Tom Griffin Notable

b. February 22, 1948 · Houston Astros 1969–1976, San Diego Padres 1976–1977, California Angels 1978, San Francisco Giants 1979–1981, Pittsburgh Pirates 1982

Tom Griffin played for five clubs across 14 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Houston Astros in 1969 and closing with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1982.

He went 77 and 94 with a 4.07 earned run average, pitching 1,494.7 innings in 401 games. He struck out 1,054, completed 29 of his 191 starts and threw 10 shutouts. Across 408 games he batted .163, with 66 hits and 31 runs. He finished with 10 home runs and 16 doubles.

He was born in Los Angeles, CA, USA on February 22, 1948. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
The Sporting News Rookie Pitcher of the Year	1	1969

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1969	HOU	31	62	6	9	1	2	8	5	35	.145
1970	HOU	23	33	1	2	1	0	1	1	13	.061
1971	HOU	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	.111
1972	HOU	39	25	3	7	3	1	2	0	9	.280
1973	HOU	25	28	1	3	2	1	1	0	9	.107
1974	HOU	37	68	11	20	5	2	8	2	24	.294
1975	HOU	17	22	2	3	0	0	0	1	6	.136
1976	HOU/SDP	32	31	2	2	0	0	0	1	9	.065
1977	SDP	39	45	2	6	3	2	4	0	23	.133
1978	CAL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1979	SFG	59	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	.071
1980	SFG	44	18	1	2	0	1	1	0	7	.111
1981	SFG	22	41	1	8	1	1	5	2	12	.195
1982	PIT	6	9	0	2	0	0	2	0	3	.222
Career	—	408	405	31	66	16	10	32	13	158	.163

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1969	HOU	11	10	31	31	0	188.1	156	74	93	200	3.54
1970	HOU	3	13	23	20	0	111.1	118	71	72	72	5.74
1971	HOU	0	6	10	6	0	37.2	44	20	20	29	4.78
1972	HOU	5	4	39	5	3	94.1	92	34	38	83	3.24
1973	HOU	4	6	25	12	0	99.2	83	46	46	69	4.15
1974	HOU	14	10	34	34	0	211.0	202	83	89	110	3.54
1975	HOU	3	8	17	13	0	79.1	89	47	46	56	5.33
1976	HOU/SDP	9	6	31	13	0	112.0	100	51	79	69	4.10
1977	SDP	6	9	38	20	0	151.1	144	75	88	79	4.46
1978	CAL	3	4	24	4	0	56.0	63	25	31	35	4.02
1979	SFG	5	6	59	3	2	94.1	83	41	46	82	3.91
1980	SFG	5	1	42	4	0	107.2	80	33	49	79	2.76
1981	SFG	8	8	22	22	0	129.1	121	54	57	83	3.76
1982	PIT	1	3	6	4	0	22.1	32	22	15	8	8.87
Career	—	77	94	401	191	5	1494.2	1407	676	769	1054	4.07

On this day & linked events

1948

Born February 22, 1948

Los Angeles, CA, USA

1969

Major-league debut: Tom Griffin

Tom Griffin made a major-league debut on April 10, 1969.

1982

Final major-league game: Tom Griffin

Tom Griffin played a final major-league game on May 11, 1982.

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