Mike Griffin
1897–1898 · bats L / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers
1,511G
.296AVG
.388OBP
.407SLG
More career statistics
1,753H
42HR
719RBI
473SB
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 | 1,511 | 268 |
| Batting · At bats | 5,914 | 1,071 |
| Batting · Doubles | 313 | 45 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,753 | 330 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 77 | 18 |
| Batting · Home runs | 42 | 4 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 206 | 24 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 6,837 | 1,245 |
| Batting · Runs | 1,405 | 224 |
| Batting · RBI | 719 | 96 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 473 | 33 |
| Batting · Triples | 108 | 17 |
| Batting · Walks | 809 | 140 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,511 | 6,837 | 5,914 | 1,405 | 1,753 | 313 | 108 | 42 | 719 | 809 | 206 | 473 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 2,408 | .296 | .388 | .407 | .795 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1897-04-26 to 1897-05-07
30longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1897-08-02 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1898-06-26 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1897-08-23 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 130 | 592 | 168 | 2 | 57 | 74 | 8 | .333 | .409 | .451 |
| Away | 138 | 653 | 162 | 2 | 39 | 66 | 16 | .286 | .349 | .341 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 14 | 69 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | .220 | .275 | .237 |
| May | 46 | 221 | 57 | 1 | 16 | 20 | 1 | .294 | .348 | .371 |
| June | 49 | 230 | 53 | 2 | 20 | 36 | 1 | .279 | .387 | .384 |
| July | 47 | 212 | 56 | 0 | 11 | 22 | 8 | .308 | .368 | .341 |
| August | 50 | 236 | 68 | 0 | 16 | 21 | 6 | .322 | .377 | .441 |
| September | 48 | 221 | 69 | 1 | 23 | 29 | 5 | .367 | .443 | .473 |
| October | 14 | 56 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | .298 | .357 | .383 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| baltimore-orioles-1897-99 | 28 | 132 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 2 | .228 | .318 | .325 |
| new-york-giants | 26 | 122 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 10 | .293 | .418 | .384 |
| chicago-cubs | 26 | 126 | 33 | 0 | 12 | 20 | 1 | .320 | .421 | .379 |
| cincinnati-reds | 26 | 118 | 37 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .343 | .381 | .407 |
| cleveland-spiders | 25 | 115 | 33 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 1 | .330 | .374 | .450 |
| washington-senators-1897-99 | 23 | 110 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 3 | .289 | .355 | .344 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 23 | 105 | 30 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | .319 | .362 | .415 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 23 | 104 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 2 | .286 | .356 | .407 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 134 | 533 | 169 | 2 | 56 | 17 | .317 | – | – |
| 1898 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 134 | 538 | 161 | 2 | 40 | 16 | .299 | – | – |