Mike Griffin

Michael Leroy Griffin

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: June 26, 1957 in Colusa, CA
High School: Woodland HS (Woodland, CA)
Drafted
by the Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1979
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Yankees/Cubs/Padres/Reds 1979-1989

Final Game: June 30, 1989
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Standard Pitching

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 19 106 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 82 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 87 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 18 188 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 83 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 41 104 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 32 3.000 20.8 0.0 6.2 2.1 0.33
6 Yrs 7 15 .318 4.60 67 24 15 1 0 3 203.2 235 115 104 19 73 7 101 4 3 6 913 88 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 88 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 87 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 41 104 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 32 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 83 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 94 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 77 1.470 11.2 0.5 2.0 3.4 1.67

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1979 22 NYY AL 4.1 3 0 2 4.15 4.10 0.12 -0.33 96.8 3.53 -0 -0.0 .6 -0.0 0.0 0 .490 .500 $
1980 23 NYY AL 54.0 13 9 36 6.00 4.64 -0.10 0.10 97.3 4.71 -8 -0.8 1.1 -0.0 -0.4 -2 .439 .495 $
1981 24 NYY AL 4.1 2 0 1 2.08 3.93 0.21 -0.31 96.0 3.27 1 0.1 .7 -0.0 0.1 1 .533 .500 $
1981 24 CHC NL 52.0 16 9 27 4.67 3.85 -0.69 0.05 104.9 4.82 0 0.0 1.5 -0.0 0.4 4 .501 .500 $
1982 25 SDP NL 10.1 7 0 4 3.48 4.27 0.34 -0.33 95.2 3.42 -0 -0.0 .8 -0.0 0.0 1 .497 .500 $
1987 30 BAL AL 74.1 23 6 39 4.72 5.02 -0.06 -0.12 98.3 4.87 1 0.1 .8 -0.1 0.7 10 .505 .501 $65,000
1989 32 CIN NL 4.1 3 0 6 12.46 3.75 -0.43 -0.29 106.0 4.12 -4 -0.4 .6 0.1 -0.3 -4 .365 .498 $
6 Seasons 203.2 67 24 115 5.08 4.51 -0.21 -0.04 99.6 4.67 -11 -1.0 .9 -0.1 0.5 10 .484 .499 $65,000
NYY (3 yrs) 62.2 18 9 39 5.60 4.55 -0.06 0.04 97.2 4.53 -8 -0.8 .9 -0.1 -0.3 -1 .458 .498 $
SDP (1 yr) 10.1 7 0 4 3.48 4.27 0.34 -0.33 95.2 3.42 -0 -0.0 .8 -0.0 0.0 1 .497 .500 $
CIN (1 yr) 4.1 3 0 6 12.46 3.75 -0.43 -0.29 106.0 4.12 -4 -0.4 .6 0.1 -0.3 -4 .365 .498 $
CHC (1 yr) 52.0 16 9 27 4.67 3.85 -0.69 0.05 104.9 4.82 0 0.0 1.5 -0.0 0.4 4 .501 .500 $
BAL (1 yr) 74.1 23 6 39 4.72 5.02 -0.06 -0.12 98.3 4.87 1 0.1 .8 -0.1 0.7 10 .505 .501 $65,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
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 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 4
1981 24 CHC NL 16 227 212 27 64 12 0 4 3 1 9 20 .302 .327 .415 .742 .316 88 3 0 5 2 0 3
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 0
1981 24 TOT MLB 18 245 230 28 69 13 1 4 3 1 9 24 .300 .324 .417 .741 .319 96 3 0 5 2 0 3
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 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 4
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 0
6 Yrs 67 912 817 115 235 50 7 19 11 6 73 101 .288 .346 .436 .781 .306 356 11 4 10 9 7 11
162 Game Avg. 50 681 611 86 176 37 5 14 8 4 55 75 .288 .346 .436 .781 .306 266 8 3 7 7 5 8
MLB Averages .260 .324 .389 .713 .284

