1912
Born October 1, 1912
Liberty, TN, USA
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b. October 1, 1912 · Nashville Elite Giants 1934, Columbus Elite Giants 1935, Washington Elite Giants 1936–1937, Baltimore Elite Giants 1938, 1941, New York Black Yankees 1942–1943, 1946–1948
Bob Griffith was picked for the East-West All-Star game in 1935 and again in 1948, thirteen years apart, which is an unusual shape for a career and reflects both his durability and how thin some wartime and post-war rosters became.
He spent almost his whole career with one franchise as it moved city to city — the Elite Giants of Nashville, then Columbus, then Washington, then Baltimore — before finishing with the New York Black Yankees. He was mostly a starter: the surviving record has him with 32 complete games in 59 recorded starts.
Born in Liberty, Tennessee in 1912, Griffith compiled a 25-31 record with 264 strikeouts in the games that were scored. Griffith was sixty-five at his death on November 8, 1977.
Honors
| Award | Times | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Negro Leagues East-West Classic | 2 | 1935, 1948 |
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | NEG | 7 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| 1935 | CEG | 9 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| 1936 | WEG | 14 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .148 |
| 1937 | WEG | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| 1938 | BEG | 13 | 32 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .344 |
| 1941 | BEG | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .364 |
| 1942 | NBY | 13 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .240 |
| 1943 | NBY | 22 | 65 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .231 |
| 1946 | NBY | 17 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .200 |
| 1947 | NBY | 18 | 30 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| 1948 | NBY | 15 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| Career | — | 139 | 279 | 35 | 73 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .262 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | NEG | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 37.2 | 35 | 19 | 14 | 23 | 4.54 |
| 1935 | CEG | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 49.2 | 43 | 18 | 20 | 30 | 3.26 |
| 1936 | WEG | 6 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 67.0 | 61 | 29 | 32 | 36 | 3.90 |
| 1937 | WEG | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 17.0 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 5.82 |
| 1938 | BEG | 4 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 82.0 | 81 | 36 | 17 | 36 | 3.95 |
| 1941 | BEG | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 27.2 | 36 | 15 | 10 | 20 | 4.88 |
| 1942 | NBY | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 51.0 | 73 | 32 | 19 | 27 | 5.65 |
| 1943 | NBY | 0 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 58.1 | 68 | 36 | 21 | 18 | 5.55 |
| 1946 | NBY | 2 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 49.2 | 65 | 32 | 21 | 14 | 5.80 |
| 1947 | NBY | 0 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 51.2 | 66 | 33 | 13 | 29 | 5.75 |
| 1948 | NBY | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 35.1 | 43 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 4.58 |
| Career | — | 25 | 31 | 109 | 59 | 5 | 527.0 | 588 | 279 | 188 | 264 | 4.76 |
On this day & linked events
1977