Bob Griffith
1934–1949 · bats R / throws R · ASE, ASW, Baltimore Elite Giants, NAS, NNS, NSH, New York Black Yankees, Philadelphia Stars
151G
.252AVG
.276OBP
.338SLG
More career statistics
77H
2HR
32RBI
2SB
30–32W–L
581.2IP
290K
4.55ERA
65GS
5SV
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 151 | 174 |
| Batting · At bats | 305 | 303 |
| Batting · Doubles | 10 | 8 |
| Batting · Home runs | 2 | 5 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 322 | 321 |
| Batting · Runs | 37 | 35 |
| Batting · RBI | 32 | 28 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 2 | 1 |
| Batting · Walks | 10 | 12 |
| Pitching · Games | 116 | 135 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,582 | 2,624 |
| Pitching · p cg | 37 | 55 |
| Pitching · p er | 294 | 154 |
| Pitching · p gs | 65 | 87 |
| Pitching · p h | 630 | 716 |
| Pitching · p hr | 29 | 33 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,745 | 2,148 |
| Pitching · p k | 290 | 223 |
| Pitching · p r | 352 | 423 |
| Pitching · p w | 209 | 191 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | 322 | 305 | 37 | 77 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 | .252 | .276 | .338 | .614 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 581.7 | 116 | 65 | 37 | 30 | 32 | 5 | 630 | 352 | 294 | 29 | 209 | 290 | 0 | 0 | 4.55 | 1.442 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1938-06-23 to 1938-08-28
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1947-05-12 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 44 | 4 home runs allowed | 1938-06-23 | 1 in 801 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1943-08-28 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 69 | 129 | 31 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 2 | .248 | .271 | .328 |
| Away | 105 | 192 | 46 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 0 | .258 | .281 | .388 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| May | 56 | 100 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .189 | .220 | .337 |
| June | 35 | 76 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .270 | .263 | .324 |
| July | 46 | 95 | 28 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .318 | .337 | .443 |
| August | 27 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .278 | .350 | .389 |
| September | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-stars | 36 | 76 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .211 | .224 | .239 |
| new-york-cubans | 25 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .306 | .316 | .500 |
| baltimore-elite-giants | 23 | 42 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .368 | .405 | .500 |
| newark-eagles | 22 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .191 | .208 | .319 |
| homestead-grays | 20 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .174 | .174 | .217 |
| pittsburgh-crawfords | 13 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .321 |
| kansas-city-monarchs | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .385 | .583 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | NSH | 8 | 15 | 4 | – | – | – | .267 | 38 | 21 |
| 1935 | NSH | 14 | 27 | 9 | – | – | – | .333 | 85 | 31 |
| 1936 | NNS, WEG | 23 | 42 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .143 | 104 | 36 |
| 1937 | WEG | 3 | 11 | 2 | – | – | – | .182 | 21 | 13 |
| 1938 |  Baltimore Elite Giants | 15 | 40 | 12 | 1 | 5 | – | .300 | 101 | 30 |
| 1941 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 7 | 5 |
| 1942 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 9 | 16 | 1 | – | 2 | – | .062 | 35 | 11 |
| 1943 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 16 | 48 | 11 | – | 3 | – | .229 | 44 | 13 |
| 1946 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 20 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | – | .222 | 58 | 8 |
| 1947 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 23 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | .346 | 73 | 15 |
| 1948 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 22 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 3 | – | .258 | 50 | 19 |
| 1949 |  Philadelphia Stars | 18 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 4 | – | .407 | 96 | 21 |