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Mike
Griffin		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 202
 
Born: June 26, 1957 in Usa, CA, COLUSA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1986   
All-Star Selections 1986    1987   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1979 22 TAM AL $ 300,000 6 3 4 4 6 7 7 6 7 7
1980 23 TAM AL $ 300,000 6 4 4 4 6 7 7 7 7 7
1981 24 TAM AL $ 300,000 6 4 4 4 7 8 7 7 8 8
1982 25 TAM AL $ 300,000 6 4 4 4 7 8 8 8 9 8
1983 26 TAM AL $ 2,445,714 5 4 4 4 9 9 9 7 8 8
1984 27 TAM AL $ 3,971,429 5 3 4 4 9 10 9 7 8 8
1985 28 TAM AL $ 3,971,429 5 3 4 3 9 9 9 8 9 9
1986 29 TAM AL $ 8,250,000 5 3 3 3 9 9 9 7 8 8
1987 30 TAM AL $ 8,250,000 5 2 3 3 9 9 9 7 8 8
1988 31 IND AL $ 8,250,000 5 2 3 3 8 9 9 7 8 8
1989 32 DET AL $ 8,250,000 5 2 3 2 8 9 9 7 8 8
1990 33 DET AL $ 1,750,000 4 2 2 2 8 9 8 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 4 2 2 2 6 7 7 6 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,250,000 6 4 4 4 9 10 9 8 9 9
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1979 22 TAM AL 1 10 .091 48 0 0 0 6 84.3 93 40 7 21 30 4.27 .280 .321 .398 .719 4.7
    AAA   0 0 .000 14 0 0 0 0 9.0 8 7 1 6 4 7.00 .229 .341 .343 .684  
1980 23 TAM AL 3 3 .500 37 0 0 0 4 63.7 68 32 9 19 14 4.52 .274 .327 .440 .767 3.7
1981 24 TAM AL 9 10 .474 26 26 3 1 0 171.7 195 74 16 41 59 3.88 .284 .325 .400 .725 10.5
1982 25 TAM AL 6 2 .750 55 0 0 0 0 99.7 102 28 4 27 44 2.53 .266 .311 .357 .668 8.6
1983 26 TAM AL 11 12 .478 34 34 3 1 0 243.7 243 83 17 51 86 3.07 .262 .300 .365 .665 19.9
1984 27 TAM AL 9 13 .409 35 35 3 1 0 245.0 281 112 14 42 98 4.11 .289 .319 .392 .711 12.0
1985 28 TAM AL 10 11 .476 33 33 6 3 0 233.0 220 88 13 32 91 3.40 .248 .274 .331 .605 15.0
1986 29 TAM AL 14 8 .636 34 34 6 2 0 230.3 241 91 11 38 82 3.56 .268 .296 .350 .647 15.9
1987 30 TAM AL 15 9 .625 33 33 1 0 0 201.0 207 87 10 34 76 3.90 .264 .294 .364 .658 13.7
1988 31 TAM AL 5 5 .500 18 14 0 0 0 73.3 90 36 8 17 19 4.42 .304 .343 .453 .796 3.3
  IND AL 4 6 .400 12 9 0 0 0 74.7 77 32 6 23 16 3.86 .269 .325 .388 .713 5.2
  TOT   9 11 .450 30 23 0 0 0 148.0 167 68 14 40 35 4.14 .287 .334 .421 .755 8.5
    AAA   0 1 .000 15 0 0 0 2 12.7 14 5 1 4 5 3.55 .264 .316 .340 .655  
1989 32 IND AL 1 10 .091 21 9 0 0 0 127.3 143 54 8 36 37 3.82 .283 .331 .392 .723 7.0
  DET AL 2 3 .400 29 12 0 0 2 45.3 55 20 3 4 18 3.97 .297 .313 .416 .729 3.2
  TOT   3 13 .188 50 21 0 0 2 172.7 198 74 11 40 55 3.86 .287 .326 .399 .725 10.2
1990 33 DET AL 13 7 .650 80 0 0 0 29 111.3 134 49 11 25 36 3.96 .300 .335 .417 .752 14.5
12 Years Sim 103 109 .486 495 239 22 8 41 2004.3 2149 826 137 410 706 3.71 .274 .310 .379 .689 137.1
2 Years AAA 0 1 .000 29 0 0 0 2 21.7 22 12 2 10 9 4.99 .250 .327 .341 .667  
Season Average 8 9 .471 41 19 1 0 3 167.0 179 68 11 34 58 3.71 .274 .310 .379 .689  
Career Highs 15 13 .750 80 35 6 3 29 245.0 281 112 17 51 98 4.52 .300 .335 .440 .767  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   954 371 72 160 412   .262 .293 .377 .671
vs LH   1195 455 65 250 294   .284 .324 .381 .705
Home 57 47 .548 234 115 9 6 21 968.0 1023 379 63 197 341 3.52 .272 .308 .375 .683
Away 46 62 .426 261 124 13 2 22 1036.3 1126 447 74 213 365 3.88 .276 .312 .383 .695
Mar/Apr 15 12 .556 56 38 4 1 3 289.0 282 108 16 57 112 3.36 .255 .291 .346 .637
May 16 22 .421 86 46 4 1 7 373.0 405 160 25 89 138 3.86 .276 .318 .375 .693
June 20 23 .465 90 39 2 0 7 333.0 372 156 23 68 113 4.22 .284 .320 .408 .728
July 11 15 .423 74 33 3 1 7 278.3 307 117 18 60 93 3.78 .280 .317 .381 .698
August 20 19 .513 100 43 6 4 7 387.0 422 157 32 69 136 3.65 .278 .309 .393 .703
