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Hal Griggs

Harold Lloyd Griggs

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 24, 1928 in Shannon, GA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1956
Team: Senators 1956-1959

Final Game: September 25, 1959
Died: May 10, 2005 in Tucson, AZ
Cremated
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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
1950	21	HCK	D	8	21	.276	5.86	45						221.0	276	209	144		155								1.950	11.2		6.3			HCK · NCSL
1951	22	HCK,NWC	D	12	18	.400	4.42	39						238.0	278	155	117	17	145								1.777	10.5	0.6	5.5			HCK,NWC · NCSL,WCAR
1952	23	CHC-MIN-min	D,B	15	13	.536	4.13	32	28					231.0	209	120	106		162								1.606	8.1		6.3			HCK,CHR · WCAR,TRIS
1953	24	MIN-min	B	12	11	.522	4.54	36	28					210.0	203	123	106	8	105								1.467	8.7	0.3	4.5			CHR · TRIS
1954	25	MIN-min	A,AA	14	15	.483	3.24	41	30					239.0	214	109	86	9	126								1.423	8.1	0.3	4.7			CHR,CNG · SALL,SOUA
1955	26	MIN-min	AA	15	9	.625	3.79	40	30					209.0	198	114	88	10	122								1.531	8.5	0.4	5.3			CNG · SOUA
1956	27	WSH	AL	1	6	.143	6.02	34	12	6	1	0	1	98.2	120	82	66	14	76	2	48	1	0	6	481	69	1.986	10.9	1.3	6.9	4.4	0.63
1957	28	MIN-min	AA	21	12	.636	3.34	45	31					256.0	241	124	95	9	115								1.391	8.5	0.3	4.0			CNG · SOUA
1957	28	WSH	AL	0	1	.000	3.29	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.2	11	5	5	1	7	0	12	0	0	1	55	121	1.317	7.2	0.7	4.6	7.9	1.71
1958	29	WSH	AL	3	11	.214	5.52	32	21	5	3	0	0	137.0	138	91	84	20	74	1	69	2	0	8	611	69	1.547	9.1	1.3	4.9	4.5	0.93
1959	30	WSH	AL	2	8	.200	5.25	37	10	13	2	1	2	97.2	103	63	57	8	52	4	43	1	0	4	443	75	1.587	9.5	0.7	4.8	4.0	0.83
1960	31	PHI-MIN-min	AAA,AA,A	8	15	.348	4.43	31	26					181.0	213	104	89	15	47								1.436	10.6	0.7	2.3			CHL,CNG,CHR · AA,SOUA,SALL
1961	32	MIN-min	AA,AAA	9	5	.643	3.22	33	17					137.0	136	75	49	11	31								1.219	8.9	0.7	2.0			MAC,SYR · SOUA,IL
1962	33	ANA-min	AAA	11	7	.611	3.44	57	3		1	0		131.0	126	61	50	20	50	10	66	1	0	10			1.344	8.7	1.4	3.4	4.5	1.32	HAW · PCL
1963	34	ANA-min	AAA	6	4	.600	3.90	47	3					97.0	113	51	42	11	25		63						1.423	10.5	1.0	2.3	5.8	2.52	HAW · PCL
4 Yrs				6	26	.188	5.50	105	45	24	6	1	3	347.0	372	241	212	43	209	7	172	4	0	19	1590	72	1.674	9.6	1.1	5.4	4.5	0.82
162 Game Avg.				3	12	.188	5.50	48	20	11	3	0	1	157	169	109	96	19	95	3	78	2	0	9	721	72	1.674	9.6	1.1	5.4	4.5	0.82

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	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1956	27	WSH	AL	98.2	34	12	82	7.48	4.82	-0.62	100.0	5.44	-23	-2.2	.3	0.2	-1.2	-13	.435	.486	$
1957	28	WSH	AL	13.2	2	2	5	3.29	4.32	-0.48	104.0	4.99	3	0.3		-0.0	0.4	4	.659	.502	$
1958	29	WSH	AL	137.0	32	21	91	5.98	4.13	-0.41	101.3	4.60	-21	-2.1	.1	0.1	-1.0	-9	.433	.487	$
1959	30	WSH	AL	97.2	37	10	63	5.81	4.61	-0.38	99.5	4.97	-8	-0.9	.4	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.477	.495	$
4 Seasons				347.0	105	45	241	6.25	4.47	-0.47	100.6	4.96	-50	-4.9	.3	0.3	-1.9	-19	.453	.492	$

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
1956	27	WSH	AL	34	481	391	82	120	21	2	14	4	3	76	48	.307	.415	.478	.893	.315	187	18	1	6	7	2	12
1957	28	WSH	AL	2	55	48	5	11	2	1	1	1	3	7	12	.229	.327	.375	.702	.286	18	1	0	0	0	0	0
1958	29	WSH	AL	32	611	526	91	138	19	7	20	4	2	74	69	.262	.353	.439	.792	.268	231	15	2	5	4	1	5
1959	30	WSH	AL	37	443	381	63	103	22	3	8	3	5	52	43	.270	.357	.407	.764	.285	155	7	1	5	3	4	10
4 Yrs				105	1590	1346	241	372	64	13	43	12	13	209	172	.276	.372	.439	.811	.287	591	41	4	16	14	7	27
162 Game Avg.				48	721	610	109	169	29	6	19	5	6	95	78	.276	.372	.439	.811	.287	268	19	2	7	6	3	12
MLB Averages																.258	.326	.393	.719	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1956	27	WSH	AL	-23.5	-2.2	497	-1.9	4.9	-6.8	.69	-2.9	0.1	-30.0	-2.8	0.69	-34.3	1	1	17
1957	28	WSH	AL	1.3	0.1	59	-0.1	1.0	-1.1	.88	0.1	-0.1	1.2	0.1	0.88	0.8	0	0	0
1958	29	WSH	AL	-24.4	-2.4	629	-1.5	8.4	-9.9	.85	-1.9	0.2	-22.9	-2.3	0.85	-21.0	0	0	10
1959	30	WSH	AL	-13.0	-1.3	458	-1.0	5.0	-6.0	.69	-1.1	-0.4	-15.5	-1.5	0.69	-12.5	2	5	18
4 Yrs				-59.7	-5.8	1643	-4.5	19.4	-23.9	.76	-5.9	-0.1	-67.3	-6.5	0.76	-67.1	3	6	45

