Mike Griffin
Michael Leroy Griffin
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 197 lb.

Born: June 26, 1957 in Colusa, CA
High School: Woodland (Woodland, CA)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1979
Final Game: June 30, 1989
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1979 22 NYY AL 0 0 4.15 3 0 1 0 0 1 4.1 5 2 2 0 2 0 5 0 0 1 19 98 1.615 10.4 0.0 4.2 10.4 2.50
1980 23 NYY AL 2 4 .333 4.83 13 9 3 0 0 0 54.0 64 36 29 6 23 2 25 1 0 3 250 81 1.611 10.7 1.0 3.8 4.2 1.09
1981 24 TOT MLB 2 5 .286 4.31 18 9 5 0 0 1 56.1 69 28 27 4 9 0 24 0 2 1 246 86 1.385 11.0 0.6 1.4 3.8 2.67
1981 24 NYY AL 0 0 2.08 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 5 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 18 171 1.154 10.4 0.0 0.0 8.3
1981 24 CHC NL 2 5 .286 4.50 16 9 4 0 0 1 52.0 64 27 26 4 9 0 20 0 2 1 228 82 1.404 11.1 0.7 1.6 3.5 2.22
1982 25 SDP NL 0 1 .000 3.48 7 0 0 0 0 0 10.1 9 4 4 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 41 99 1.161 7.8 0.0 2.6 3.5 1.33
1987 30 BAL AL 3 5 .375 4.36 23 6 6 1 0 1 74.1 78 39 36 9 33 3 42 3 1 1 331 101 1.493 9.4 1.1 4.0 5.1 1.27
1989 32 CIN NL 0 0 12.46 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 10 6 6 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 26 29 3.000 20.8 0.0 6.2 2.1 0.33
6 Seasons 7 15 .318 4.60 67 24 15 1 0 3 203.2 235 115 104 19 73 7 101 4 3 6 913 87 1.512 10.4 0.8 3.2 4.5 1.38
162 Game Avg. 5 11 .318 4.60 50 18 11 1 0 2 152 176 86 78 14 55 5 75 3 2 4 682 87 1.512 10.4 0.8 3.2 4.5 1.38
NYY (3 yrs) 2 4 .333 4.60 18 9 5 0 0 1 62.2 74 39 32 6 25 2 34 1 0 4 287 85 1.580 10.6 0.9 3.6 4.9 1.36
SDP (1 yr) 0 1 .000 3.48 7 0 0 0 0 0 10.1 9 4 4 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 41 99 1.161 7.8 0.0 2.6 3.5 1.33
CIN (1 yr) 0 0 12.46 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 10 6 6 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 26 29 3.000 20.8 0.0 6.2 2.1 0.33
CHC (1 yr) 2 5 .286 4.50 16 9 4 0 0 1 52.0 64 27 26 4 9 0 20 0 2 1 228 82 1.404 11.1 0.7 1.6 3.5 2.22
BAL (1 yr) 3 5 .375 4.36 23 6 6 1 0 1 74.1 78 39 36 9 33 3 42 3 1 1 331 101 1.493 9.4 1.1 4.0 5.1 1.27
AL (4 yrs) 5 9 .357 4.47 41 15 11 1 0 2 137.0 152 78 68 15 58 5 76 4 1 5 618 93 1.533 10.0 1.0 3.8 5.0 1.31
NL (3 yrs) 2 6 .250 4.86 26 9 4 0 0 1 66.2 83 37 36 4 15 2 25 0 2 1 295 75 1.470 11.2 0.5 2.0 3.4 1.67

