Tom Griffin

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Full Name: Thomas James Griffin	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/210	First Game: April 10, 1969
Birthdate: February 22, 1948	Final Game: May 11, 1982
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California	MLB Experience: 14 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on February 22, 1948 in Los Angeles, California, Tom Griffin (Thomas James Griffin) played for the Houston Astros, San Diego Padres, California Angels, San Francisco Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 14 year career. Griffin broke into the bigs on April 10, 1969 with the Houston Astros, and put up a 3.54 ERA in 188.1 innings pitched in 1969, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Tom Griffin's best season was 1969, when he posted a 3.54 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 200 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1969	HOU	N	31	31	11	10	3.54	200	80	74	6	3	0	188.1	156	19	93	4	6	7
1970	HOU	N	23	20	3	13	5.74	72	72	71	2	1	0	111.1	118	9	72	1	13	3
1971	HOU	N	10	6	0	6	4.78	29	22	20	0	0	0	37.2	44	4	20	1	4	2
1972	HOU	N	39	5	5	4	3.24	83	39	34	1	1	3	94.1	92	7	38	5	5	3
1973	HOU	N	25	12	4	6	4.15	69	51	46	4	0	0	99.2	83	10	46	6	5	2
1974	HOU	N	34	34	14	10	3.54	110	97	83	8	3	0	211	202	14	89	7	11	5
1975	HOU	N	17	13	3	8	5.33	56	52	47	3	1	0	79.1	89	11	46	5	8	2
1976	SD	N	11	11	4	3	2.94	36	27	23	2	0	0	70.1	56	0	42	1	6	1
1976	HOU	N	20	2	5	3	6.05	33	29	28	0	0	0	41.2	44	4	37	2	3	1
1976	TOT	N	31	13	9	6	4.10	69	56	51	2	0	0	112	100	4	79	3	9	2
1977	SD	N	38	20	6	9	4.46	79	88	75	0	0	0	151.1	144	17	88	8	4	5
1978	CAL	A	24	4	3	4	4.02	35	39	25	0	0	0	56	63	8	31	2	2	1
1979	SF	N	59	3	5	6	3.91	82	46	41	0	0	2	94.1	83	9	46	8	5	4
1980	SF	N	42	4	5	1	2.76	79	35	33	0	0	0	107.2	80	8	49	6	4	8
1981	SF	N	22	22	8	8	3.76	83	62	54	3	1	0	129.1	121	8	57	8	5	7
1982	PIT	N	6	4	1	3	8.87	8	23	22	0	0	0	22.1	32	5	15	2	0	1
Total	NL		377	187	74	90	4.07	1019	723	651	29	10	5	1438.2	1344	125	738	64	79	51
Total	AL		24	4	3	4	4.02	35	39	25	0	0	0	56	63	8	31	2	2	1
Total			401	191	77	94	4.07	1054	762	676	29	10	5	1494.2	1407	133	769	66	81	52

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1969	HOU	N	P	31	31	188.1	8	16	2	1	0	0	8	8	1	.923
1970	HOU	N	P	23	20	111.1	8	10	1	0	0	0	13	4	1	.947
1971	HOU	N	P	10	6	37.2	0	10	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1.000
1972	HOU	N	P	39	5	94.1	3	11	2	0	0	1	6	2	1	.875
1973	HOU	N	P	25	12	100	7	14	0	0	0	2	6	9	2	1.000
1974	HOU	N	P	34	34	211	19	35	8	2	0	2	23	5	1	.871
1975	HOU	N	P	17	13	79.1	5	14	1	2	0	0	14	2	0	.950
1976	SD	N	P	11	11	70.1	4	10	2	0	0	0	9	5	0	.875
1976	HOU	N	P	20	2	41.2	2	6	1	1	0	1	5	1	0	.889
1976	TOT	N	P	31	13	112	6	16	3	1	0	1	14	6	0	.880
1977	SD	N	P	38	20	151.1	6	16	3	2	0	2	12	10	2	.880
1978	CAL	A	P	24	4	56	3	12	2	0	0	2	4	2	1	.882
1979	SF	N	P	59	3	94.1	5	19	1	1	0	1	13	8	3	.960
1980	SF	N	P	42	4	107.2	6	17	0	1	0	1	10	7	1	1.000
1981	SF	N	P	22	22	129.1	9	29	3	0	0	0	25	6	3	.927
1982	PIT	N	P	6	4	22.1	0	6	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	.857
Total			P	401	191	1495	85	225	27	10	0	13	157	71	16	.920

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1969	HOU	N	31	62	6	9	2	8	.145	.203	.258	1	0	5	35	0	4	0	0	1
1970	HOU	N	23	33	1	2	0	1	.061	.088	.091	1	0	1	13	0	4	0	0	0
1971	HOU	N	10	9	0	1	0	0	.111	.200	.111	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	2
1972	HOU	N	39	25	3	7	1	2	.280	.280	.520	3	0	0	9	0	3	0	0	1
1973	HOU	N	25	28	1	3	1	1	.107	.138	.286	2	0	0	9	1	4	0	0	1
1974	HOU	N	37	68	11	20	2	8	.294	.324	.456	5	0	2	24	1	9	0	0	1
1975	HOU	N	17	22	2	3	0	0	.136	.174	.136	0	0	1	6	0	2	0	0	1
1976	SD	N	12	26	2	2	0	0	.077	.077	.077	0	0	0	7	0	3	0	0	0
1976	HOU	N	20	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0
1976	TOT	N	32	31	2	2	0	0	.065	.094	.065	0	0	1	9	0	4	0	0	0
1977	SD	N	39	45	2	6	2	4	.133	.130	.333	3	0	0	23	0	3	0	0	0
1978	CAL	A	24	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	SF	N	59	14	1	1	0	0	.071	.071	.071	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0
1980	SF	N	44	18	1	2	1	1	.111	.111	.278	0	0	0	7	0	2	0	0	0
1981	SF	N	22	41	1	8	1	5	.195	.227	.293	1	0	2	12	0	6	0	0	1
1982	PIT	N	6	9	0	2	0	2	.222	.222	.222	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		384	405	31	66	10	32	.163	.191	.277	16	0	13	158	2	42	0	0	8
Total	AL		24	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			408	405	31	66	10	32	.163	.191	.277	16	0	13	158	2	42	0	0	8

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Houston Astros in the 1st round (4th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (January 29, 1966).
Claimed on waivers by San Diego Padres from Houston Astros (August 3, 1976).
Granted free agency (October 28, 1977).
Signed by California Angels (January 27, 1978).
Released by California Angels (November 2, 1978).
Signed by San Francisco Giants (April 4, 1979).
Traded by San Francisco Giants to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Doe Boyland (December 11, 1981).
Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (May 15, 1982).

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