Clark Griffith

Positions: Pitcher and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-6, 156lb (168cm, 70kg)

Born: November 20, 1869 in Clear Creek, MO us

Died: October 27, 1955 in Washington, DC

Buried: Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, MD

School: Illinois State University (Normal, IL)

Debut: April 11, 1891 (Age 21-142d, 1,588th in major league history)

Last Game: October 7, 1914 (Age 44-321d)
vs. BOS 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, Sv

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Pioneer/Executive in 1946. (Voted by Old Timers Committee)
Induction ceremony in Cooperstown held in 1947.
View Clark Griffith's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1891 season

Full Name: Clark Calvin Griffith

Nicknames: The Old Fox

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Relatives: Uncle of Sherry Robertson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

63.8

237

146

ERA

3.31

453

372

3385.2

955

WHIP

1.313

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 76 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 1 walk-off, 0 tying, 2 go ahead, 71 lacking some details

6 Tms
CHC	42
CHW	15
STL	8
NYY	7
BOS	3
WSH	1

Platoon
vs RHB	39
vs LHB	36
vs ?HB	1

Home/Road
Away	52
Home	24

Outs
Unk	61
0	6
1	5
2	4

20 Opps
WSH	10
BSN	9
STL	7
NYG	6
CIN	6
CKK	5
LOU	4
BLN	4
DET	3
BOS	3
CHW	3
PHA	2
CLV	2
PHA	2
NYY/BLA	2
PIT	2
WAS/WHS	2
PHI	2
COL	1
BRO	1

60 Batters
Ed Delahanty	4
Jimmy Barrett	3
George Davis	3
Herman Long	3
Charlie Ganzel	2
Danny Green	2
William Clarke	2
Frank Shugart	2
Billy Hamilton	2
Ducky Holmes	2
George Van Haltren	2
Myron Grimshaw	1
Jim Canavan	1
Bill Hallman	1
George Wood	1
Red Donahue	1
Billy Nash	1
Charlie Duffee	1
Frank Foreman	1
Cy Seymour	1
Socks Seybold	1
Jack Clements	1
Mike Kelley	1
Jimmy Ryan	1
Herm McFarland	1
Jack Doyle	1
Clarence Foster	1
King Kelly	1
Dad Clarkson	1
John McGraw	1
Dusty Miller	1
Dick Johnston	1
Joe Kelley	1
Jake Stahl	1
Hal Chase	1
Lou Criger	1
Art Whitney	1
Fred Pfeffer	1
Bug Holliday	1
Topsy Hartsel	1
Buck Freeman	1
Pink Hawley	1
Farmer Vaughn	1
Casey Patten	1
Charles Zimmer	1
Ed McKean	1
Hugh Duffy	1
Bill Coughlin	1
Ed McFarland	1
Fielder Jones	1
Morgan Murphy	1
Dick Harley	1
Kip Selbach	1
Shorty Fuller	1
Tuck Turner	1
Willard Mains	1
Ginger Beaumont	1
Ollie Smith	1
Germany Smith	1
Denny Lyons	1

21 Parks
WestSide Grd (CHI)	16
South End (BOS)	9
AmerLg Pk (WAS)	9
Hilltop Pk (NYC)	5
Polo Grnds 4 (NYC)	5
Robison Fld (STL)	4
Pendleton Pk (PEN)	4
SportsmanPk1 (STL)	3
League Pk (CIN)	3
Columbia Pk (PHI)	2
JefferStGrnd (PHI)	2
HuntingtonAv (BOS)	2
Boundary Fld (WAS)	2
SouthSide Pk (CHI)	2
Bennett Pk (DET)	2
SouthSidePk2 (CHI)	1
Eclipse Pk 2 (LOU)	1
CongressSt G (BOS)	1
Baker Bowl (PHI)	1
WashingtonPk (NYC)	1
Oriole Pk (BAL)	1

Where Hit

21 Inside the Park

1 Bounced

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	52
2·HR gms	7
3·HR gms	2
4·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
-23	1

123 Runs
RISP	1
2 on	1
Any on	1

Inning
1	6
2	4
3	7
4	9
5	7
6	9
7	16
8	13
9	5

1-3	17
4-6	25
7-end	34

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	1
-1	2
Unk	71

Ahead	3
Behind	2
Unk	71

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
CF	15
LF	11
RF	10
C	9
SS	9
1B	8
P	6
3B	6
2B	2

