Tom Griffin
Thomas James Griffin
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: February 22, 1948 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Grant (Van Nuys, CA)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1966 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1969
Final Game: May 11, 1982
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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
1969 21 HOU NL 31 73 62 6 9 1 0 2 8 0 0 5 35 .145 .203 .258 .461 30 16 1 0 4 2 0 1
1970 22 HOU NL 23 38 33 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 13 .061 .088 .091 .179 -51 3 0 0 4 0 0 1
1971 23 HOU NL 10 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .111 .200 .111 .311 -9 1 2 0 0 0 0 1
1972 24 HOU NL 39 28 25 3 7 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 9 .280 .280 .520 .800 125 13 1 0 3 0 0 1
1973 25 HOU NL 25 33 28 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 9 .107 .138 .286 .424 15 8 1 1 4 0 0 1
1974 26 HOU NL 37 80 68 11 20 5 0 2 8 0 0 2 24 .294 .324 .456 .780 121 31 1 1 9 0 0 1
1975 27 HOU NL 17 25 22 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .136 .174 .136 .310 -10 3 1 0 2 0 0 1
1976 28 TOT NL 32 36 31 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .065 .094 .065 .158 -53 2 0 0 4 0 0 1
1976 28 HOU NL 20 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 -47 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1976 28 SDP NL 12 29 26 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .077 .077 .077 .154 -54 2 0 0 3 0 0 1
1977 29 SDP NL 39 49 45 2 6 3 0 2 4 0 0 0 23 .133 .130 .333 .464 25 15 0 0 3 1 0 1
1979 31 SFG NL 59 15 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .071 .071 .071 .143 -60 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1980 32 SFG NL 44 20 18 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 .111 .111 .278 .389 7 5 0 0 2 0 0 1
1981 33 SFG NL 22 50 41 1 8 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 12 .195 .227 .293 .520 48 12 1 0 6 1 0 1
1982 34 PIT NL 6 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .222 .222 .222 .444 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 /1
14 Seasons 384 466 405 31 66 16 0 10 32 0 0 13 158 .163 .191 .277 .468 31 112 8 2 42 4 0
162 Game Avg. 162 197 171 13 28 7 0 4 14 0 0 5 67 .163 .191 .277 .468 31 47 3 1 18 2 0
HOU (8 yrs) 202 294 252 24 45 12 0 6 20 0 0 11 100 .179 .217 .298 .515 45 75 7 2 27 2 0
SFG (3 yrs) 125 85 73 3 11 1 0 2 6 0 0 2 25 .151 .171 .247 .418 18 18 1 0 9 1 0
SDP (2 yrs) 51 78 71 4 8 3 0 2 4 0 0 0 30 .113 .111 .239 .351 -2 17 0 0 6 1 0
PIT (1 yr) 6 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .222 .222 .222 .444 23 2 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1969 21 HOU NL 73 60 4 1.8 93 .259 .145 .257 .203 .327 .258 .381 .461 .708 30 .175 -5.9 -0.6 .389 .194 .113 .0
1970 22 HOU NL 38 35 0 0.0 100 .100 .061 .262 .088 .334 .091 .400 .179 .735 -51 .000 -7.0 -0.7 .129 .061 .030
1971 23 HOU NL 10 10 0 0.0 91 .143 .111 .257 .200 .323 .111 .377 .311 .700 -9 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .200 .111 .000
1972 24 HOU NL 28 22 3 3.7 90 .400 .280 .254 .280 .322 .520 .376 .800 .698 125 .455 0.7 0.1 .684 .240 .240 .0
1973 25 HOU NL 33 30 1 0.9 96 .111 .107 .261 .138 .330 .286 .389 .424 .719 15 .054 -3.3 -0.3 .346 .179 .179 .0
1974 26 HOU NL 80 58 10 4.6 91 .429 .294 .258 .324 .329 .456 .372 .780 .701 121 .540 1.6 0.2 .694 .191 .162 .0
1975 27 HOU NL 25 22 1 1.2 90 .188 .136 .257 .174 .327 .136 .371 .310 .698 -10 .091 -3.2 -0.3 .200 .045 .000
1976 28 TOT NL 36 33 0 0.0 85 .091 .065 .253 .094 .318 .065 .360 .158 .678 -53 .000 -6.0 -0.6 .103 .032 .000
1976 28 HOU NL 7 6 0 0.0 84 .000 .000 .252 .167 .317 .000 .359 .167 .676 -47 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .200 .200 .000
1976 28 SDP NL 29 27 0 0.0 85 .105 .077 .253 .077 .318 .077 .361 .154 .679 -54 .000 -5.1 -0.5 .083 .000 .000
1977 29 SDP NL 49 43 2 1.3 94 .190 .133 .257 .130 .323 .333 .392 .464 .715 25 .085 -4.6 -0.5 .385 .200 .200 .0
1979 31 SFG NL 15 14 0 0.0 94 .125 .071 .260 .071 .325 .071 .386 .143 .711 -60 .000 -3.0 -0.3 .077 .000 .000
