 215 14 18 4 .927 .964 1.80 2.28 0 0 127 1924 34 BRO NL OF 139 210 9 8 3 .965 .965 1.58 2.24 0 0 139 1925 35 TOT NL OF 62 111 9 8 1 .938 .967 1.94 2.33 4 4 55 BRO NL OF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 2.35 0 0 2 CHC NL OF 60 109 9 8 1 .937 .967 1.97 2.33 4 4 53
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1913 23 BSN NL OF 35 55 7 8 1 .886 .960 1.77 2.08 0 0 35 1914 24 BSN NL OF 14 20 7 2 2 .931 .957 1.93 1.97 1 0 14 1915 25 CIN NL OF 160 225 11 12 1 .952 .959 1.48 2.01 2 0 160 1916 26 CIN NL OF 155 238 28 9 5 .967 .967 1.72 2.00 0 0 155 1917 27 CIN NL OF 100 165 19 5 3 .974 .963 1.84 2.08 0 0 100 1918 28 CIN NL OF 118 201 18 7 3 .969 .962 1.86 2.13 0 0 118 1919 29 BRO NL OF 125 210 20 11 3 .954 .964 1.84 2.18 0 0 125 1920 30 BRO NL OF 92 132 7 4 1 .972 .964 1.51 2.21 0 0 92 1921 31 BRO NL OF 124 215 27 7 5 .972 .965 1.95 2.24 0 0 124 1922 32 BRO NL OF 82 167 13 9 4 .952 .962 2.20 2.26 0 0 82 1923 33 BRO NL OF 127 215 14 18 4 .927 .964 1.80 2.28 0 0 127 1924 34 BRO NL OF 139 210 9 8 3 .965 .965 1.58 2.24 0 0 139 1925 35 TOT NL OF 62 111 9 8 1 .938 .967 1.94 2.33 4 4 55 BRO NL OF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 2.35 0 0 2 CHC NL OF 60 109 9 8 1 .937 .967 1.97 2.33 4 4 53
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 1333 2164 189 108 36 .956 .964 1.77 2.16 7 4 1326 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1333 2164 189 108 36 .956 .964 1.77 2.16
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1920   WS    BRO CLE     L   7  21   1   4  2  0  0   3   0   2  .190  .190  .286   0  1   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Batting Average
1915 NL-.307-3

Slugging %
1915 NL-.436-7

OPS
1915 NL-.790-6

Games
1915 NL-160-1
1916 NL-155-3

At Bats
1915 NL-583-5
1916 NL-595-4

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1915 NL-649-6
1916 NL-641-5

Hits
1915 NL-179-2
1916 NL-158-6

Total Bases
1915 NL-254-3

Doubles
1915 NL-31-9
1916 NL-28-8

Triples
1915 NL-16-3

Home Runs
1919 NL-6-6
1921 NL-12-8

RBI
1915 NL-85-3

Singles
1915 NL-128-5
1916 NL-121-8

Adjusted OPS+
1915 NL-137-8

Runs Created
1915 NL-81-5

Adjusted Batting Runs
1915 NL-24-6

Batting Wins
1915 NL-2.8-6

Extra-Base Hits
1915 NL-51-6

Times on Base
1915 NL-222-6

Offensive Win%
1915 NL-.669-9

Sac. Hits
1915 NL-23-9

Caught Stealing
1915 NL-24-2

At Bats per Strikeout
1915 NL-17.1-6
1916 NL-16.1-7
1921 NL-35.0-6
1924 NL-25.4-9

At Bats per Home Run
1919 NL-80.7-7
1921 NL-37.9-6

Outs
1916 NL-445-8

         

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (724) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 34 (700) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 9.0 (1775) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.0 (1331) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

August 17, 1913: Purchased by the Boston Braves from the New Bedford (New England).

February 1, 1919: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Brooklyn Robins for Jake Daubert.

May 10, 1925: Traded by the Brooklyn Robins to the Chicago Cubs for Bob Barrett.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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