Clark Griffith
1897–1914 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees, Washington Senators (1901-60)
486G
.233AVG
.318OBP
.310SLG
More career statistics
321H
8HR
166RBI
22SB
237–146W–L
3,385.2IP
955K
3.31ERA
372GS
6SV
18Rare 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 | 486 | 319 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,380 | 849 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 1 | 5 |
| Batting · Doubles | 49 | 36 |
| Batting · Hits | 321 | 186 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 7 | 4 |
| Batting · Home runs | 8 | 4 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 46 | 78 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,580 | 987 |
| Batting · Runs | 202 | 114 |
| Batting · RBI | 166 | 94 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 22 | 7 |
| Batting · Triples | 17 | 10 |
| Batting · Walks | 166 | 110 |
| Pitching · Games | 453 | 301 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 14,335 | 8,304 |
| Pitching · p cg | 337 | 218 |
| Pitching · p er | 1,246 | 688 |
| Pitching · p gs | 372 | 244 |
| Pitching · p h | 3,670 | 2,270 |
| Pitching · p hr | 76 | 38 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 10,157 | 6,603 |
| Pitching · p k | 955 | 631 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,852 | 1,066 |
| Pitching · p w | 774 | 447 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 486 | 1,580 | 1,380 | 202 | 321 | 49 | 17 | 8 | 166 | 166 | 46 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 428 | .233 | .318 | .310 | .628 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,385.7 | 453 | 372 | 337 | 237 | 146 | 6 | 3,670 | 1,852 | 1,246 | 76 | 774 | 955 | 0 | 0 | 3.31 | 1.313 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1900-05-03 to 1900-06-24
18longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 14 scoreless innings | 1900-06-19 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1897-06-07 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Wild Pitches | 1897-08-26 | 1 in 273 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 147 | 482 | 95 | 2 | 54 | 57 | 35 | .232 | .315 | .327 |
| Away | 172 | 505 | 91 | 2 | 40 | 53 | 43 | .207 | .285 | .273 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 18 | 65 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | .145 | .169 | .145 |
| May | 61 | 180 | 31 | 1 | 17 | 26 | 16 | .204 | .317 | .296 |
| June | 53 | 170 | 38 | 1 | 20 | 17 | 14 | .257 | .324 | .351 |
| July | 59 | 196 | 44 | 1 | 25 | 21 | 13 | .260 | .332 | .373 |
| August | 60 | 183 | 32 | 1 | 17 | 25 | 16 | .211 | .311 | .289 |
| September | 57 | 166 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 12 | .190 | .277 | .239 |
| October | 11 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .208 | .185 | .292 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-athletics | 33 | 95 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 20 | .183 | .263 | .232 |
| new-york-giants | 25 | 93 | 24 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 5 | .304 | .387 | .418 |
| boston-red-sox | 24 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | .219 | .324 | .312 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 24 | 64 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 8 | .241 | .297 | .466 |
| detroit-tigers | 21 | 59 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | .235 | .305 | .314 |
| cleveland-guardians | 18 | 55 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3 | .195 | .327 | .244 |
| st-louis-browns | 17 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | .194 | .270 | .258 |
| cincinnati-reds | 15 | 58 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | .288 | .328 | .385 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  Chicago Cubs | 47 | 162 | 38 | – | 21 | 1 | .235 | 343 | 104 |
| 1898 | Chicago Cubs | 39 | 122 | 20 | – | 15 | 1 | .164 | 325 | 97 |
| 1899 | Chicago Cubs | 39 | 120 | 31 | – | 14 | 2 | .258 | 319 | 73 |
| 1900 | Chicago Cubs | 30 | 95 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 2 | .253 | 248 | 61 |
| 1901 |  Chicago White Sox | 35 | 89 | 27 | 2 | 14 | – | .303 | 266 | 69 |
| 1902 | Chicago White Sox | 36 | 91 | 20 | – | 8 | – | .220 | 212 | 51 |
| 1903 |  New York Yankees | 25 | 69 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .159 | 213 | 69 |
| 1904 | New York Yankees | 16 | 42 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .143 | 100 | 36 |
| 1905 | New York Yankees | 25 | 31 | 5 | – | 4 | – | .161 | 95 | 46 |
| 1906 | New York Yankees | 17 | 21 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .095 | 61 | 16 |
| 1907 | New York Yankees | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 7 | 5 |
| 1909 |  Cincinnati Reds | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 6 | 3 |
| 1910 | Cincinnati Reds | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1912 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1913 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1.000 | 1 | – |
| 1914 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1.000 | 1 | 1 |