1980 32 SFG NL 20 18 1 1.5 93 .100 .111 .263 .111 .325 .278 .382 .389 .707 7 .130 -2.4 -0.2 .313 .167 .167 .0
1981 33 SFG NL 50 41 3 2.0 90 .241 .195 .260 .227 .325 .293 .373 .520 .698 48 .207 -2.9 -0.3 .412 .146 .098 .0
1982 34 PIT NL 9 7 0 0.0 98 .333 .222 .270 .222 .334 .222 .393 .444 .726 23 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .286 .000 .000
14 Seasons 466 393 25 1.7 92 .232 .163 .258 .191 .326 .277 .380 .468 .706 31 .159 -38.4 -3.7 .366 .146 .114 .0
162 Game Avg. 197 166 11 1.7 92 .232 .163 .258 .191 .326 .277 .380 .468 .706 31 .159 -38.4 -3.7 .366 .146 .114
HOU (8 yrs) 294 243 19 2.1 93 .264 .179 .258 .217 .328 .298 .380 .515 .708 45 .215 -19.4 -1.8 .411 .163 .119 .0
SFG (3 yrs) 85 73 4 1.5 91 .191 .151 .261 .171 .325 .247 .378 .418 .703 18 .129 -8.2 -0.8 .317 .123 .096 .0
SDP (2 yrs) 78 70 2 0.8 91 .150 .113 .256 .111 .321 .239 .380 .351 .702 -2 .039 -9.7 -1.0 .270 .127 .127 .0
PIT (1 yr) 9 7 0 0.0 98 .333 .222 .270 .222 .334 .222 .393 .444 .726 23 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .286 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

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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
1969 21 HOU NL 73 2.7% 48.0% 6.9% 4.1% 33% 7.00 1.8 31.0 7.8 2.00 37%
1970 22 HOU NL 38 0.0% 34.2% 2.6% 2.6% 50% 13.00 2.5 33.0 0.82 53%
1971 23 HOU NL 10 0.0% 20.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0% 2.00 4.5 3.00 70%
1972 24 HOU NL 28 3.6% 32.1% 0.0% 14.3% 57% 2.8 25.0 12.5 3.33 54%
1973 25 HOU NL 33 3.0% 27.3% 0.0% 9.1% 100% 3.1 28.0 28.0 0.91 55%
1974 26 HOU NL 80 2.5% 30.0% 2.5% 8.8% 35% 12.00 2.8 34.0 8.5 1.06 53%
1975 27 HOU NL 25 0.0% 24.0% 4.0% 0.0% 0% 6.00 3.7 1.50 64%
1976 28 TOT NL 36 0.0% 25.0% 2.8% 0.0% 0% 9.00 3.4 1.44 61%
1976 28 HOU NL 7 0.0% 28.6% 14.3% 0.0% 2.00 2.5 43%
1976 28 SDP NL 29 0.0% 24.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.7 1.11 66%
1977 29 SDP NL 49 4.1% 46.9% 0.0% 10.2% 83% 2.0 22.5 11.3 1.50 43%
1979 31 SFG NL 15 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.3 3.00 53%
1980 32 SFG NL 20 5.0% 35.0% 0.0% 5.0% 50% 2.6 18.0 18.0 0.80 50%
1981 33 SFG NL 50 2.0% 24.0% 4.0% 4.0% 25% 6.00 3.4 41.0 8.2 2.63 58%
1982 34 PIT NL 9 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 4.5 1.00 67%
14 Seasons 466 2.2% 33.9% 2.8% 5.6% 39% 12.15 2.6 40.5 12.7 1.47 52%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1969 21 HOU NL 0 0 33% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20% 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 1
1970 22 HOU NL 1 0 33% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 23 HOU NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 24 HOU NL 0 0 33% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1973 25 HOU NL 0 0 0% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1974 26 HOU NL 0 0 43% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 33% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 2
1975 27 HOU NL 1 0 50% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1976 28 TOT NL 0 0 67% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1976 28 HOU NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 28 SDP NL 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1977 29 SDP NL 0 0 0% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 31 SFG NL 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 32 SFG NL 2 0 0% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 33 SFG NL 0 0 0% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 34 PIT NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 4 0 30% 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 30% 12 10 2 2 2 0 9 3 5
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1969 21 HOU NL 70 34% 9 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 2 0 0 2 1 5 4 80% 12 1 8% 12 3 25% 42 6 14% 4 1 25% 1 0 0% 3
1970 22 HOU NL 37 24% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 6 0 0% 8 1 13% 23 1 4% 3 1 33% 3 0 0% 1
1971 23 HOU NL 10 10% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 1 50% 10 1 10% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1972 24 HOU NL 28 36% 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 75% 5 1 20% 4 3 75% 16 1 6% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1973 25 HOU NL 33 27% 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 4 100% 8 1 13% 10 1 10% 17 0 0% 0 0 2 1 50% 0
