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| Full name Clark Calvin Griffith |
| Born November 20, 1869, Clear Creek, Missouri |
| Died October 27, 1955, Washington, D.C. |
| Buried at Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Maryland (Griffith Family Mausoleum; Sec B-75; 38.55.751N 76.57.325W) |
| First Game: April 11, 1891; Final Game: October 7, 1914 |
| Managed First Game: April 24, 1901; Managed Final Game: October 3, 1920 |
| Umpired First Game: August 13, 1891; Umpired Final Game: September 29, 1903 |
| Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 6.5" Weight: 156 |
| Uncle of Sherry Robertson |
| Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1946 |
| Named Major League Executive of the Year by The Sporting News (1943) |
| Ejections as player: 1895 (1), 1898 (2), 1899 (3), 1903 (1). Total: 7 |
| Ejections as manager: 1901 (7), 1902 (8), 1904 (1), 1905 (5), 1906 (8), 1907 (4), 1908 (4), 1909 (7), 1910 (8), 1911 (3), 1912 (6), 1913 (7), 1914 (1), 1915 (2), 1916 (2), 1917 (1), 1918 (1), 1919 (2), 1920 (1). Total: 78 |
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Batting Record Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH XI SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1891 STL a 27 77 11 12 1 0 1 8 8 15 2 2 .156 .253 .208 0.0 1891 STL a 1891 BOS a 10 23 6 4 1 1 1 3 6 5 1 1 .174 .367 .435 0.0 1891 BOS a 1891 TOT a 37 100 17 16 2 1 2 11 14 20 3 3 .160 .282 .260 0.0 1891 TOT a 1893 CHI N 4 11 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 .182 .182 .182 0.0 1893 CHI N 1894 CHI N 46 142 27 33 5 4 0 15 23 9 0 0 6 .232 .339 .324 -0.3 1894 CHI N 1895 CHI N 43 144 20 46 3 0 1 27 16 9 1 2 2 .319 .391 .361 0.0 1895 CHI N 1896 CHI N 38 135 22 36 5 2 1 16 9 7 0 2 3 .267 .313 .356 0.0 1896 CHI N 1897 CHI N 46 162 27 38 8 4 0 21 18 8 0 3 2 .235 .311 .333 -0.1 1897 CHI N 1898 CHI N 38 122 15 20 2 3 0 15 13 6 0 2 1 .164 .244 .230 0.0 1898 CHI N 1899 CHI N 39 120 15 31 5 0 0 14 14 9 2 4 2 .258 .346 .300 0.2 1899 CHI N 1900 CHI N 30 95 16 24 4 1 1 7 8 7 0 1 2 .253 .311 .347 0.0 1900 CHI N 1901 CHI A Daily Splits 35 89 21 27 3 1 2 14 23 5 0 3 0 0 .303 .446 .427 0.0 1901 CHI A 1902 CHI A Daily Splits 35 92 11 20 3 0 0 8 7 4 0 3 0 0 .217 .273 .250 -0.1 1902 CHI A 1903 NY A Daily Splits 25 69 5 11 4 0 1 7 11 13 1 2 0 1 .159 .284 .261 0.0 1903 NY A 1904 NY A Daily Splits 16 42 2 6 2 0 0 1 4 13 0 1 0 0 .143 .217 .190 0.0 1904 NY A 1905 NY A Daily Splits 26 32 2 7 1 1 0 5 3 11 0 2 0 0 .219 .286 .313 -0.1 1905 NY A 1906 NY A Daily Splits 17 18 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 2 0 0 .111 .238 .111 0.0 1906 NY A 1907 NY A Daily Splits 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1907 NY A 1909 CIN N Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1909 CIN N 1910 CIN N Daily Splits 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1910 CIN N 1912 WAS A Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1912 WAS A 1913 WAS A Daily Splits 