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Alfredo Griffin

Alfredo Claudino Griffin
born Alfredo Claudino Baptist Griffin

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: October 6, 1957 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1976
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Dodgers/Athletics/Indians 1976-1993
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: October 3, 1993
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:07AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1447. Babe Young… #1448. Al Zarilla… #1449. Andy Carey… #1450. ALFREDO GRIFFIN… #1451. Bill Gleason… #1452. Eddie Burke… #1453. Mike Lansing… 

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1976 18 CLE AL 12 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 49 1 0 0 0 0 0 /6
1977 19 CLE AL 14 44 41 5 6 1 0 0 3 2 2 3 5 .146 .205 .171 .375 6 7 1 0 0 0 0 6
1978 20 CLE AL 5 6 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .500 .667 .750 1.417 301 3 0 0 0 0 0 /6
1979 21 TOR AL 153 689 624 81 179 22 10 2 31 21 16 40 59 .287 .333 .364 .697 89 227 10 5 16 4 0 *6 RoY-1
1980 22 TOR AL 155 696 653 63 166 26 15 2 41 18 23 24 58 .254 .283 .349 .632 69 228 7 4 10 5 2 *6
1981 23 TOR AL 101 414 388 30 81 19 6 0 21 8 12 17 38 .209 .243 .289 .531 50 112 6 1 6 2 1 *6/54
1982 24 TOR AL 162 576 539 57 130 20 8 1 48 10 8 22 48 .241 .269 .314 .583 54 169 7 0 11 4 0 *6
1983 25 TOR AL 162 572 528 62 132 22 9 4 47 8 11 27 44 .250 .289 .348 .637 71 184 5 3 11 3 0 *6/4
1984 26 TOR AL 140 441 419 53 101 8 2 4 30 11 3 4 33 .241 .248 .298 .546 48 125 5 1 13 4 0 *64 AS
1985 27 OAK AL 162 646 614 75 166 18 7 2 64 24 9 20 50 .270 .290 .332 .622 77 204 6 0 5 7 1 *6 GG
1986 28 OAK AL 162 649 594 74 169 23 6 4 51 33 16 35 52 .285 .323 .364 .687 94 216 5 2 12 6 6 *6
1987 29 OAK AL 144 539 494 69 130 23 5 3 60 26 13 28 41 .263 .306 .348 .654 79 172 9 4 10 3 2 *6/4
1988 30 LAD NL 95 354 316 39 63 8 3 1 27 7 5 24 30 .199 .259 .253 .513 50 80 3 2 11 1 7 6
1989 31 LAD NL 136 547 506 49 125 27 2 0 29 10 7 29 57 .247 .287 .308 .596 72 156 5 0 11 1 2 *6
1990 32 LAD NL 141 502 461 38 97 11 3 1 35 6 3 29 65 .210 .258 .254 .512 43 117 5 2 6 4 11 *6
1991 33 LAD NL 109 385 350 27 85 6 2 0 27 5 4 22 49 .243 .286 .271 .557 59 95 5 1 7 5 5 *6
1992 34 TOR AL 63 164 150 21 35 7 0 0 10 3 1 9 19 .233 .273 .280 .553 53 42 3 0 3 2 0 64
1993 35 TOR AL 46 102 95 15 20 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 13 .211 .235 .242 .477 29 23 3 0 4 0 0 64/5
18 Seasons 1962 7330 6780 759 1688 245 78 24 527 192 134 338 664 .249 .285 .319 .604 67 2161 85 25 136 51 37
162 Game Avg. 162 605 560 63 139 20 6 2 44 16 11 28 55 .249 .285 .319 .604 67 178 7 2 11 4 3
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
TOR (8 yrs) 982 3654 3396 382 844 127 50 13 231 79 74 146 312 .249 .280 .327 .607 64 1110 46 14 74 24 3
LAD (4 yrs) 481 1788 1633 153 370 52 10 2 118 28 19 104 201 .227 .273 .274 .548 57 448 18 5 35 11 25
OAK (3 yrs) 468 1834 1702 218 465 64 18 9 175 83 38 83 143 .273 .307 .348 .654 83 592 20 6 27 16 9
CLE (3 yrs) 31 54 49 6 9 2 0 0 3 2 3 5 8 .184 .259 .224 .484 37 11 1 0 0 0 0
AL (14 yrs) 1481 5542 5147 606 1318 193 68 22 409 164 115 234 463 .256 .289 .333 .622 70 1713 67 20 101 40 12
NL (4 yrs) 481 1788 1633 153 370 52 10 2 118 28 19 104 201 .227 .273 .274 .548 57 448 18 5 35 11 25