1974 26 HOU NL 80 28% 20 1 1 0 1 4.27 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 10 9 90% 19 1 5% 21 7 33% 50 6 12% 2 2 100% 6 1 17% 0
1975 27 HOU NL 25 36% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 1 33% 6 2 33% 9 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1976 28 TOT NL 36 19% 2 1 0 0 0 0.03 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 6 0 0% 7 3 43% 24 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1976 28 HOU NL 7 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1976 28 SDP NL 29 24% 2 1 0 0 0 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 5 0 0% 6 3 50% 18 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1977 29 SDP NL 49 29% 6 1 0 0 0 0.61 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 3 100% 7 0 0% 11 3 27% 24 2 8% 2 2 100% 4 1 25% 0
1979 31 SFG NL 15 27% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 14 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1980 32 SFG NL 20 60% 2 1 0 0 0 0.40 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 8 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1981 33 SFG NL 50 28% 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 6 6 100% 11 1 9% 12 5 42% 40 4 10% 5 3 60% 4 2 50% 0
1982 34 PIT NL 9 22% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 25% 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 462 30% 66 4 1 0 1 1.33 10 0 11 5 5 3 7 1 46 42 91% 82 8 10% 97 30 31% 285 23 8% 22 10 45% 25 7 28% 4
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1969 21 31 73 62 6 9 1 0 2 8 0 0 5 35 .145 .203 .258 .461 30 16 1 0 4 2 0
1970 22 54 111 95 7 11 2 0 2 9 0 0 6 48 .116 .165 .200 .365 2 19 1 0 8 2 0
1971 23 64 121 104 7 12 2 0 2 9 0 0 7 50 .115 .168 .192 .360 1 20 3 0 8 2 0
1972 24 103 149 129 10 19 5 0 3 11 0 0 7 59 .147 .188 .256 .444 24 33 4 0 11 2 0
1973 25 128 182 157 11 22 7 0 4 12 0 0 7 68 .140 .180 .261 .441 23 41 5 1 15 2 0
1974 26 165 262 225 22 42 12 0 6 20 0 0 9 92 .187 .223 .320 .543 52 72 6 2 24 2 0
1975 27 182 287 247 24 45 12 0 6 20 0 0 10 98 .182 .218 .304 .522 46 75 7 2 26 2 0
1976 28 214 323 278 26 47 12 0 6 20 0 0 11 107 .169 .205 .277 .482 36 77 7 2 30 2 0
1977 29 253 372 323 28 53 15 0 8 24 0 0 11 130 .164 .195 .285 .480 35 92 7 2 33 3 0
1978 30 253 372 323 28 53 15 0 8 24 0 0 11 130 .164 .195 .285 .480 35 92 7 2 33 3 0
1979 31 312 387 337 29 54 15 0 8 24 0 0 11 136 .160 .190 .276 .466 31 93 7 2 34 3 0
1980 32 356 407 355 30 56 15 0 9 25 0 0 11 143 .158 .186 .276 .462 30 98 7 2 36 3 0
1981 33 378 457 396 31 64 16 0 10 30 0 0 13 155 .162 .190 .278 .468 32 110 8 2 42 4 0
1982 34 384 466 405 31 66 16 0 10 32 0 0 13 158 .163 .191 .277 .468 31 112 8 2 42 4 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1969 21 31 71 63 7 10 1 0 2 9 0 6 35 .159 .225 .270 .495 4 31
1970 22 23 34 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 .000 .029 .000 .029 0 23
1971 23 10 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 10
1972 24 41 26 26 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 4 39
1973 25 25 29 28 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 .000 .034 .000 .034 1 25
1974 26 37 73 70 12 22 6 0 2 9 0 2 24 .314 .342 .486 .828 11 37
1975 27 17 24 23 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .174 .208 .174 .382 1 17
1976 28 32 32 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .000 .031 .000 .031 0 32
1977 29 39 46 45 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 23 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 39
1979 31 59 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 59
1980 32 44 18 18 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 44
1981 33 33 68 63 2 13 2 0 2 8 0 3 18 .206 .235 .333 .569 5 22
1982 34 6 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
13 Seasons 397 454 432 34 49 9 0 6 36 0 15 164 .113 .145 .176 .321 29 384
162 Game Avg. 162 185 176 14 20 4 0 2 15 0 6 67 .113 .145 .176 .321 12 384

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