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Doug Griffin
Douglas Lee Griffin

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

Debut September 11, 1970
  vs. MIL 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game June 2, 1977
Born June 4, 1947 in South Gate, CA

Drafted by the California Angels in the 21st round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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        As a no-hit, good glove Little Leaguer, Doug was my role model and I had his autographed photo. Until I lost it.

Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1970 23 CAL AL  18   55    2    7   1  0   0    4   0  0   6   5  .127  .213  .145    3    8   1   0   1   0   3
 1971 24 BOS AL 125  483   51  118  23  2   3   27  11  5  31  45  .244  .291  .319   68  154   7   3   3   2  12 RoY-4
 1972 25 BOS AL 129  470   43  122  12  1   2   35   9  2  45  48  .260  .325  .302   83  142  15   3   6   2   7
 1973 26 BOS AL 113  396   43  101  14  5   1   33   7  5  21  42  .255  .293  .323   70  128  13   6   0   3  12
 1974 27 BOS AL  93  312   35   83  12  4   0   33   2  8  28  21  .266  .329  .330   85  103   6   1   3   2   7
 1975 28 BOS AL 100  287   21   69   6  0   1   29   2  2  18  29  .240  .288  .272   53   78   7   2   0   2   8
 1976 29 BOS AL  49  127   14   24   2  0   0    4   2  1   9  14  .189  .248  .205   28   26   4   0   0   1   4
 1977 30 BOS AL   5    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      632 2136  209  524  70 12   7  165  33 23 158 204  .245  .299  .299   68  639  53  15  13  12  54
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        548   54  134  18  3   2   42   8  6  41  52  .245  .299  .299   68  164  14   4   3   3  14
 Career High    129  483   51  122  23  5   3   35  11  8  45  48  .266  .329  .330   85  154  15   6   6   3  12
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1970 23 CAL AL   62   52    2   1.0    94| .127  .253| .213  .327| .145  .387| .358  .713|   3  .068  -7.2  -0.8   0%
 1971 24 BOS AL  526  392   44   3.0    99| .244  .264| .291  .337| .319  .392| .610  .729|  68  .371 -21.8  -2.3  68%
 1972 25 BOS AL  535  375   50   3.6    88| .260  .253| .325  .323| .302  .365| .627  .688|  83  .494  -9.2  -1.0  81%
 1973 26 BOS AL  439  331   36   2.9    98| .255  .266| .293  .336| .323  .391| .616  .727|  70  .326 -17.0  -1.7  58%
 1974 27 BOS AL  349  251   32   3.4    95| .266  .267| .329  .333| .330  .384| .659  .717|  85  .416  -6.3  -0.7  20%
 1975 28 BOS AL  316  237   22   2.5   101| .240  .269| .288  .341| .272  .395| .560  .736|  53  .270 -18.9  -2.0  50%
 1976 29 BOS AL  141  112    7   1.7    96| .189  .270| .248  .336| .205  .381| .453  .717|  28  .171 -12.4  -1.3  66%
 1977 30 BOS AL    6    7    0   0.0   110| .000  .281| .000  .347| .000  .427| .000  .774|-100  .000  -1.8  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      2374 1757  193   3.0    96| .245  .263| .299  .333| .299  .385| .598  .718|  68  .359 -94.7 -10.0  58%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1970 23 CAL AL 2B 11 21 33 2 9 .964 .978 4.91 4.64 5.34 5.35 10 91.0 3B 8 3 9 0 0 1.000 .952 1.50 2.67 1.93 3.07 7 56.0 1971 24 BOS AL 2B 124 311 344 9 90 .986 .980 5.28 4.76 5.39 5.31 124 1092.7 1972 25 BOS AL 2B 129 321 331 15 81 .978 .977 5.05 4.42 5.13 5.17 129 1144.7 GG 1973 26 BOS AL 2B 113 294 284 6 77 .990 .980 5.12 4.67 5.25 5.44 113 991.3 1974 27 BOS AL 2B 91 178 242 9 53 .979 .975 4.62 4.56 4.85 5.37 89 780.0 SS 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 .968 3.00 4.20 27.00 5.40 0 1.0 1975 28 BOS AL 2B 99 195 215 14 45 .967 .975 4.14 4.73 5.13 5.40 78 718.7 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.10 0.00 4.80 0 3.0 1976 29 BOS AL 2B 44 77 98 2 15 .989 .975 3.98 4.64 4.68 5.40 37 336.3 DH 2 1977 30 BOS AL 2B 3 2 4 0 1 1.000 .984 2.00 4.77 4.91 5.40 1 11.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1970 23 CAL AL 2B 11 21 33 2 9 .964 .978 4.91 4.64 5.34 5.35 10 91.0 1971 24 BOS AL 2B 124 311 344 9 90 .986 .980 5.28 4.76 5.39 5.31 124 1092.7 1972 25 BOS AL 2B 129 321 331 15 81 .978 .977 5.05 4.42 5.13 5.17 129 1144.7 1973 26 BOS AL 2B 113 294 284 6 77 .990 .980 5.12 4.67 5.25 5.44 113 991.3 1974 27 BOS AL 2B 91 178 242 9 53 .979 .975 4.62 4.56 4.85 5.37 89 780.0 1975 28 BOS AL 2B 99 195 215 14 45 .967 .975 4.14 4.73 5.13 5.40 78 718.7 1976 29 BOS AL 2B 44 77 98 2 15 .989 .975 3.98 4.64 4.68 5.40 37 336.3 1977 30 BOS AL 2B 3 2 4 0 1 1.000 .984 2.00 4.77 4.91 5.40 1 11.0 1970 23 CAL AL 3B 8 3 9 0 0 1.000 .952 1.50 2.67 1.93 3.07 7 56.0 1976 29 BOS AL DH 2 1974 27 BOS AL SS 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 .968 3.00 4.20 27.00 5.40 0 1.0 1975 28 BOS AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.10 0.00 4.80 0 3.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 614 1399 1551 57 371 .981 .978 4.80 4.63 5.14 5.33 581 5165.7 3B* 8 3 9 0 0 1.000 .952 1.50 2.67 1.93 3.07 7 56.0 SS* 2 2 1 0 1 1.000 .968 1.50 4.15 6.75 4.95 0 4.0 DH 2 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 624 1404 1561 57 372 .981 .977 4.75 4.60 5.11 5.31 588 5226
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1975   WS    BOS CIN     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Gold Gloves
1972-AL--2B

Sac. Hits
1972 AL-15-3
1973 AL-13-3

Sac. Flies
1973 AL-6-10

HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.0 (1472) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 8, 1965: Drafted by the California Angels in the 21st round of the 1965 amateur draft.

October 11, 1970: Traded by the California Angels with Jarvis Tatum and Ken Tatum to the Boston Red Sox for Tony Conigliaro, Ray Jarvis, and Jerry Moses.

June 21, 1977: Released by the Boston Red Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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