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1979 22 NYY AL 3 19 16 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 .313 .389 .375 .764 .455 6 1 0 1 0 0
1980 23 NYY AL 13 250 223 36 64 19 2 6 3 2 23 25 .287 .353 .471 .824 .299 105 2 1 1 2 2
1981 24 CHC NL 16 228 212 27 64 12 0 4 3 1 9 20 .302 .327 .415 .742 .316 88 3 0 5 2 0
1981 24 NYY AL 2 18 18 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 .278 .278 .444 .722 .357 8 0 0 0 0 0
1981 24 TOT MLB 18 246 230 28 69 13 1 4 3 1 9 24 .300 .324 .417 .741 .319 96 3 0 5 2 0
1982 25 SDP NL 7 41 38 4 9 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 .237 .293 .237 .530 .265 9 1 0 0 0 0
1987 30 BAL AL 23 331 290 39 78 16 4 9 3 2 33 42 .269 .347 .445 .791 .285 129 4 3 2 3 3
1989 32 CIN NL 3 26 20 6 10 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 .500 .520 .550 1.070 .476 11 0 0 1 2 2
6 Seasons 67 913 817 115 235 50 7 19 11 6 73 101 .288 .346 .436 .781 .306 356 11 4 10 9 7
162 Game Avg. 50 682 611 86 176 37 5 14 8 4 55 75 .288 .346 .436 .781 .306 266 8 3 7 7 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1980 23 NYY AL 13 9 2 3 4 1 0 4 5 .444 1 2 0 0 1 11% 44 61 32 6 2 1 5 5.4 3.7 5.4
1981 24 TOT MLB 18 9 2 5 2 1 0 3 6 .333 1 0 0 0 1 11% 66 32 21 8 6 1 2.8 3.3 4.6
1981 24 CHC NL 16 9 2 5 2 1 0 3 6 .333 1 0 0 0 1 11% 43 66 32 20 8 6 1 2.8 3.3 4.6
1987 30 BAL AL 23 6 3 3 0 2 2 3 3 .500 0 0 1 0 3 50% 52 68 25 17 4 1 2 2.8 2.8 6.0
3 Seasons 52 24 7 11 6 4 2 10 14 .417 2 2 1 0 5 21% 46 68 25 43 14 8 8 3.8 3.3 5.3
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1979 22 NYY AL 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0% 7 0.418 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 2 0 4.3
1980 23 NYY AL 13 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 3 0.993 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 3 2 1 2 0 3.8
1981 24 TOT MLB 18 9 5 0 0 1 1 0 100% 3 2 7 1 14% 1.100 4 3 2 4 1 4 3 6 5 3 5 3 5.0
1981 24 NYY AL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 0.861 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 6.5
1981 24 CHC NL 16 7 4 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 7 1 14% 6 1.119 4 2 1 2 1 4 3 4 3 3 3 2 4.6
1982 25 SDP NL 7 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 43% 5 0.909 2 0 5 1 1 5 3 4 4 2 5 1 4.4
1987 30 BAL AL 23 17 6 0 2 2 1 1 50% 4 2 11 4 36% 4 0.819 4 4 9 5 0 12 8 9 14 1 15 1 6.8
1989 32 CIN NL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 3 0.661 1 0 2 0 0 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 4.3 28
6 Seasons 67 43 15 0 4 4 3 1 75% 8 4 31 10 32% 0.933 13 8 22 11 4 28 18 25 27 10 30 6 5.4 28