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.0 1913 WAS A 1914 WAS A Daily Splits 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.0 1914 WAS A Total NL (10 Years) 286 933 144 230 32 14 3 117 101 56 3 14i 0i 18 .247 .322 .320 -0.2 Total NL Total AA ( 1 Year ) 37 100 17 16 2 1 2 11 14 20 3 3 .160 .282 .260 0.0 Total AA Total AL (10 Years) 162 347 41 75 15 2 3 38 51 50 1 13 0 1 1i .216 .318 .297 -0.2 Total AL Total (21 Years) Splits 485 1380 202 321 49 17 8 166 166 126 7 27i 0i 22 1i .233 .318 .310 -0.4 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH XI SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
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Pitching Record Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB SO SH WP HBP BK 2B 3B W L ERA RS PW Year Team 1891 STL a 27 17 12 0 10 2 186.1 195 8 122 69 58 68 8 15 0 11 8 3.33 7.18 0.9 1891 STL a 1891 BOS a 7 4 3 0 3 0 40 47 3 33 25 15 20 1 5 0 3 1 5.62 9.00 -0.4 1891 BOS a 1891 TOT a 34 21 15 0 13 2 226.1 242 11 155 94 73 88 9 20 0 14 9 3.74 7.52 0.5 1891 TOT a 1893 CHI N 4 2 2 0 2 0 19.2 24 1 14 11 5 9 0 1 0 1 2 5.03 7.50 -0.1 1893 CHI N 1894 CHI N 36 30 28 0 6 0 261.1 328 12 193 143 85 71 5 14 0 21 14 4.92 9.07 2.3 1894 CHI N 1895 CHI N 42 41 39 0 1 0 353 434 11 228 154 91 79 7 22 0 26 14 3.93 6.95 3.9 1895 CHI N 1896 CHI N 36 35 35 0 1 0 317.2 370 3 189 125 70 81 1 12 0 23 11 3.54 5.91 2.7 1896 CHI N 1897 CHI N 41 38 38 1 3 1 343.2 410 3 231 142 86 102 11 17 0 21 18 3.72 5.63 2.2 1897 CHI N 1898 CHI N 38 38 36 4 0 0 325.2 305 1 105 68 64 97 6 20 0 24 10 1.88 5.50 5.9 1898 CHI N 1899 CHI N 38 38 35 0 0 0 319.2 329 5 163 99 65 73 1 14 2 22 14 2.79 6.21 3.9 1899 CHI N 1900 CHI N 30 30 27 4 0 0 248 245 6 126 84 51 61 5 16 0 14 13 3.05 3.97 2.2 1900 CHI N 1901 CHI A Daily Splits 35 30 26 5 5 1 266.2 275 948i 4 114 79 50 67 17i 2 4 0 26i 12i 24 7 2.67 7.30 4.2 1901 CHI A 1902 CHI A Daily Splits 28 24 20 3 4 0 213 247 749i 11 117 99 47 51 12i 3 16 0 32i 6i 15 9 4.18 4.79 -1.3 1902 CHI A 1903 NY A Daily Splits 25 24 22 2 1 0 213 201 794i 3 92 64 33 69 18i 6 6 0 30i 11i 14 11 2.70 3.33 1.0 1903 NY A 1904 NY A Daily Splits 16 11 8 1 5 0 100.1 91 272i 3 40 32 16 36 4i 4 4 0 10i 5i 7 5 2.87 4.27 -0.2 1904 NY A 1905 NY A Daily Splits 25 7 4 2 17 1 101.2 82 133i 1 30 19 15 46 2i 3 1 0 5i 2i 9 6 1.68 3.14 1.8 1905 NY A 1906 NY A Daily Splits 17 2 1 0 15 2 59.2 58 35i 0 30 20 15 16 1i 3 4 1 3i 0i 2 2 3.02 6.00 -0.1 1906 NY A 1907 NY A Daily Splits 4 0 0 0 4 0 8.1 15 0 16 8 6 5 0i 0 0 0 0 0 8.64 - -0.3 1907 NY A 1909 CIN N Daily Splits 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 11 31 0 8 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6.00 1.00 -0.4 1909 CIN N 1912 WAS A Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 INF - -0.1 1912 WAS A 1913 WAS A Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 - 0.1 1913 WAS A 1914 WAS A Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 - 0.1 1914 WAS A Total NL ( 9 Years) 266 253 241 9 13 1 2194.2 2456 31 42 1257 830 519 576 1 36 