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1976 18 CLE AL 4 0 -1 0 0 -0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /6
1977 19 CLE AL 44 -6 -1 -1 1 1 1 1 -4 -0.4 -5 -0.5 0.1 $ 6
1978 20 CLE AL 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /6
1979 21 TOR AL 689 -7 -2 -2 1 3 10 21 24 2.3 21 2.1 0.2 $ *6 RoY-1
1980 22 TOR AL 696 -32 -5 0 1 -1 9 20 -8 -1.0 -7 -0.7 -0.3 $ *6
1981 23 TOR AL 414 -25 -2 -2 0 -7 6 13 -16 -1.9 -10 -1.1 -0.8 $ *6/54
1982 24 TOR AL 576 -31 1 2 1 -1 9 18 -1 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ *6
1983 25 TOR AL 572 -24 -5 0 2 -5 9 18 -5 -0.6 0 0.0 -0.6 $ *6/4
1984 26 TOR AL 442 -33 3 -2 1 -9 6 14 -21 -2.3 -11 -1.1 -1.2 $ *64 AS
1985 27 OAK AL 646 -16 0 -3 3 -4 9 20 9 0.9 13 1.3 -0.4 $610,000 *6 GG
1986 28 OAK AL 649 -5 2 -1 4 0 10 20 30 3.0 30 3.0 0.0 $577,589 *6
1987 29 OAK AL 539 -14 -1 3 2 1 8 17 16 1.6 15 1.5 0.1 $607,653 *6/4
1988 30 LAD NL 354 -21 1 1 1 3 5 11 1 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $750,000 6
1989 31 LAD NL 547 -20 0 -1 1 -0 8 17 5 0.2 5 0.5 -0.3 $1,000,000 *6
1990 32 LAD NL 502 -35 -1 2 1 -9 8 14 -20 -2.3 -11 -1.2 -1.1 $1,000,000 *6
1991 33 LAD NL 385 -19 -3 0 1 0 6 11 -4 -0.7 -4 -0.4 -0.3 $900,000 *6
1992 34 TOR AL 164 -9 1 -1 0 1 2 6 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $637,500 64
1993 35 TOR AL 102 -10 1 0 -1 -1 1 3 -6 -0.6 -6 -0.6 0.0 $500,000 64/5
18 Seasons 7331 -306 -12 -5 19 -28 107 224 -1 -2.4 27 2.5 -4.9 $6,582,742
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
TOR (8 yrs) 3655 -171 -8 -5 5 -20 52 113 -34 -4.5 -14 -1.5 -3.0 $1,137,500
LAD (4 yrs) 1788 -95 -3 2 4 -6 27 53 -18 -3.0 -12 -1.3 -1.7 $3,650,000
OAK (3 yrs) 1834 -35 1 -1 9 -3 27 57 55 5.5 58 5.8 -0.3 $1,795,242
CLE (3 yrs) 54 -5 -2 -1 1 0 1 1 -4 -0.4 -5 -0.5 0.1 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1988 30 LAD NL NLCS NYM W 7 26 25 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 5 .160 .160 .200 .360 5 0 0 1 0 0
1988 30 LAD NL WS OAK W 5 19 16 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 .188 .278 .188 .465 3 0 0 1 0 0
1992 34 TOR AL ALCS OAK W 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 34 TOR AL WS ATL W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 35 TOR AL WS PHI W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (5 Series) 19 47 43 3 7 1 0 0 3 0 2 2 9 .163 .200 .186 .386 8 0 0 2 0 0
