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Clark Griffith

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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Discrepancies
                           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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