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1979 22 NYY AL 19 58% 0.0% 26.3% 10.5% 5.3% 20% 1.67 58% 3 1 33%
1980 23 NYY AL 250 50% 2.4% 10.0% 9.2% 10.8% 42% 1.06 78% 47 2 4%
1981 24 TOT MLB 246 41% 1.6% 9.8% 3.7% 7.3% 26% 1.23 83% 46 3 7%
1981 24 NYY AL 18 50% 0.0% 22.2% 0.0% 11.1% 40% 3.50 78% 2 0 0%
1981 24 CHC NL 228 40% 1.8% 8.8% 4.0% 7.0% 25% 1.16 83% 44 3 7%
1982 25 SDP NL 41 32% 0.0% 9.8% 7.3% 0.0% 0% 1.17 83% 10 1 10%
1987 30 BAL AL 331 52% 2.7% 12.7% 10.0% 8.8% 37% 0.98 73% 65 4 6%
1989 32 CIN NL 26 50% 0.0% 3.9% 11.5% 3.9% 10% 0.40 0.33 81% 23% 0.0% 20% 11 0 0%
6 Seasons 913 47% 2.1% 11.1% 8.0% 8.3% 32% 0.40 1.06 77% 23% 0.0% 20% 182 11 6%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1989 32 CIN NL 26 85 3.27 51 60% 27% 6% 24% 43% 73% 21% 44% 92% 54% 8% 2 0 15% 4 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 26 85 3.27 51 60% 27% 6% 24% 43% 73% 21% 44% 92% 54% 8% 2 0 15% 4 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1979 22 NYY AL 19 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0% 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1980 23 NYY AL 250 64 6 1 7 2 4 4 2 15 8 1 53% 4 3 0 98 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
1981 24 TOT MLB 245 69 4 0 3 1 3 4 0 9 6 0 67% 3 1 0 90 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
1981 24 NYY AL 18 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 24 CHC NL 227 64 4 0 3 1 3 4 0 8 5 0 63% 3 1 0 86 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
1982 25 SDP NL 41 9 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 75% 0 0 0 15 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 30 BAL AL 331 78 9 0 4 4 5 6 3 20 10 2 50% 4 1 0 130 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1989 32 CIN NL 26 10 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 17 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
6 Seasons 912 235 2 0 19 1 17 7 12 14 5 52 29 4 56% 11 6 0 359 11 6 65% 11 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 25 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1979 22 0 0 4.15 3 0 1 0 0 1 4.1 5 2 2 0 2 0 5 0 0 1 19 98 1.615 10.4 0.0 4.2 10.4 2.50 98
1980 23 2 4 .333 4.78 16 9 4 0 0 1 58.1 69 38 31 6 25 2 30 1 0 4 269 82 1.611 10.6 0.9 3.9 4.6 1.20 82
1981 24 4 9 .308 4.55 34 18 9 0 0 2 114.2 138 66 58 10 34 2 54 1 2 5 515 84 1.500 10.8 0.8 2.7 4.2 1.59 84
1982 25 4 10 .286 4.46 41 18 9 0 0 2 125.0 147 70 62 10 37 2 58 1 2 5 556 85 1.472 10.6 0.7 2.7 4.2 1.57 85
1983 26 4 10 .286 4.46 41 18 9 0 0 2 125.0 147 70 62 10 37 2 58 1 2 5 556 85 1.472 10.6 0.7 2.7 4.2 1.57 85
1984 27 4 10 .286 4.46 41 18 9 0 0 2 125.0 147 70 62 10 37 2 58 1 2 5 556 85 1.472 10.6 0.7 2.7 4.2 1.57 85
1985 28 4 10 .286 4.46 41 18 9 0 0 2 125.0 147 70 62 10 37 2 58 1 2 5 556 85 1.472 10.6 0.7 2.7 4.2 1.57 85
1986 29 4 10 .286 4.46 41 18 9 0 0 2 125.0 147 70 62 10 37 2 58 1 2 5 556 85 1.472 10.6 0.7 2.7 4.2 1.57 85
1987 30 7 15 .318 4.42 64 24 15 1 0 3 199.1 225 109 98 19 70 5 100 4 3 6 887 91 1.480 10.2 0.9 3.2 4.5 1.43 91
1988 31 7 15 .318 4.42 64 24 15 1 0 3 199.1 225 109 98 19 70 5 100 4 3 6 887 91 1.480 10.2 0.9 3.2 4.5 1.43 91
1989 32 7 15 .318 4.60 67 24 15 1 0 3 203.2 235 115 104 19 73 7 101 4 3 6 913 87 1.512 10.4 0.8 3.2 4.5 1.38 87

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1979 22 0 0 4.50 4.0 5 2 2 0 2 5 0 1.750 11.3 4.5 11.3 2.50 0.0 3
1980 23 2 3 .400 5.54 52.0 68 36 32 6 24 24 1 1.769 11.8 4.2 4.2 1.00 1.0 13
1981 24 4 5 .444 4.77 83.0 109 49 44 6 14 35 0 1.482 11.8 1.5 3.8 2.50 0.7 18
1982 25 1 0 1.000 3.60 10.0 9 4 4 0 3 4 0 1.200 8.1 2.7 3.6 1.33 0.0 7
1987 30 4 4 .500 4.50 72.0 78 40 36 9 33 41 3 1.542 9.8 4.1 5.1 1.24 1.1 23
1989 32 0 0 13.50 4.0 10 7 6 0 3 1 0 3.250 22.5 6.8 2.3 0.33 0.0 3
6 Seasons 11 12 .478 4.96 225.0 279 138 124 21 79 110 4 1.591 11.2 4.4 1.39 0.8 67

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