1 ALCS 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 7 26 25 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 5 .160 .160 .200 .360 5 0 0 1 0 0
3 WS 10 19 16 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 .188 .278 .188 .465 3 0 0 1 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1976 CLE AL 18 SS 6 4 1 2 1 0 .750 -0 0.50 .968 5.02
1977 CLE AL 19 SS 13 50 17 30 3 6 .940 1 3.62 .963 4.79
1978 CLE AL 20 SS 2 12 4 7 1 5 .917 0 5.50 .964 4.85
1979 TOR AL 21 SS 153 809 272 501 36 124 .956 3 5.05 .965 4.95 RoY-1
1980 TOR AL 22 SS 155 821 295 489 37 126 .955 -1 5.06 .963 4.98
1981 TOR AL 23 SS 97 492 186 275 31 64 .937 -7 4.75 .967 4.98
1981 TOR AL 23 3B 4 7 4 3 0 0 1.000 0 1.75 .950 2.95
1981 TOR AL 23 2B 1 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 -0 2.00 .980 5.50
1982 TOR AL 24 SS 162 824 319 479 26 92 .968 -1 4.93 .965 4.84
1983 TOR AL 25 SS 157 718 280 413 25 84 .965 -4 4.41 .963 4.72
1983 TOR AL 25 2B 5 16 7 9 0 2 1.000 -1 3.20 .981 5.32
1984 TOR AL 26 SS 115 476 189 269 18 65 .962 -8 3.98 .962 4.72 AS
1984 TOR AL 26 2B 21 95 41 51 3 7 .968 -1 4.38 .980 5.21 AS
1985 OAK AL 27 SS 162 748 278 440 30 87 .960 -4 4.43 .964 4.60 GG
1986 OAK AL 28 SS 162 728 282 421 25 85 .966 0 4.34 .967 4.49
1987 OAK AL 29 SS 137 655 245 386 24 72 .963 2 4.61 .970 4.54
1987 OAK AL 29 2B 1 8 5 3 0 1 1.000 -1 8.00 .980 5.10
1988 LAD NL 30 SS 93 424 145 264 15 44 .965 3 4.40 .967 4.64
1989 LAD NL 31 SS 131 555 208 333 14 69 .975 -0 4.13 .966 4.52
1990 LAD NL 32 SS 139 629 221 382 26 63 .959 -9 4.34 .967 4.56
1991 LAD NL 33 SS 109 557 186 349 22 45 .961 0 4.91 .966 4.65
1992 TOR AL 34 SS 48 156 45 108 3 13 .981 1 3.19 .969 4.69
1992 TOR AL 34 2B 16 48 16 28 4 4 .917 -0 2.75 .983 5.23
1993 TOR AL 35 SS 20 75 34 38 3 9 .960 -0 3.60 .973 4.64
1993 TOR AL 35 2B 11 46 22 23 1 6 .978 -0 4.09 .981 5.11
1993 TOR AL 35 3B 6 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 0 1.33 .951 2.67
18 Seasons SS 1861 8733 3207 5186 340 1053 .961 -25 4.51 .966 4.71
6 Seasons 2B 55 215 92 115 8 21 .963 -3 3.76 .981 5.21
2 Seasons 3B 10 15 7 8 0 0 1.000 0 1.50 .951 2.78
18 Seasons TOT 1926 8963 3306 5309 348 1074 .961 -28 4.47 .966 4.71
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1984 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1979 AL Rookie of the Year