116 2 0 0 152 97 3.40 6.16 22.6 Total NL Total AA ( 1 Year ) 34 21 15 0 13 2 226.1 242 11 155 94 73 88 9 20 0 14 9 3.74 7.52 0.5 Total AA Total AL (10 Years) 153 98 81 13 52 5 964.2 972 2938 23 440 322 182 291 54 21 35 1 106 36 71 40 3.00 5.05 5.2 Total AL Total (20 Years) Splits 453 372 337 22 78 8 3385.2 3670 2969 76 1852 1246 774 955 55 66 171 3 106 36 237 146 3.31 5.94 28.3 Total Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB SO SH WP HBP BK 2B 3B W L ERA RS PW Year Team
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Fielding Record Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1891 STL a P 27 8 45 4 1 .930 1891 BOS a P 7 2 5 2 0 .778 1891 BOS a OF 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 2 0 1 1891 TOT a P 34 10 50 6 1 .909 1893 CHI N P 4 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 1894 CHI N P 36 20 45 4 1 .942 1894 CHI N OF 7 7 1 3 0 0 .727 0 3 4 1894 CHI N SS 1 0 0 3 0 0 .000 1895 CHI N P 42 27 81 9 2 0 .923 1895 CHI N OF 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1 1896 CHI N P 36 20 79 9 3 0 .917 1897 CHI N P 41 23 85 6 3 0 .947 1897 CHI N SS 2 5 8 1 1 0 .929 1897 CHI N OF 2 0 0 2 0 0 .000 1 1 0 1897 CHI N 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1897 CHI N 3B 1 3 3 3 0 .667 1898 CHI N P 38 18 82 5 2 .952 1899 CHI N P 38 17 109 9 3 .933 1899 CHI N SS 1 1 1 2 0 0 .500 1900 CHI N P 30 9 57 6 0 .917 1901 CHI A Daily Splits P 35 30 26 266.2 9 78 5 3 0 0 29i 0 .946 1902 CHI A Daily Splits P 28 24 20 212.2 10 55 0 1 0 0 17i 0 1.000 1902 CHI A OF 3 1 1 8.2 3 0 0 0 0 1.000 2 0 1 1902 CHI A LF 2 1 1 8.2i 3 0 0 0 0 1.000 1902 CHI A RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1903 NY A Daily Splits P 25 24 22 213 8 50 1 1 0 0 23 0 .983 1904 NY A Daily Splits P 16 11 8 100.1 3 32 2 0 0 0 6i 0 .946 1905 NY A Daily Splits P 25 7 4 99.1 1 23 1 0 0 0 1i 0 .960 1905 NY A LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1905 NY A OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 1906 NY A Daily Splits P 17 2 1 61 1 23 0 2 0 0 0i 0 1.000 1907 NY A Daily Splits P 4 0 0 7.1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .800 1909 CIN N Daily Splits P 1 1 1 6 1 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.000 1912 WAS A Daily Splits P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1912 WAS A 2B 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1913 WAS A Daily Splits OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 1 1913 WAS A CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1913 WAS A RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1913 WAS A P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1914 WAS A Daily Splits P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Total (20 Years) Splits P 453 99i 82i 968.1i 179 863 64 22 0i 0i 80i 0i .942 Total ( 7 Years) OF 18 1i 1i 8.2i 13 2 5 0 0i .750 6 5 8 Total ( 3 Years) SS 4 6 9 6 1 0 .714 Total ( 2 Years) LF 3i 1i 1i 8.2i 3i 0i 0i 0i 0i 1.000 Total ( 2 Years) RF 2i 0i 0i 0i 0i 0i 0i 0i - Total ( 1 Year ) 2B 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 1 Year ) 3B 1 3 3 3 0 .667 Total ( 1 Year ) CF 1i 0i 0i 0i 0i 0i 0i 0i - Total ( 1 Year ) 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 - Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
