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Historical player · 1891–1914

Clark Griffith

B/T R/R · HT 66 · WT 156 · Born 11/20/1869 · From Clear Creek, MO USA · Debut 1891-04-11 · Final 1914-10-07

Career · batting

485

1,380

321

RBI

166

AVG/OPS

0.233 · 0.628

Career · pitching

453

372

3,385.7

W-L

237-146

955

ERA

3.31

WHIP

1.31

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Chicago Orphans · 1893–1900

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#507 on the Orphans

↑ 1 J. Amalfitano

↓ 1 J. Young

Hits

230

#223 on the Orphans

↑ 4 P. Crow-Armstrong

↓ 2 R. Cedeno

RBI

117

#191 on the Orphans

↑ 2 J. Peters

↓ 1 L. Valbuena

#188 on the Orphans

↑ 1 C. Coghlan

↓ 1 J. Barry

Runs

143

#183 on the Orphans

↑ 1 A. Gonzalez

↓ 1 R. Barnes

101

#171 on the Orphans

↑ 2 E. Bouchee

↓ 1 L. Gonzalez

Career with the Chicago White Sox · 1901–1902

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#491 on the White Sox

↑ 1 H. Alberto

↓ 1 B. Zupcic

Hits

#554 on the White Sox

↑ 1 O. Grove

↓ 1 D. Wheeler

RBI

#538 on the White Sox

↑ 1 J. Berger

↓ 1 V. Stephens

Runs

#465 on the White Sox

↑ 1 J. Adair

↓ 1 B. Block

#413 on the White Sox

↑ 1 B. Borton

↓ 1 Y. Alonso

Career with the New York Highlanders · 1903–1907

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#526 on the Highlanders

↑ 1 D. Adams

Hits

#587 on the Highlanders

↑ 1 D. Adams

↓ 1 B. Ryan

RBI

#538 on the Highlanders

↑ 1 D. Ackley

↓ 1 D. Werth

#487 on the Highlanders

↑ 1 A. Aragon

Runs

#660 on the Highlanders

↑ 1 D. Adams

↓ 1 B. Borton

#431 on the Highlanders

↑ 1 C. Bellinger

↓ 1 C. Carter

Career with the St. Louis Browns · 1891–1891

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#584 on the Browns

↑ 1 J. Andujar

Hits

#987 on the Browns

↑ 1 O. Abbott

↓ 1 V. Willis

RBI

#806 on the Browns

↑ 1 K. Burkhart

↓ 1 E. Vick

#529 on the Browns

↑ 1 O. Abbott

↓ 1 R. Ames

Runs

#773 on the Browns

↑ 1 R. Bosetti

↓ 1 C. Boyer

#758 on the Browns

↑ 1 E. Bressoud

↓ 1 F. Betcher

Career with the Boston Reds · 1891–1891

#15 on the Reds

↑ 1 B. Daley

Hits

#26 on the Reds

↑ 5 K. Madden

↓ 1 T. Cotter

RBI

#27 on the Reds

↑ 1 T. Cotter

↓ 1 J. Morrill

#25 on the Reds

↑ 1 B. Daley

Runs

#24 on the Reds

↑ 5 M. Kilroy

↓ 1 K. Madden

#24 on the Reds

↑ 2 C. O'Brien

↓ 3 K. Madden

Career with the Washington Senators · 1912–1914

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Hits

#1,035 on the Senators

↑ 1 S. Baker

↓ 1 F. Woodward

RBI

#870 on the Senators

↑ 1 B. Boone

↓ 1 T. Wilson

Career with the Cincinnati Reds · 1909–1910

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Runs

#1,305 on the Reds

↑ 1 T. Abernathy

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#4,552 all-time MLB

↑ 1 R. Abercrombie

↓ 1 B. Zupcic

Hits

321

#3,638 all-time MLB

↑ 1 R. Brand

↓ 1 D. Travis

RBI

166

#3,297 all-time MLB

↑ 1 B. Addy

↓ 1 H. Williams

#3,030 all-time MLB

↑ 1 A. Allanson

↓ 1 B. Abernathy

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1891	Browns	AA	27	77	11	12	1	0	1	8	2	8	15	0.156	—	0.208
1891	Boston Reds	AA	10	23	6	4	1	1	1	3	1	6	5	0.174	—	0.435