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1979 22 NYY AL 0.2 0.0 20 0.0 0.1 -0.1 .40 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.40 0.3 0 1 2
1980 23 NYY AL -7.1 -0.7 259 -0.9 4.2 -5.0 .99 -0.5 -0.4 -10.8 -1.0 0.99 -6.7 2 0 2
1981 24 TOT MLB -2.4 -0.3 253 -0.1 4.2 -4.3 1.08 -0.3 0.1 -1.7 -0.2 1.08 -2.3 4 2 3
1981 24 NYY AL 1.0 0.1 18 0.1 0.3 -0.1 .79 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.79 0.0 0 1 1
1981 24 CHC NL -3.4 -0.4 235 -0.3 3.9 -4.2 1.10 -0.3 0.1 -2.3 -0.2 1.10 -2.3 4 1 2
1982 25 SDP NL 0.4 0.0 42 0.1 0.6 -0.5 .83 0.3 -0.2 1.6 0.2 0.83 2.4 2 0 5
1987 30 BAL AL 0.8 0.1 339 -0.4 4.7 -5.0 .82 -0.3 -0.1 -0.4 -0.0 0.82 -1.9 4 4 8
1989 32 CIN NL -3.6 -0.4 28 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 .59 -0.4 0.2 -3.6 -0.4 0.59 -3.9 0 1 2
6 Yrs -11.8 -1.2 941 -1.4 13.9 -15.3 .92 -1.1 -0.4 -14.4 -1.4 0.92 -12.0 12 8 22

Starting Pitching*

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 2 2 0 0 1 11% 43.8 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% 43.1 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% 51.5 68 25 17 4 1 2 2.8 2.8 6.0
3 Yrs 52 24 7 11 6 4 2 10 14 .417 3 2 1 0 5 21% 45 68 25 43 14 8 8 3.8 3.3 5.3
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 103 -12 4.3 4.3 6.2 95

Reliever Pitching*

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 .398 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 .994 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% 1.078 4 2 3 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 .792 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 1.101 4 1 2 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 .835 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 .816 4 4 8 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 .589 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 4.3 28
6 Yrs 67 43 15 0 4 4 3 1 75% 8 4 31 10 32% .921 12 8 22 11 4 28 18 25 27 10 30 6 5.4 28

Ratio Pitching*

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 42% 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 59% 1.6% 9.8% 3.7% 7.4% 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 60% 1.8% 8.8% 4.0% 7.1% 25% 1.16 84% 44 3 7%
1982 25 SDP NL 41 68% 0.0% 9.8% 7.3% 0.0% 0% 1.17 83% 10 1 10%
1987 30 BAL AL 331 48% 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 Yrs 913 53% 2.1% 11.1% 8.0% 8.3% 32% 0.40 1.06 77% 23% 0.0% 20% 182 11 6%
MLB Averages 41% 2.1% 13.9% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 0.80 1.08 74% 20% 6.8% 29% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 Yr 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 3.60 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 47% 81% 57% 6% 19% 26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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 Yrs 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 54% 67%

Cumulative Pitching

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 19 106 1.615 10.4 0.0 4.2 10.4 2.50 106
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 83 1.611 10.6 0.9 3.9 4.6 1.20 83
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 85 1.500 10.8 0.8 2.7 4.2 1.59 85
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 86 1.472 10.6 0.7 2.7 4.2 1.57 86
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 86 1.472 10.6 0.7 2.7 4.2 1.57 86
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 86 1.472 10.6 0.7 2.7 4.2 1.57 86
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 86 1.472 10.6 0.7 2.7 4.2 1.57 86
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 86 1.472 10.6 0.7 2.7 4.2 1.57 86
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 92 1.480 10.2 0.9 3.2 4.5 1.43 92
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 92 1.480 10.2 0.9 3.2 4.5 1.43 92
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 88 1.512 10.4 0.8 3.2 4.5 1.38 88

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
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 5.43 53.0 67 36 32 6 24 24 1 1.717 11.4 4.1 4.1 1.00 1.0 13
1981 24 4 5 .444 4.77 83.0 108 49 44 6 14 36 0 1.470 11.7 1.5 3.9 2.57 0.7 18
1982 25 0 1 .000 5.00 9.0 10 6 5 0 3 4 0 1.444 10.0 3.0 4.0 1.33 0.0 7
1987 30 4 4 .500 4.32 73.0 77 39 35 9 33 41 3 1.507 9.5 4.1 5.1 1.24 1.1 23
1989 32 0 0 15.75 4.0 11 8 7 0 3 1 0 3.500 24.8 6.8 2.3 0.33 0.0 3
6 Yrs 10 13 .435 4.98 226.0 278 140 125 21 79 111 4 1.580 11.1 4.4 1.41 0.8 67

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