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Managerial Record Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1901 CHI A 137 83 53 .610 819 631 1 1902 CHI A 138 74 60 .552 675 602 4 1903 NY A 136 72 62 .537 579 573 4 1904 NY A 155 92 59 .609 598 526 2 1905 NY A 152 71 78 .477 586 621 6 1906 NY A 155 90 61 .596 640 543 2 1907 NY A 152 70 78 .473 605 667 5 1908 NY A 57 24 32 .429 210 253 6-24 6 8 1909 CIN N 157 77 76 .503 607 601 4 1910 CIN N 156 75 79 .487 620 684 5 1911 CIN N 159 70 83 .458 682 706 6 1912 WAS A 154 91 61 .599 699 581 2 1913 WAS A 155 90 64 .584 596 562 2 1914 WAS A 158 81 73 .526 572 519 3 1915 WAS A 155 85 68 .556 569 491 4 1916 WAS A 159 76 77 .497 536 543 7 1917 WAS A 157 74 79 .484 544 566 5 1918 WAS A 130 72 56 .563 461 412 3 1919 WAS A 142 56 84 .400 533 570 7 1920 WAS A 153 68 84 .447 723 802 6 Total (20 Years) 2917 1491 1367 .522 11854 11453 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1891 AA Daily 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1894 NL Daily 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1895 NL Daily 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1903 AL Daily 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Total ( 4 Years) 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
Ejection Information As player: Date Team Umpire Reason 6-29-1895 CHI N Billy Stage Balls and strikes 5-24-1898 CHI N Tom Lynch Balls and strikes 8-13-1898 CHI N John Hunt Call at 3B 4-19-1899 CHI N Oyster Burns Balk call 6- 5-1899 CHI N Ed Swartwood Balls and strikes 8-27-1899 CHI N Tommy Connolly Call at 2B 5- 6-1903 BOX NY A Tommy Connolly Placement of runners As manager: Date Team Umpire Reason 5- 5-1901 BOX CHI A Tommy Connolly Balls and strikes 5- 8-1901 BOX CHI A Jack Sheridan Balls and strikes 6-12-1901 BOX CHI A Jack Sheridan Balls and strikes 6-18-1901 BOX CHI A Al Mannassau Call at HP 8- 3-1901 BOX CHI A Jack Sheridan Call at HP 8- 7-1901 BOX CHI A Jack Sheridan Call at 2B 8- 9-1901 BOX CHI A Jack Sheridan Interference call 5- 3-1902 BOX CHI A Bob Caruthers Call at HP 5-13-1902 BOX CHI A Jim Johnstone Call at 1B 5-29-1902 BOX CHI A Bob Caruthers Call at 1B 7- 7-1902 BOX CHI A Jack Sheridan Balls and strikes 7- 8-1902 BOX CHI A Jack Sheridan Call at 1B 8-15-1902 BOX CHI A Silk O'Loughlin Call at 2B 8-21-1902 BOX CHI A Jim Johnstone HBP non-call 9- 7-1902(2) BOX CHI A Bob Caruthers Catch/trap call 8- 8-1904 BOX NY A Silk O'Loughlin Balls and strikes 4-26-1905 BOX NY A Tommy Connolly Unknown reason 5- 9-1905 BOX NY A Tommy Connolly Balls and strikes 5-22-1905 BOX NY A Toss Kelly Call at HP 6- 9-1905 BOX NY A Silk O'Loughlin Call at HP Date Team Umpire Reason 8-25-1905 BOX NY A Jack Sheridan Bench