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Doug Griffin

Douglas Lee Griffin

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: June 4, 1947 in South Gate, CA
High School: El Monte HS (El Monte, CA)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 21st round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1970 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Angels 1970-1977

Final Game: June 2, 1977 (Age 29)
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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
1970 23 CAL AL 18 62 55 2 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 6 5 .127 .213 .145 .359 3 8 3 0 1 0 1 4/5
1971 24 BOS AL 125 526 483 51 118 23 2 3 27 11 5 31 45 .244 .291 .319 .610 68 154 12 2 7 3 3 *4 RoY-4
1972 25 BOS AL 129 535 470 43 122 12 1 2 35 9 2 45 48 .260 .325 .302 .627 83 142 7 2 15 3 6 *4 GG
1973 26 BOS AL 113 439 396 43 101 14 5 1 33 7 5 21 42 .255 .293 .323 .617 70 128 12 3 13 6 0 *4
1974 27 BOS AL 93 349 312 35 83 12 4 0 33 2 8 28 21 .266 .329 .330 .660 85 103 7 2 6 1 3 4/6
1975 28 BOS AL 100 316 287 21 69 6 0 1 29 2 2 18 29 .240 .288 .272 .560 54 78 8 2 7 2 0 4/6
1976 29 BOS AL 49 141 127 14 24 2 0 0 4 2 1 9 14 .189 .248 .205 .453 28 26 4 1 4 0 0 4/D
1977 30 BOS AL 5 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 /4
8 Yrs 632 2374 2136 209 524 70 12 7 165 33 23 158 204 .245 .299 .299 .598 68 639 54 12 53 15 13
162 Game Avg. 162 609 548 54 134 18 3 2 42 8 6 41 52 .245 .299 .299 .598 68 164 14 3 14 4 3
BOS (7 yrs) 614 2312 2081 207 517 69 12 7 161 33 23 152 199 .248 .301 .303 .605 69 631 51 12 52 15 12
CAL (1 yr) 18 62 55 2 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 6 5 .127 .213 .145 .359 3 8 3 0 1 0 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1970 23 CAL AL 18 62 -8 -0 -0 3 0 -4 -0.5 2 -2 -0.3 .472 .497 -0.6 0.4 -5 4/5
1971 24 BOS AL 125 526 -18 1 -0 7 3 -8 -1.0 18 10 0.9 .493 .494 0.1 1.2 3 $16,000 *4 RoY-4
1972 25 BOS AL 129 535 -8 2 1 -8 3 -11 -1.4 19 8 0.7 .490 .492 1.8 -0.6 17 *4 GG
1973 26 BOS AL 113 439 -13 -1 1 -2 4 -12 -1.1 16 4 0.4 .489 .492 0.6 0.3 6 $35,000 *4
1974 27 BOS AL 93 349 -5 -3 1 9 3 4 0.5 13 16 1.7 .505 .503 0.7 1.3 7 4/6
1975 28 BOS AL 100 316 -17 -1 1 -1 3 -15 -1.6 11 -4 -0.5 .483 .490 -0.4 0.2 -3 $45,000 4/6
1976 29 BOS AL 49 141 -11 -1 0 -2 1 -13 -1.4 5 -8 -0.9 .470 .491 -0.7 -0.1 -6 4/D
1977 30 BOS AL 5 6 -2 0 -0 -0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .451 .498 -0.2 -0.0 -2 /4
8 Seasons 632 2374 -83 -3 2 6 18 -61 -6.8 84 23 1.7 .489 .495 1.3 2.6 17 $96,000
BOS (7 yrs) 614 2312 -75 -3 2 3 17 -56 -6.3 82 25 2.0 .490 .494 1.9 2.2 23 $96,000
CAL (1 yr) 18 62 -8 -0 -0 3 0 -4 -0.5 2 -2 -0.3 .472 .497 -0.6 0.4 -5

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
1975 28 BOS AL WS CIN L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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
1970 CAL AL 23 2B 11 10 9 91.0 56 21 33 2 9 .964 3 34 5.34 4.91 .979 5.35 5.32
1970 CAL AL 23 3B 8 7 5 56.0 12 3 9 0 0 1.000 0 11 1.93 1.50 .949 3.07 3.06
1971 BOS AL 24 2B 124 124 117 1092.2 664 311 344 9 90 .986 7 8 5.40 5.28 .980 5.31 5.28 RoY-4
1972 BOS AL 25 2B 129 129 125 1144.2 667 321 331 15 81 .978 -8 -8 5.13 5.05 .977 5.17 5.14 GG
1973 BOS AL 26 2B 113 113 109 991.1 584 294 284 6 77 .990 -2 -2 5.25 5.12 .980 5.44 5.41
1974 BOS AL 27 2B 91 89 82 780.0 429 178 242 9 53 .979 9 14 4.85 4.62 .975 5.37 5.35
1974 BOS AL 27 SS 1 0 0 1.0 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 -0 -120 27.00 3.00 .967 5.40 5.00
1975 BOS AL 28 2B 99 78 61 718.2 424 195 215 14 45 .967 -1 -1 5.13 4.14 .975 5.40 5.38
1975 BOS AL 28 SS 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -160 0.00 0.00 4.80 4.80
1976 BOS AL 29 2B 44 37 29 336.1 177 77 98 2 15 .989 -2 -6 4.68 3.98 .975 5.40 5.42
1976 BOS AL 29 DH 2 0
1977 BOS AL 30 2B 3 1 1 11.0 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 -0 -44 4.91 2.00 .978 5.40 5.37
8 Seasons 2B 614 581 533 5165.2 3007 1399 1551 57 371 .981 6 1 5.14 4.80 .978 5.33 5.31
1 Season 3B 8 7 5 56.0 12 3 9 0 0 1.000 0 11 1.93 1.50 .949 3.07 3.06
2 Seasons SS 2 0 0 4.0 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 -1 -150 6.75 1.50 .967 4.95 4.90
8 Seasons TOT 624 588 538 5225.2 3022 1404 1561 57 372 .981 6 1 5.11 4.75 .977 5.31 5.28
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Gold Gloves
1972 AL (2B)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1972 AL  15 (3rd)
1973 AL  13 (3rd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1973 AL  6 (10th)

SB % s c a p y
1971 AL  68.75 (10th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1972 AL  321 (5th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1971 AL  344 (5th)

Double Plays Turned as 2B s c a p y
1971 AL  90 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1971 AL  7 (3rd)
1974 AL  9 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
1972 AL  5.13 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1971 AL  5.28 (3rd)
1972 AL  5.05 (5th)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1971 AL  .986 (4th)
1973 AL  .990 (2nd)
Career  .981 (84th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS Second Base (365th), 1.7 career WAR/2.7 7yr-peak WAR/2.2 JAWS
Average HOF 2B (out of 19) = 69.5 career WAR/44.5 7yr-peak WAR/57.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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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/Other Sources
197124Boston Red Sox$16,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197326Boston Red Sox$35,0003/17/73 TSN
197528Boston Red Sox$45,000P. Gammons, Beyond the Sixth Game, p 281
Career to date (may be incomplete)$96,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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