OrderPos
Unk	24
3rd	10
4th	10
5th	8
2nd	7
1st	6
8th	6
7th	2
9th	2
6th	1

Leverage
High Lev	1

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1891	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1891-05-02	King Kelly	CKK		STL		b 2			2	3	2
2	2	2	2	1891-05-02	Art Whitney	CKK		STL		b 6			1	8	5
3	3	3	3	1891-05-02	Jim Canavan	CKK		STL		b 8			3	4	6
4	4	4	4	1891-05-02	Willard Mains	CKK		STL		b 8			1		1
5	5	5	1	1891-05-19	George Wood	PHA		STL		b 7			1	4	7			IPHR
6	6	6	1	1891-06-23	Dick Johnston	CKK	@	STL		t 8			2	6	8
7	7	7	1	1891-07-07	Bill Hallman	PHA		STL		b 5			1		4			IPHR
8	8	8	1	1891-07-13	Frank Foreman	WAS		STL		b 7			1		1
9	9	9	1	1891-08-03	Denny Lyons	STL		BOS		b 6			1		5
10	10	10	2	1891-08-03	Shorty Fuller	STL		BOS		b 8			1	2	6			Bounced
11	11	11	1	1891-09-04	Charlie Duffee	COL	@	BOS		t 7			2		9
1893	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1893-09-07	Jack Clements	PHI	@	CHC		t 7			3	5	2
1894	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1894-06-09	George Van Haltren	NYG		CHC		b 7			1		8
14	14	2	1	1894-07-01	Charles Zimmer	CLV	@	CHC		b 7			2		2
15	15	3	1	1894-07-16	Fred Pfeffer	LOU	@	CHC		b 6			3	5	4
16	16	4	1	1894-07-22	Frank Shugart	STL		CHC		b 4			1	3	8			IPHR
17	17	5	1	1894-07-28	Farmer Vaughn	CIN		CHC		b 7			3	5	3
18	18	6	1	1894-07-29	Bug Holliday	CIN		CHC		b 5			2	3	7			IPHR
19	19	7	2	1894-07-29	Morgan Murphy	CIN		CHC		b 8			3	8	2
20	20	8	1	1894-08-04	Ollie Smith	LOU		CHC		t 6			1		9
21	21	9	1	1894-08-12	Ed McKean	CLV	@	CHC		b 1			1		6
22	22	10	1	1894-08-20	George Davis	NYG		CHC		b 1			2		5			IPHR
23	23	11	2	1894-08-20	George Van Haltren	NYG		CHC		b 3			1		8
24	24	12	1	1894-09-03 (1)	Billy Nash	BSN		CHC		t 2			1		5
1895	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1895-05-04	Frank Shugart	LOU	@	CHC		t 1			2	4	8
26	26	2	1	1895-06-01	Billy Hamilton	PHI		CHC		b 5			1	1	8			IPHR
27	27	3	1	1895-06-12	Hugh Duffy	BSN		CHC		b 5			1		8
28	28	4	1	1895-06-14	Charlie Ganzel	BSN		CHC		b 8			1	8	2
29	29	5	1	1895-07-04 (1)	Germany Smith	CIN	@	CHC		t 4			1		6			IPHR
30	30	6	2	1895-07-04 (1)	Dusty Miller	CIN	@	CHC		t 7			3	5	9
31	31	7	1	1895-07-14	John McGraw	BLN	@	CHC		t 5			2	1	5
32	32	8	2	1895-07-14	Joe Kelley	BLN	@	CHC		t 6			1	4	7
33	33	9	3	1895-07-14	Dad Clarkson	BLN	@	CHC		t 8			2	9	1
34	34	10	1	1895-08-15	Pink Hawley	PIT	@	CHC		t 6			1		1
35	35	11	1	1895-08-26	Kip Selbach	WHS		CHC		b 4			2		7
1896	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	1896-06-02	George Davis	NYG		CHC		b 6			1	2	5			IPHR
37	37	2	1	1896-08-28	Charlie Ganzel	BSN		CHC		b 2			1	7	2
38	38	3	1	1896-09-20	Ed McFarland	STL		CHC	behind 1-2	b 9	1		2	8	2			Walk-Off
1897	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1897-08-02 (1)	Red Donahue	STL	@	CHC		t 9			1		1			IPHR
40	40	2	1	1897-10-03 (1)	Dick Harley	STL		CHC		b 7			2	7	8
41	41	3	2	1897-10-03 (1)	Tuck Turner	STL		CHC		b 7			4	4	9			IPHR