1893	Colts	NL	4	11	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.182	—	0.182
1894	Colts	NL	46	142	27	33	5	4	0	15	6	23	9	0.232	—	0.324
1895	Colts	NL	43	144	20	46	3	0	1	27	2	16	9	0.319	—	0.361
1896	Colts	NL	38	135	22	36	5	2	1	16	3	9	7	0.267	—	0.356
1897	Colts	NL	46	162	27	38	8	4	0	21	2	18	8	0.235	—	0.333
1898	Orphans	NL	38	122	15	20	2	3	0	15	1	13	6	0.164	—	0.230
1899	Orphans	NL	39	120	15	31	5	0	0	14	2	14	9	0.258	—	0.300
1900	Orphans	NL	30	95	16	24	4	1	1	7	2	8	7	0.253	—	0.347
1901	White Sox	AL	35	89	21	27	3	1	2	14	0	23	5	0.303	—	0.427
1902	White Sox	AL	35	92	11	20	3	0	0	8	0	7	4	0.217	—	0.250
1903	Highlanders	AL	25	69	5	11	4	0	1	7	1	11	13	0.159	—	0.261
1904	Highlanders	AL	16	42	2	6	2	0	0	1	0	4	13	0.143	—	0.190
1905	Highlanders	AL	26	32	2	7	1	1	0	5	0	3	11	0.219	—	0.313
1906	Highlanders	AL	17	18	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	0.111	—	0.111
1907	Highlanders	AL	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	—	0.000
1909	Reds	NL	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	—	0.000
1910	Reds	NL	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1912	Senators	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	—	0.000
1913	Senators	AL	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	—	2.000
1914	Senators	AL	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	—	2.000
Career			485	1,380	202	321	49	17	8	166	22	166	126	0.233	0.318	0.310

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1891	Browns	AA	11	8	27	17	2	186.3	195	69	58	68	3.33	1.36
1891	Boston Reds	AA	3	1	7	4	0	40.0	47	25	15	20	5.63	1.55
1893	Colts	NL	1	2	4	2	0	19.7	24	11	5	9	5.03	1.47
1894	Colts	NL	21	14	36	30	0	261.3	328	143	85	71	4.92	1.58
1895	Colts	NL	26	14	42	41	0	353.0	434	154	91	79	3.93	1.49
1896	Colts	NL	23	11	36	35	0	317.7	370	125	70	81	3.54	1.39
1897	Colts	NL	21	18	41	38	1	343.7	410	142	86	102	3.72	1.44
1898	Orphans	NL	24	10	38	38	0	325.7	305	68	64	97	1.88	1.13
1899	Orphans	NL	22	14	38	38	0	319.7	329	99	65	73	2.79	1.23
1900	Orphans	NL	14	13	30	30	0	248.0	245	84	51	61	3.05	1.19
1901	White Sox	AL	24	7	35	30	1	266.7	275	79	50	67	2.67	1.22
1902	White Sox	AL	15	9	28	24	0	213.0	247	99	47	51	4.18	1.38
1903	Highlanders	AL	14	11	25	24	0	213.0	201	64	33	69	2.70	1.10
1904	Highlanders	AL	7	5	16	11	0	100.3	91	32	16	36	2.87	1.07
1905	Highlanders	AL	9	6	25	7	1	101.7	82	19	15	46	1.68	0.95
1906	Highlanders	AL	2	2	17	2	2	59.7	58	20	15	16	3.02	1.22
1907	Highlanders	AL	0	0	4	0	0	8.3	15	8	6	5	8.64	2.52
1909	Reds	NL	0	1	1	1	0	6.0	11	4	2	3	6.00	2.17
1912	Senators	AL	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	—	—
1913	Senators	AL	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0.00	1.00
1914	Senators	AL	0	0	1	0	1	1.0	1	0	0	1	0.00	1.00
Career			237	146	453	372	8	3,385.7	3,670	1,246	774	955	3.31	1.31

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	453	21	3,385.0	179	863	64	22
OF	18	0	80.0	13	2	5	0
SS	4	0	27.0	6	9	6	1
1B	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
3B	1	0	15.0	3	3	3	0
2B	1	0	0.0	0	2	0	0

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1946	Final Ballot	82	198	Ballot
1946	Nominating Vote	73		Ballot
1946	Old Timers			Inducted
1945	BBWAA	108	186	Ballot
1942	BBWAA	71	175	Ballot
1939	BBWAA	20	206	Ballot
1938	BBWAA	10	197	Ballot
1937	BBWAA	4	151	Ballot