John-Ford Griffin

John-Ford David Griffin

Positions: Designated Hitter, Pinch Hitter and Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: November 19, 1979 in Sarasota, FL
High School: Sarasota HS (Sarasota, FL)
School: Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 2005
Team: BlueJays 2005-2007

Final Game: September 30, 2007
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Standard Batting

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
2001	21	NYY-min	A-	66	284	238	46	74	17	1	5	43	10	4	40	41	.311	.413	.454	.867		108	5	3	1	2	0		STI · NYPL
2002	22	NYY-OAK-min	A+,AA	85	374	329	49	91	19	1	8	41	1	1	37	61	.277	.353	.413	.766		136	14	4	0	4	1		TAM,NCH,MDL · FLOR,EL,TL
2003	23	TOR-min	AA	104	429	373	48	104	23	3	13	75	2	0	49	85	.279	.361	.461	.822		172	8	2	0	5	4		NHV · EL
2004	24	TOR-min	AA	129	533	467	66	116	28	1	22	81	1	1	56	128	.248	.330	.454	.784		212	15	4	0	6	2		MAN · EL
2005	25	TOR-min	AAA	134	578	508	80	130	21	1	30	103	1	2	62	139	.256	.337	.478	.816		243	10	3	0	5	4		SYR · IL
2005	25	TOR	AL	7	13	13	3	4	2	0	1	6	0	0	0	4	.308	.308	.692	1.000	154	9	0	0	0	0	0	/D

2006	26	TOR-min	AAA	60	249	227	30	51	19	0	6	22	2	0	19	59	.225	.289	.388	.677		88	4	2	0	1	1		SYR · IL
2007	27	TOR-min	AAA	133	551	484	69	122	28	4	26	83	4	0	59	144	.252	.330	.488	.818		236	11	1	0	7	1		SYR · IL
2007	27	TOR	AL	6	14	10	4	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	3	5	.300	.429	.700	1.129	192	7	0	0	0	1	0	/D9
2008	28	LAD-min	AAA	94	363	319	56	99	19	4	14	67	1	1	36	60	.310	.386	.527	.912		168	7	5	0	3	2		LVG · PCL
2009	29	CHC-LAD-min	AAA	105	386	340	39	91	29	3	5	40	5	2	36	87	.268	.342	.415	.757		141	5	5	0	5	2		IWA,ABQ · PCL
2 Yrs				13	27	23	7	7	3	0	2	9	0	0	3	9	.304	.370	.696	1.066	173	16	0	0	0	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	336	287	87	87	37	0	25	112	0	0	37	112	.304	.370	.696	1.066	173	199	0	0	0	12	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
2005	25	TOR	AL	7	13	1	-0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	1	0.1	.504	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$	/D

2007	27	TOR	AL	6	14	2	0	0	-1	-0	1	0.1	0	2	0.2	.519	.501	0.3	-0.1	3	$	/D9
2 Seasons				13	27	3	0	0	-1	-1	2	0.1	1	2	0.3	.511	.500	0.4	-0.2	3	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
2005	25	TOR	AL	13	9	3	8.9	107	.375	.308	.270	.308	.334	.692	.429	1.000	.763	154	.749	1.0	0.1	1.000	.385	.385	.0

2007	27	TOR	AL	14	8	4	13.4	107	.400	.300	.271	.429	.338	.700	.424	1.129	.762	192	.856	1.7	0.2	1.429	.700	.400	.0
2 Yrs				27	17	7	11.0	107	.385	.304	.271	.370	.336	.696	.427	1.066	.763	173	.810	2.6	0.2	1.188	.522	.391	.0
162 Game Avg.				336	212	87	11.0	107	.385	.304	.271	.370	.336	.696	.427	1.066	.763	173	.810	32	2	1.188	.522	.391

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2005	25	TOR	AL	13	7.7%	30.8%	0.0%	23.1%	75%		3.3	13.0	2.2	0.50	0.67	62%	22%	20.0%	17%

2007	27	TOR	AL	14	7.1%	35.7%	21.4%	14.3%	67%	1.67	2.0	10.0	3.3	0.50		36%	17%	25.0%	0%
2 Yrs				27	7.4%	33.3%	11.1%	18.5%	71%	3.00	2.6	11.5	2.6	0.50	1.33	48%	20%	22.2%	10%
MLB Averages					2.7%	16.8%	8.4%	8.1%	34%	2.00	5.3	32.6	7.6	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.6%	11%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2005	25	TOR	AL	1.0	0.1	13	0.1	0.2	-0.2	.72	0.2	-0.1	2.8	0.3	1.04	1.6	1.02	4

2007	27	TOR	AL	1.7	0.2	16	0.4	0.6	-0.2	1.16	0.3	0.0	3.1	0.3	0.93	3.7		1
2 Yrs				2.6	0.2	29	0.5	0.8	-0.3	.96	0.5	0.0	5.9	0.5	0.98	5.4	0.81	5

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2005	25	TOR	AL	0	0	67%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2

2007	27	TOR	AL	1	0	60%	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	33%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
2 Yrs				1	0	63%	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50%	3	2	1	0	0	0	3	1	2

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2005	25	TOR	AL	13	92%	4	0	0	4	1	0	1	1.02	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	1	50%	10	5	50%	2	2	100%	0	0		0

2007	27	TOR	AL	14	100%	3	0	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		5	2	40%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
2 Yrs				27	96%	7	0	0	5	1	0	1	0.81	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	2	1	50%	15	7	47%	3	3	100%	1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			67%			11%			33%			15%			52%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2005	25	TOR	AL	13	47	3.62	35	74%	29%	14%	31%	26%	71%	0%	53%	80%	15%	0%	0	0	15%	2	2	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0

2007	27	TOR	AL	14	60	4.29	37	62%	27%	30%	27%	16%	73%	0%	45%	59%	29%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	14%	2	2	0%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				27	107	3.96	72	67%	28%	22%	29%	21%	72%	0%	49%	69%	22%	0%	0	0	7%	2	2	7%	2	2	22%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.75		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SF
2005	25	7	13	13	3	4	2	1	6	0	4	.308	.308	.692	1.000	154	9	0
2006	26	7	13	13	3	4	2	1	6	0	4	.308	.308	.692	1.000	154	9	0
2007	27	13	27	23	7	7	3	2	9	3	9	.304	.370	.696	1.066	173	16	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2005	25	7	13	13	3	4	2	0	1	7	0	0	4	.308	.308	.692	1.000	3	7

2007	27	6	14	10	4	3	1	0	1	3	0	3	5	.300	.429	.700	1.129	3	6
2 Yrs		13	27	23	7	7	3	0	2	10	0	3	9	.304	.370	.696	1.066	6	13
162 Game Avg.		162	336	287	87	87	37	0	25	125	0	37	112	.304	.370	.696	1.066	75	13

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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