Clark Griffith
Clark Calvin Griffith
Born: November 20, 1869
Clear Creek, MO USA
Deceased: 1955
Washington, DC USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, RF, CF, LF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 156
College: Illinois State University
Career: 1891-1914
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946.
Minor League Statistics
Clark Griffith compiled a career record of 237 wins and 146 losses in his 485-game career with the St. Louis Browns, Boston Reds, Chicago Colts, Chicago Orphans, Chicago White Sox, New York Highlanders, Cincinnati Reds and Washington Senators. He began playing during the 1891 season and last took the field during the 1914 campaign. Griffith was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946.
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Chicago Orphans |
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 New York Highlanders |
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Pitching:
| Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 | AA | St. Louis Browns | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.33 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 186.3 | 195 | 122 | 69 | 8 | 58 | 0 | 68 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 822 |
| 1891 | AA | Boston Reds | 3 | 1 | .750 | 5.63 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 47 | 33 | 25 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 186 |
| 1893 | NL | Chicago Colts | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.03 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19.7 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 88 |
| 1894 | NL | Chicago Colts | 21 | 14 | .600 | 4.92 | 36 | 30 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 261.3 | 328 | 193 | 143 | 12 | 85 | 0 | 71 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1180 |
| 1895 | NL | Chicago Colts | 26 | 14 | .650 | 3.93 | 42 | 41 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 353.0 | 434 | 228 | 154 | 11 | 91 | 0 | 79 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 1570 |
| 1896 | NL | Chicago Colts | 23 | 11 | .676 | 3.54 | 36 | 35 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 317.7 | 370 | 189 | 125 | 3 | 70 | 0 | 81 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1364 |
| 1897 | NL | Chicago Colts | 21 | 18 | .538 | 3.72 | 41 | 38 | 3 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 343.7 | 410 | 231 | 142 | 3 | 86 | 0 | 102 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 1500 |
| 1898 | NL | Chicago Orphans | 24 | 10 | .706 | 1.88 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 325.7 | 305 | 105 | 68 | 1 | 64 | 0 | 97 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 1323 |
| 1899 | NL | Chicago Orphans | 22 | 14 | .611 | 2.79 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 319.7 | 329 | 163 | 99 | 5 | 65 | 0 | 73 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1317 |
| 1900 | NL | Chicago Orphans | 14 | 13 | .519 | 3.05 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 248.0 | 245 | 126 | 84 | 6 | 51 | 0 | 61 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 1018 |
| 1901 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 24 | 7 | .774 | 2.67 | 35 | 30 | 5 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 266.7 | 275 | 114 | 79 | 4 | 50 | 0 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1099 |
| 1902 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 15 | 9 | .625 | 4.18 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 213.0 | 247 | 117 | 99 | 11 | 47 | 0 | 51 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 914 |
| 1903 | AL | New York Highlanders | 14 | 11 | .560 | 2.70 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 213.0 | 201 | 92 | 64 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 69 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 847 |
| 1904 | AL | New York Highlanders | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.87 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 100.3 | 91 | 40 | 32 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 395 |
| 1905 | AL | New York Highlanders | 9 | 6 | .600 | 1.68 | 25 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 101.7 | 82 | 30 | 19 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 384 |
| 1906 | AL | New York Highlanders | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.02 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 59.7 | 58 | 30 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 244 |
| 1907 | AL | New York Highlanders | 0 | 0 | 8.64 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | |
| 1909 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 1912 | AL | Washington Senators | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1913 | AL | Washington Senators | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1914 | AL | Washington Senators | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Totals | 237 | 146 | .619 | 3.31 | 453 | 372 | 78 | 337 | 22 | 8 | 3385.7 | 3670 | 1852 | 1246 | 76 | 774 | 0 | 955 | 171 | 3 | 66 | 14335 |
Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 | AA | St. Louis Browns | 27 | 87 | 77 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 15 | .156 | .253 | .208 | .461 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1891 | AA | Boston Reds | 10 | 30 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | .174 | .367 | .435 | .801 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1893 | NL | Chicago Colts | 4 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1894 | NL | Chicago Colts | 46 | 165 | 142 | 27 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 9 | .232 | .339 | .324 | .663 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1895 | NL | Chicago Colts | 43 | 163 | 144 | 20 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 9 | .319 | .391 | .361 | .752 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1896 | NL | Chicago Colts | 38 | 146 | 135 | 22 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | .267 | .313 | .356 | .668 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1897 | NL | Chicago Colts | 46 | 183 | 162 | 27 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 8 | .235 | .311 | .333 | .644 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1898 | NL | Chicago Orphans | 38 | 137 | 122 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | .164 | .244 | .230 | .474 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1899 | NL | Chicago Orphans | 39 | 140 | 120 | 15 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 9 | .258 | .346 | .300 | .646 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1900 | NL | Chicago Orphans | 30 | 104 | 95 | 16 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | .253 | .311 | .347 | .658 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1901 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 35 | 115 | 89 | 21 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5 | .303 | .446 | .427 | .873 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1902 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 35 | 102 | 92 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | .217 | .273 | .250 | .523 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1903 | AL | New York Highlanders | 25 | 83 | 69 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 13 | .159 | .284 | .261 | .545 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1904 | AL | New York Highlanders | 16 | 47 | 42 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .143 | .217 | .190 | .408 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1905 | AL | New York Highlanders | 26 | 37 | 32 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .219 | .286 | .313 | .598 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1906 | AL | New York Highlanders | 17 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .111 | .238 | .111 | .349 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1907 | AL | New York Highlanders | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1909 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1910 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1912 | AL | Washington Senators | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1913 | AL | Washington Senators | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914 | AL | Washington Senators | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 485 | 1580 | 1380 | 202 | 321 | 49 | 17 | 8 | 166 | 22 | 1 | 166 | 126 | .233 | .318 | .310 | .628 | 428 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 | AA | St. Louis Browns | P | 27 | 0 | 186.0 | 8 | 45 | 4 | 1 | .930 | 2.565 | 1.963 |
| 1891 | AA | Boston Reds | P | 7 | 0 | 40.0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 1.575 | 1.000 |
| 1891 | AA | Boston Reds | OF | 3 | 0 | 15.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 1.000 |
| 1893 | NL | Chicago Colts | P | 4 | 0 | 20.0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.600 | 2.000 |
| 1894 | NL | Chicago Colts | P | 36 | 0 | 261.0 | 20 | 45 | 4 | 1 | .942 | 2.241 | 1.806 |
| 1894 | NL | Chicago Colts | OF | 7 | 0 | 37.0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .727 | 1.946 | 1.143 |
| 1894 | NL | Chicago Colts | SS | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1895 | NL | Chicago Colts | P | 42 | 0 | 353.0 | 27 | 81 | 9 | 2 | .923 | 2.754 | 2.571 |
| 1895 | NL | Chicago Colts | OF | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 1.000 |
| 1896 | NL | Chicago Colts | P | 36 | 0 | 318.0 | 20 | 79 | 9 | 3 | .917 | 2.802 | 2.750 |
| 1897 | NL | Chicago Colts | P | 41 | 0 | 344.0 | 23 | 85 | 6 | 3 | .947 | 2.826 | 2.634 |
| 1897 | NL | Chicago Colts | SS | 2 | 0 | 18.0 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 6.500 | 6.500 |
| 1897 | NL | Chicago Colts | 3B | 1 | 0 | 15.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .667 | 3.600 | 6.000 |
| 1897 | NL | Chicago Colts | OF | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1897 | NL | Chicago Colts | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 1898 | NL | Chicago Orphans | P | 38 | 0 | 326.0 | 18 | 82 | 5 | 2 | .952 | 2.761 | 2.632 |
| 1899 | NL | Chicago Orphans | P | 38 | 0 | 320.0 | 17 | 109 | 9 | 3 | .933 | 3.544 | 3.316 |
| 1899 | NL | Chicago Orphans | SS | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 3.600 | 2.000 |
| 1900 | NL | Chicago Orphans | P | 30 | 0 | 248.0 | 9 | 57 | 6 | 0 | .917 | 2.395 | 2.200 |
| 1901 | AL | Chicago White Sox | P | 35 | 0 | 267.0 | 9 | 78 | 5 | 3 | .946 | 2.933 | 2.486 |
| 1902 | AL | Chicago White Sox | P | 28 | 0 | 213.0 | 10 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.746 | 2.321 |
| 1902 | AL | Chicago White Sox | OF | 3 | 0 | 13.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.077 | 1.000 |
| 1903 | AL | New York Highlanders | P | 25 | 0 | 213.0 | 8 | 50 | 1 | 1 | .983 | 2.451 | 2.320 |
| 1904 | AL | New York Highlanders | P | 16 | 11 | 100.0 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 0 | .946 | 3.150 | 2.188 |
| 1905 | AL | New York Highlanders | P | 25 | 7 | 102.0 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 2.118 | .960 |
| 1905 | AL | New York Highlanders | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 1906 | AL | New York Highlanders | P | 17 | 2 | 60.0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.600 | 1.412 |
| 1907 | AL | New York Highlanders | P | 4 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.500 | 1.000 |
| 1909 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | P | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.500 | 5.000 |
| 1912 | AL | Washington Senators | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | |
| 1912 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| 1913 | AL | Washington Senators | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| 1913 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| 1914 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| Totals | 478 | 21 | 3509.0 | 201 | 879 | 78 | 23 | .933 | 2.770 | 2.259 |
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