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This day in baseball · September 16, 1871: the New York Mutuals visited the Boston Red Stockings at South End Grounds I. Boston Red Stockings 9, New York Mutuals 7. W1871 in baseball↗

From the vault · October 15, 2008 · 2008 NLCS, Game 5: The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5–1 at Dodger Stadium to win the NL pennant, 4 games to 1. ▶ Video ↗

Clark GriffithWWikipedia↗

Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1869-11-20 · Played 1891–1914 · College: Illinois State University (1887) · Career WAR 63.3 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1891	SL4	AA	27		77	11	12	1	0	1	8	2		8	15	.156	.253	.208	.461	0.0
1891	BS2	AA	10		23	6	4	1	1	1	3	1		6	5	.174	.367	.435	.802
1893	CHN	NL	4		11	1	2	0	0	0	2	0		0	1	.182	.182	.182	.364	-0.1
1894	CHN	NL	46		142	27	33	5	4	0	15	6		23	9	.232	.339	.324	.663	-0.3
1895	CHN	NL	43		144	20	46	3	0	1	27	2		16	9	.319	.391	.361	.752	0.7
1896	CHN	NL	38		135	22	36	5	2	1	16	3		9	7	.267	.312	.356	.668	0.3
1897	CHN	NL	46		162	27	38	8	4	0	21	2		18	8	.235	.311	.333	.644	0.3
1898	CHN	NL	38		122	15	20	2	3	0	15	1		13	6	.164	.244	.230	.474	-0.2
1899	CHN	NL	39		120	15	31	5	0	0	14	2		14	9	.258	.346	.300	.646	0.5
1900	CHN	NL	30		95	16	24	4	1	1	7	2		8	7	.253	.311	.347	.658	0.5
1901	CHA	AL	35		89	21	27	3	1	2	14	0		23	5	.303	.446	.427	.873	1.5
1902	CHA	AL	35		92	11	20	3	0	0	8	0		7	4	.217	.273	.250	.523	0.1
1903	NYA	AL	25		69	5	11	4	0	1	7	1		11	13	.159	.284	.261	.545	0.3
1904	NYA	AL	16		42	2	6	2	0	0	1	0		4	13	.143	.217	.190	.407	-0.1
1905	NYA	AL	26		32	2	7	1	1	0	5	0		3	11	.219	.286	.312	.598	0.2
1906	NYA	AL	17		18	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		3	4	.111	.238	.111	.349	-0.1
1907	NYA	AL	5		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
1909	CIN	NL	1		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1910	CIN	NL	1		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0					0.0
1912	WS1	AL	1		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1913	WS1	AL	1		1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	0.1
1914	WS1	AL	1		1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	0.1
Total			485		1380	202	321	49	17	8	166	22	1	166	126	.233	.315	.310	.625	3.7