Sep/Oct 21 18 .538 89 40 3 1 12 344.0 361 128 23 67 114 3.35 .269 .304 .365 .668
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1979 22 TAM AL P 48 0 84.3 3 12 0 0 1.000 1.60    
1980 23 TAM AL P 37 0 63.7 3 10 1 1 .929 1.84    
1981 24 TAM AL P 26 26 171.7 11 25 0 5 1.000 1.89    
1982 25 TAM AL P 55 0 99.7 1 12 0 0 1.000 1.17    
1983 26 TAM AL P 34 34 243.7 14 34 3 1 .941 1.77    
1984 27 TAM AL P 35 35 245.0 20 35 0 5 1.000 2.02    
1985 28 TAM AL P 33 33 233.0 15 48 0 4 1.000 2.43    
1986 29 TAM AL P 34 34 230.3 19 43 1 3 .984 2.42    
1987 30 TAM AL P 33 33 201.0 22 29 0 2 1.000 2.28    
1988 31 TAM AL P 18 14 73.3 7 13 0 0 1.000 2.45    
  IND AL P 12 9 74.7 7 14 0 0 1.000 2.53    
  TOT   P 30 23 148.0 14 27 0 0 1.000 2.49    
1989 32 IND AL P 21 9 127.3 8 21 1 1 .967 2.05    
  DET AL P 29 12 45.3 3 8 0 1 1.000 2.18    
  TOT   P 50 21 172.7 11 29 1 2 .976 2.09    
1990 33 DET AL P 80 0 111.3 11 16 0 2 1.000 2.18    
Career Totals   495 239 2004.3 144 320 6 25 .987 2.08    
Career Highs   80 35 245.0 22 48 3 5 1.000 2.49    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1985 28 TAM AL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 5.3 12 5 1 2 4 8.44 .429 .467 .536 1.002
1986 29 TAM AL 0 2 .000 3 3 0 0 0 15.7 28 13 1 3 5 7.47 .373 .397 .507 .904
1987 30 TAM AL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 4.3 8 2 2 0 3 4.16 .381 .381 .667 1.048
1989 32 DET AL 0 0 .000 9 0 0 0 0 13.0 11 5 0 1 3 3.46 .244 .261 .289 .550
1990 33 DET AL 0 1 .000 3 0 0 0 2 3.3 3 3 0 4 1 8.11 .273 .467 .364 .830
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 5 .000 18 6 0 0 2 41.7 62 28 4 10 16 6.05 .344 .379 .467 .846
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1983-7-3.07
 Wins
1987-5-15
1990-7-13
 Winning Pct
1986-7-.636
1990-9-.650
 Saves
1990-6-29
 Games Pitched
1990-4-80
 Games Started
1984-5-35
1986-10-34
Complete Games
1986-9-6
 Shutouts
1985-6-3
1986-8-2
 Innings Pitched
1983-9-243.7
1984-6-245.0
 Hits Allowed
1984-2-281
 Walks per 9IP
1983-9-1.9
1984-6-1.5
1985-2-1.2
1986-5-1.5
1987-7-1.5
CAR-47-1.8
 WHiP
1985-6-1.08
OOBP
1985-6-.274
 OSLG
1985-6-.331
1986-9-.350
 OOPS
1985-5-.605
1986-10-.647
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 44    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 38th overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1979
Earned first career win on 9/5/1979
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,445,714 through salary arbitration
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,971,429 through salary arbitration
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,971,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/24/1985 with a Stiff Elbow, out for one week
Injured on 6/24/1985 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 2 weeks
Injured on 10/16/1985 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 9 weeks
10/28/1985: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $8,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 5/13/1986, winning 2 games with a 1.10 ERA
Was selected to the 1986 Allstar game
Injured on 7/22/1986 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Won World Championship with Tampa Bay in 1986
Was selected to the 1987 Allstar game
Traded from Tampa Bay to Indianapolis on 7/1/1988 (Going to TAM: P Chris Codiroli. Going to IND: P Mike Griffin)
Traded from Indianapolis to Detroit on 7/31/1989 (Going to DET: P Mike Griffin. Going to IND: C Joe Oliver)
7/31/1989: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,750,000 per year, for 4 years
 
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