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
1956	27	WSH	AL	34	12	1	6	5	0	1	2	10	.167	0	4	1	0	3	25%	40.1	72	20	12	3	4	3	3.6	3.6	4.2
1957	28	WSH	AL	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	.000	0	1	0	0	1	50%	57.0	68	46	1	0	0	1	1.9	2.3	6.8
1958	29	WSH	AL	32	21	3	11	7	1	2	8	13	.381	4	1	3	0	6	29%	43.0	76	19	29	14	13	6	3.5	4.1	5.1
1959	30	WSH	AL	37	10	2	7	1	0	1	2	8	.200	0	0	2	1	3	30%	43.3	87	16	15	4	1	7	2.6	2.8	5.2
4 Yrs				105	45	6	25	14	1	5	12	33	.267	4	6	6	1	13	29%	43	87	16	57	21	18	17	3.3	3.6	5.0
MLB Averages													.500						50%	51	111	2					4.4	4.3	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1956	27	WSH	AL	34	22	6	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	4	0	0%	7	.692	1	1	17	1	0	21	3	19	16	0	16	5	6.5

1958	29	WSH	AL	32	11	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	5	3	60%	8	.848	0	0	10	0	0	11	3	8	9	0	9	2	8.0
1959	30	WSH	AL	37	27	13	0	1	2	2	0	100%	2	0	11	2	18%	8	.686	2	5	18	2	0	25	7	20	15	3	15	6	5.1
3 Yrs				103	60	24	0	1	3	3	0	100%	3	0	20	5	25%		.752	3	6	45	3	0	57	13	47	40	3	40	13	6.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1956	27	WSH	AL	481	68%	2.9%	10.0%	15.8%	7.7%	31%	1.17	70%	111	18	16%
1957	28	WSH	AL	55	56%	1.8%	21.8%	12.7%	7.3%	36%	2.71	64%	3	1	33%
1958	29	WSH	AL	611	62%	3.3%	11.3%	12.1%	7.5%	33%	0.87	72%	115	15	13%
1959	30	WSH	AL	443	66%	1.8%	9.7%	11.7%	7.5%	32%	0.93	75%	86	7	8%
4 Yrs				1590	65%	2.7%	10.8%	13.1%	7.6%	32%	1.00	72%	315	41	13%
MLB Averages					52%	2.4%	13.0%	9.0%	6.7%	29%	1.00	76%			11%

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
1956	27	WSH	AL	481	120			14	1	19	12	2	11	3	39	26	2	67%	12	6	2	205	4	3	57%	3	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	21	0
1957	28	WSH	AL	55	11			1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0%	0	1	0	12	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1958	29	WSH	AL	611	138			20	0	12	13	7	11	9	33	23	1	70%	5	8	3	221	4	2	67%	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	17	0
1959	30	WSH	AL	443	103			8	0	13	7	1	5	3	26	11	2	42%	10	4	1	180	3	5	38%	3	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	11	0
4 Yrs				1590	372			43	1	44	32	11	28	15	99	60	5	61%	27	19	6	618	12	13	48%	10	11	1	1	1	1	5	1	51	0
MLB Averages																		51%							58%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1956	27	1	6	.143	6.02	34	12	6	1	0	1	98.2	120	82	66	14	76	2	48	1	6	481	69	1.986	10.9	1.3	6.9	4.4	0.63	69
1957	28	1	7	.125	5.69	36	14	6	1	0	1	112.1	131	87	71	15	83	2	60	1	7	536	73	1.905	10.5	1.2	6.6	4.8	0.72	73
1958	29	4	18	.182	5.59	68	35	11	4	0	1	249.1	269	178	155	35	157	3	129	3	15	1147	71	1.709	9.7	1.3	5.7	4.7	0.82	71
1959	30	6	26	.188	5.50	105	45	24	6	1	3	347.0	372	241	212	43	209	7	172	4	19	1590	72	1.674	9.6	1.1	5.4	4.5	0.82	72

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
1956	27	4	7	.364	5.79	101.0	122	72	65	14	77	49	1	1.970	10.9	6.9	4.4	0.64	1.2	34
1957	28	0	1	.000	4.15	13.0	12	7	6	1	8	11	0	1.538	8.3	5.5	7.6	1.38	0.7	2
1958	29	5	10	.333	6.04	137.0	148	102	92	21	79	69	2	1.657	9.7	5.2	4.5	0.87	1.4	32
1959	30	4	7	.364	5.31	100.0	107	66	59	8	54	44	1	1.610	9.6	4.9	4.0	0.81	0.7	37
4 Yrs		13	25	.342	5.69	351.0	389	247	222	44	218	173	4	1.729	10.0		4.4	0.79	1.1	105

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wild Pitches s c a p y 1956 AL 6 (7th) 1958 AL 8 (2nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1956 AL 6 (7th)
1958 AL 8 (2nd)

Similarity Scores

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