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1891	SL4	AA	11	8	27	17	12	0	2	186.1	195	69	8	58	68	3.33	1.358	0.8
1891	BS2	AA	3	1	7	4	3	0	0	40.0	47	25	3	15	20	5.63	1.550
1893	CHN	NL	1	2	4	2	2	0	0	19.2	24	11	1	5	9	5.03	1.475	0.3
1894	CHN	NL	21	14	36	30	28	0	0	261.1	328	143	12	85	71	4.92	1.580	6.2
1895	CHN	NL	26	14	42	41	39	0	0	353.0	434	154	11	91	79	3.93	1.487	8.6
1896	CHN	NL	23	11	36	35	35	0	0	317.2	370	125	3	70	81	3.54	1.385	6.1
1897	CHN	NL	21	18	41	38	38	1	1	343.2	410	142	3	86	102	3.72	1.443	4.6
1898	CHN	NL	24	10	38	38	36	4	0	325.2	305	68	1	64	97	1.88	1.133	10.5
1899	CHN	NL	22	14	38	38	35	0	0	319.2	329	99	5	65	73	2.79	1.233	4.0
1900	CHN	NL	14	13	30	30	27	4	0	248.0	245	84	6	51	61	3.05	1.194	4.6
1901	CHA	AL	24	7	35	30	26	5	1	266.2	275	79	4	50	67	2.67	1.219	5.7
1902	CHA	AL	15	9	28	24	20	3	0	213.0	247	99	11	47	51	4.18	1.380	1.0
1903	NYA	AL	14	11	25	24	22	2	0	213.0	201	64	3	33	69	2.70	1.099	3.4
1904	NYA	AL	7	5	16	11	8	1	0	100.1	91	32	3	16	36	2.87	1.066	0.7
1905	NYA	AL	9	6	25	7	4	2	1	101.2	82	19	1	15	46	1.68	.954	3.4
1906	NYA	AL	2	2	17	2	1	0	2	59.2	58	20	0	15	16	3.02	1.223	0.8
1907	NYA	AL	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	8.1	15	8	0	6	5	8.64	2.520	-1.0
1909	CIN	NL	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	6.0	11	4	0	2	3	6.00	2.167	-0.3
1912	WS1	AL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	1	0	0			0.0
1913	WS1	AL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.000	0.1
1914	WS1	AL	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0.00	1.000	0.1
Total			237	146	453	372	337	22	8	3385.2	3670	1246	76	774	955	3.31	1.313	59.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1891	SL4	AA	P	27		186.0	8	45	4	1
1891	BS2	AA	OF	3		15.0	2	1	0	0
1891	BS2	AA	P	7		40.0	2	5	2	0
1893	CHN	NL	P	4		20.0	2	6	0	0
1894	CHN	NL	OF	7		37.0	7	1	3	0
1894	CHN	NL	P	36		261.0	20	45	4	1
1894	CHN	NL	SS	1		4.0	0	0	3	0
1895	CHN	NL	OF	1		5.0	1	0	0	0
1895	CHN	NL	P	42		353.0	27	81	9	2
1896	CHN	NL	P	36		318.0	20	79	9	3
1897	CHN	NL	1B	1		2.0	0	0	0	0
1897	CHN	NL	3B	1		15.0	3	3	3	0
1897	CHN	NL	OF	2		8.0	0	0	2	0
1897	CHN	NL	P	41		344.0	23	85	6	3
1897	CHN	NL	SS	2		18.0	5	8	1	1
1898	CHN	NL	P	38		326.0	18	82	5	2
1899	CHN	NL	P	38		320.0	17	109	9	3
1899	CHN	NL	SS	1		5.0	1	1	2	0
1900	CHN	NL	P	30		248.0	9	57	6	0
1901	CHA	AL	P	35		267.0	9	78	5	3
1902	CHA	AL	OF	3		13.0	3	0	0	0
1902	CHA	AL	P	28		213.0	10	55	0	1
1903	NYA	AL	P	25		213.0	8	50	1	1
1904	NYA	AL	P	16	11	100.0	3	32	2	0
1905	NYA	AL	OF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
1905	NYA	AL	P	25	7	102.0	1	23	1	0
1906	NYA	AL	P	17	2	60.0	1	23	0	2
1907	NYA	AL	P	4	0	8.0	0	4	1	0
1909	CIN	NL	P	1	1	6.0	1	4	0	0
1912	WS1	AL	2B	1			0	2	0	0
1912	WS1	AL	P	1			0	0	0	0
1913	WS1	AL	OF	1			0	0	0	0
1913	WS1	AL	P	1			0	0	0	0
1914	WS1	AL	P	1			0	0	0	0
Total				478	21	3509.0	201	879	78	23

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1937	BBWAA	4	151	No
1938	BBWAA	10	197	No
1939	BBWAA	20	206	No
1942	BBWAA	71	175	No
1945	BBWAA	108	186	No
1946	Final Ballot	82	198	No
1946	Nominating Vote	73		No
1946	Old Timers			Yes

Ejections (11)

Date	As	Reason
1914-06-08	Manager	Call at HP
1915-04-17	Manager	Warning about illegal delivery
1915-05-09	Manager	Catch/trap call
1916-05-06	Manager	Call at 3B
1916-06-30	Manager	Fighting
1916-08-06	Manager	Balk non-call
1917-06-15	Manager	Call at 3B
1918-08-08	Manager	Balls and strikes
1919-06-10	Manager	Call at 1B
1919-07-01	Manager	Call at 1B
1920-05-11	Manager	Call at 2B