Gold Gloves
1985 AL (SS)

Games Played s c a p y
1982 AL  162 (1st)
1983 AL  162 (1st)
1985 AL  162 (2nd)
1986 AL  162 (2nd)

At Bats s c a p y
1979 AL  624 (7th)
1980 AL  653 (3rd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1979 AL  689 (8th)
1980 AL  696 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1979 AL  10 (5th)
1980 AL  15 (1st)
1981 AL  6 (6th)
1982 AL  8 (8th)
1983 AL  9 (2nd)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1986 AL  33 (6th)

Singles s c a p y
1979 AL  145 (2nd)
1985 AL  139 (5th)
1986 AL  136 (7th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1979 AL  16 (4th)
1982 AL  11 (8th)
1983 AL  11 (5th)
1984 AL  13 (2nd)
1986 AL  12 (6th)
1987 AL  10 (8th)
1989 NL  11 (6th)
Career  136 (216th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1979 AL  16 (2nd)
1980 AL  23 (2nd)
1981 AL  12 (3rd)
1983 AL  11 (8th)
1986 AL  16 (4th)
1987 AL  13 (5th)
Career  134 (43rd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1986 AL  11.4 (8th)
1987 AL  12.0 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1979 AL  491 (5th)
1980 AL  532 (1st)
1981 AL  333 (3rd)
Career  5,498 (220th)

Assists† s c a p y
1979 AL  501 (5th)
1980 AL  489 (2nd)
1982 AL  479 (2nd)
1985 AL  440 (5th)
Career  5,309 (73rd)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1979 AL  36 (1st)
1980 AL  37 (1st)
1981 AL  31 (1st)
1982 AL  26 (2nd)
1985 AL  30 (2nd)
1986 AL  25 (3rd)
1987 AL  24 (2nd)
1990 NL  26 (2nd)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1979 AL  153 (2nd)
1980 AL  155 (1st)
1981 AL  97 (5th)
1982 AL  162 (1st)
1983 AL  157 (2nd)
1985 AL  162 (1st)
1986 AL  162 (2nd)
Career  1,861 (30th)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1979 AL  272 (2nd)
1980 AL  295 (2nd)
1981 AL  186 (3rd)
1982 AL  319 (1st)
1983 AL  280 (1st)
1985 AL  278 (3rd)
1986 AL  282 (2nd)
1987 AL  245 (4th)
1990 NL  221 (5th)
Career  3,207 (34th)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1979 AL  501 (5th)
1980 AL  489 (2nd)
1982 AL  479 (2nd)
1985 AL  440 (3rd)
1990 NL  382 (5th)
Career  5,186 (43rd)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1979 AL  36 (1st)
1980 AL  37 (1st)
1981 AL  31 (1st)
1982 AL  26 (1st)
1983 AL  25 (4th)
1985 AL  30 (2nd)
1986 AL  25 (2nd)
1987 AL  24 (2nd)
1990 NL  26 (1st)
1991 NL  22 (2nd)
Career  340 (55th)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y
1980 AL  5.17 (4th)
1982 AL  5.12 (4th)
1987 AL  4.80 (5th)
1990 NL  4.70 (4th)
1991 NL  5.16 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1979 AL  5.05 (5th)
1980 AL  5.06 (4th)
1981 AL  4.75 (5th)
1982 AL  4.93 (1st)
1985 AL  4.43 (5th)
1987 AL  4.61 (2nd)
1991 NL  4.91 (2nd)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1989 NL  .975 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1976 AL  born 1957-10-06 (1st)
1977 AL  born 1957-10-06 (3rd)
1978 AL  born 1957-10-06 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 3 (523), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 13 (1252), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 28 (640), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (1025), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Everett Scott (903)
  7. Joe Tinker (901) *
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  9. Germany Smith (899)
  10. Mickey Doolin (895)
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  5. Buck Weaver (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Buck Weaver (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ozzie Guillen (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Buck Weaver (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Rabbit Maranville (952) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Rabbit Maranville (946) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Tim Foli (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Don Kessinger (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Ozzie Guillen (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Ozzie Guillen (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Ozzie Guillen (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198527Oakland Athletics$610,0001985 USA Today survey
198628Oakland Athletics$577,5891986 USA Today survey
198729Oakland Athletics$607,6531987 USA Today survey
198830Los Angeles Dodgers$750,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198931Los Angeles Dodgers$1,000,0001989 USA Today survey
199032Los Angeles Dodgers$1,000,000USA Today
199133Los Angeles Dodgers$900,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1
199234Toronto Blue Jays$637,5001994 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $137,500 earned bonus
199335Toronto Blue Jays$500,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1
Career to date (may be incomplete)$6,582,742
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Name and misspellings: Alfredo Alfredo alphonse Claudino griffen Griffin

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