1898	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	1898-05-30 (2)	Billy Hamilton	BSN		CHC		b 7			1		8
1899	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1899-05-20	Ducky Holmes	BLN	@	CHC		t 9			2	2	7
44	44	2	1	1899-07-11	Herman Long	BSN		CHC		b 2			1	4	6
45	45	3	1	1899-08-20 (2)	Mike Kelley	LOU	@	CHC		t 4			1		3
46	46	4	1	1899-08-28 (1)	Jack Doyle	NYG	@	CHC		t 3			2	3	3			IPHR
47	47	5	1	1899-09-12 (2)	Cy Seymour	NYG		CHC		b 5			1	5	3
1900	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
48	48	1	1	1900-05-03	Jimmy Barrett	CIN	@	CHC		t 4			3	1	9			IPHR
49	49	2	1	1900-06-04	Fielder Jones	BRO		CHC		b 3			2		8
50	50	3	1	1900-07-21	William Clarke	BSN		CHC		b 7			1	5	3
51	51	4	2	1900-07-21	Herman Long	BSN		CHC		b 8			1	2	6
52	52	5	1	1900-08-12	Ginger Beaumont	PIT	@	CHC		t 1	0		1	1	8			Lead-Off
53	53	6	1	1900-09-17 (1)	Herman Long	BSN		CHC		b 3			3		6
1901	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
54	54	1	1	1901-05-02	Jimmy Barrett	DET	@	CHW		t 1	1		1	2	8
55	55	2	1	1901-05-14	Ducky Holmes	DET		CHW		b 4			2	4	9			IPHR
56	56	3	1	1901-06-07	Clarence Foster	WSH		CHW		b 6	0		1	4	7
57	57	4	1	1901-08-20	Casey Patten	WSH		CHW		b 7			1	9	1
1902	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	1902-05-12	Jimmy Barrett	DET		CHW		b 4			1		8			IPHR
59	59	2	1	1902-05-30 (1)	Ed Delahanty	WSH		CHW		b 8			2	3	7
60	60	3	1	1902-06-02	William Clarke	WSH		CHW	ahead 6-0	b 3	2		2	8	2
61	61	4	2	1902-06-02	Bill Coughlin	WSH		CHW	ahead 5-0	b 3	1		1	5	6
62	62	5	3	1902-06-02	Ed Delahanty	WSH		CHW	ahead 3-0	b 3	0		2	3	7			IPHR
63	63	6	1	1902-06-05	Topsy Hartsel	PHA		CHW		b 1	0		1	1	7			Lead-Off
64	64	7	1	1902-07-15	Socks Seybold	PHA		CHW		b 7	2		3	5	9
65	65	8	1	1902-07-26	Ed Delahanty	WSH		CHW		b 9	2		1	3	7
66	66	9	2	1902-07-26	Jimmy Ryan	WSH		CHW		b 9	1		2	1	8
67	67	10	1	1902-08-22	Ed Delahanty	WSH		CHW		b 6			1	3	7
68	68	11	1	1902-08-25	Herm McFarland	BLA		CHW		b 4			2		8
1903	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
69	69	1	1	1903-06-03	Buck Freeman	BOS	@	NYY		t 8	0		2	4	9
70	70	2	1	1903-07-28	Lou Criger	BOS		NYY		b 7			1	8	2			IPHR
71	71	3	1	1903-08-23 (1)	Danny Green	CHW		NYY		b 4	0		1	4	9
1904	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
72	72	1	1	1904-05-23	George Davis	CHW	@	NYY		t 7			1	3	6			IPHR
73	73	2	1	1904-07-21	Danny Green	CHW	@	NYY		t 8			1	2	9			IPHR
74	74	3	1	1904-09-17	Jake Stahl	WSH	@	NYY		t 5	2		2	3	3			IPHR
1905	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
75	75	1	1	1905-05-06	Myron Grimshaw	BOS		NYY		b 8			2		3			IPHR
1912	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
76	76	1	1	1912-10-05	Hal Chase	NYY		WSH	behind 5-6	b 8	1	-23	3	2	3	37%	93%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF; A. Schulz Scores; E. Midkiff Scores

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