jockeying 4-21-1906 BOX NY A Billy Evans Call at 3B (Bumped umpire) 5- 7-1906 BOX NY A Tim Hurst Fighting 5-29-1906 BOX NY A Silk O'Loughlin Bench jockeying 6-10-1906 BOX NY A Jack Sheridan Fair/foul call 8- 4-1906 BOX NY A Billy Evans Call at HP 8- 6-1906 BOX NY A Silk O'Loughlin Bench jockeying 8- 8-1906 BOX NY A Silk O'Loughlin Unknown reason 8-27-1906 BOX NY A Jack Sheridan Call at 1B 4-18-1907 BOX NY A Billy Evans Fair/foul call 5-18-1907 BOX NY A Silk O'Loughlin Bench jockeying 6- 4-1907 BOX NY A Jack Sheridan Call at 3B 9-26-1907 BOX NY A Jack Sheridan Unknown reason 4-16-1908 BOX NY A Tommy Connolly Not staying in coaches box 5- 4-1908 BOX NY A Tommy Connolly Interference call 5-16-1908 BOX NY A mpire,Unknown reason 6-24-1908 BOX NY A Jack Egan Call at 1B 5-13-1909 BOX CIN N Jim Johnstone Call at 2B 5-31-1909(2) BOX CIN N Cy Rigler Interference call 7- 3-1909(2) BOX CIN N Jim Johnstone Balls and strikes Date Team Umpire Reason 7-15-1909 BOX CIN N Jim Johnstone Call at 3B 7-17-1909 BOX CIN N Hank O'Day Call at HP 8-21-1909 BOX CIN N Cy Rigler Call at HP 9- 1-1909(1) BOX CIN N Hank O'Day Leaving dugout to help player catch foul 4-16-1910 BOX CIN N Hank O'Day Stalling 6-21-1910 BOX CIN N Cy Rigler Fair/foul call 6-27-1910 BOX CIN N Jim Johnstone Balk call 8- 9-1910(2) BOX CIN N Bill Klem Call at 1B 8-16-1910(1) BOX CIN N Hank O'Day Bench jockeying 8-20-1910 BOX CIN N Steve Kane Call at 1B 9- 5-1910(1) BOX CIN N Mal Eason Called third strike 9-29-1910 BOX CIN N Mal Eason Call at 1B 4-25-1911 BOX CIN N Hank O'Day Call at HP 7-19-1911 BOX CIN N Jim Johnstone Call at 2B 7-27-1911 BOX CIN N Jim Johnstone Bench jockeying 4-20-1912 BOX WAS A Silk O'Loughlin Bench jockeying (Threw bat) 7-10-1912 BOX WAS A Silk O'Loughlin Call at 2B 7-25-1912(2) BOX WAS A Billy Evans Fair/foul call 8- 4-1912 BOX WAS A Joe O'Brien Balls and strikes 8-22-1912 BOX WAS A Jack Egan Call at 3B Date Team Umpire Reason 9-14-1912 BOX WAS A Bob Hart Call at 1B 4-24-1913 BOX WAS A Bill Dinneen Call at 3B 5- 8-1913 BOX WAS A Billy Evans Balls and strikes 5-21-1913 BOX WAS A Silk O'Loughlin Bench jockeying 6-18-1913 BOX WAS A Bill Dinneen Call at 1B 6-28-1913 BOX WAS A Eugene McGreevy Call at 1B 7- 3-1913 BOX WAS A Eugene McGreevy Call at 3B (Appeal) 7-14-1913 BOX WAS A Eugene McGreevy Balls and strikes 6- 8-1914 BOX WAS A Silk O'Loughlin Call at HP 4-17-1915 BOX WAS A Billy Evans Warning about illegal delivery 5- 9-1915 BOX WAS A Dick Nallin Catch/trap call 5- 6-1916 BOX WAS A Dick Nallin Call at 3B 6-30-1916 BOX WAS A Brick Owens Intentional HBP non-call 6-15-1917 BOX WAS A Brick Owens Call at 3B 8- 8-1918 BOX WAS A Dick Nallin Balls and strikes 6-10-1919 BOX WAS A Dick Nallin Call at 1B 7- 1-1919 BOX WAS A Bill Dinneen Call at 1B 5-11-1920 BOX WAS A George Hildebrand Call at 2B
Transaction Information Released by St. Louis Browns (July, 1891). Signed by Boston Reds (@August, 1891). Signed by Chicago Colts (August, 1893).
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