#29 Derrell Griffith, Third Base, 29 yrs, Houston Astros

#29 Derrell Griffith, Third Base, 29 yrs, Houston Astros
Sunday, 9/16/1973

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Derrell Griffith

12/12/1943
29
USA,OK,ANADARKO
6"0
178

Third Base
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2.5 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 100,000
1973
7 Year(s), 157 Days (1361 total Days)
168 Day(s)
10 Year(s)

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	7	9	4	1	9
Versus LHP	6	9	4	1	8
Versus RHP	7	9	4	1	9
Talent	7	9	4	2	8

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Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
2B : 1 (Range), .984 (Fielding Pct.)
3B : 3 (Range), .853 (Fielding Pct.)
SS : 2 (Range), .990 (Fielding Pct.)
LF : 3 (Range), .972 (Fielding Pct.)
CF : 2 (Range), .987 (Fielding Pct.)
RF : 3 (Range), .972 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 5
Outfield Arm : 3

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
9/4	@STN	W 5-2	4	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	#7
9/5	@STN	L 3-4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	#7
9/6	@STN	W 10-5	5	2	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	#7	PoG
9/8	SFG	L 3-6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#7
9/9	SFG	W 2-1	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	#7
9/10	SFG	W 9-5	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	#7
9/11	SFG	W 1-0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	#7
9/12	CHN	W 4-3	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#7
9/13	CHN	W 4-3	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	#7	PoG
9/15	@PHN	W 8-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#7

Batting Stats 1973

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	140	510	165	55	4	10	77	63	17	30	.324	.344	.506	.850	.769	.182
Projected	155	566	183	61	4	11	85	70	19	33	.324	.344	.506	.850	.769	.182

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	136	541	0	1	0	17	12	2	258	69	4	1	80.0	83.0	5.9

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	195	59	22	0	3	27	21	4	14	1	9	0	.303	.301	.462	.763
vs. RHP	315	106	33	4	7	50	42	13	16	1	3	0	.337	.362	.533	.895
Close/Late	67	27	8	1	0	9	7	4	3	1	4	0	.403	.408	.552	.960
Scoring Position	128	44	14	1	3	58	0	3	6	2	5	0	.344	.341	.539	.880
Pinch Hitting	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	71	254	82	30	3	4	44	32	10	15	.323	.339	.512	.851
Road	69	256	83	25	1	6	33	31	7	15	.324	.333	.500	.833
This Week	5	17	5	1	0	1	2	3	1	3	.294	.316	.529	.845
Last Week	6	23	10	4	0	1	5	2	1	0	.435	.458	.739	1.197
March/April	26	96	26	12	0	1	13	10	2	2	.271	.269	.427	.696
May	24	90	27	9	0	3	11	14	4	5	.300	.320	.500	.820
June	25	96	28	10	2	1	17	9	2	10	.292	.303	.469	.772
July	24	83	30	7	2	0	15	7	3	5	.361	.371	.494	.865
August	29	102	39	12	0	3	14	17	3	4	.382	.400	.588	.988
Sept/Oct	12	43	15	5	0	2	7	6	3	4	.349	.383	.605	.988

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1966	72	130	32	9	0	2	16	15	5	0	0	12	2	0	.246	.274	.362	.636	HOU
1967	157	531	150	39	5	8	68	63	20	3	2	37	2	0	.282	.311	.420	.731	HOU
1968	153	598	174	53	6	12	95	76	15	2	4	39	5	2	.291	.309	.460	.768	HOU,NL
1969	156	647	154	34	5	6	68	72	19	5	0	53	7	2	.238	.265	.334	.599	HOU
1970	154	660	190	37	5	12	74	78	14	3	1	41	1	2	.288	.305	.414	.719	HOU
1971	153	653	156	40	4	12	78	83	11	3	2	60	6	0	.239	.254	.368	.622	HOU
1972	152	598	165	44	1	6	90	59	18	2	9	47	6	0	.276	.295	.383	.678	HOU
1973	140	510	165	55	4	10	77	63	17	0	2	30	4	1	.324	.344	.506	.850	HOU
Total	1137	4327	1186	311	30	68	566	509	119	18	20	319	33	7	.274	.295	.407	.702

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1963, AAA	138	622	189	36	2	20	77	99	17	66	13	2	.304	.312	.465	.777
1964, AAA	138	612	187	44	2	24	104	98	27	60	8	1	.306	.332	.502	.833
1965, AAA	137	552	173	46	4	22	103	93	32	40	7	2	.313	.346	.531	.876
1966, AAA	29	124	44	9	2	5	22	18	6	6	1	0	.355	.379	.581	.959

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1967	5	17	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	.176	.176	.235	.412
1968	6	26	5	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	.192	.192	.269	.462
1970	5	20	8	2	0	1	2	5	0	1	0	0	.400	.400	.650	1.050
1971	6	24	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	0	0	.125	.160	.125	.285
Total	22	87	19	5	0	1	8	5	1	8	0	0	.218	.227	.310	.538

Fielding Stats 1973

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Second Base	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00
Third Base	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	3.1	5.40
Shortstop	137	136	162	502	78	676	12	.982	1208.1	5.04
Rightfield	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	5.0	0.00

Player History

Drafted in 4th round, 61st overall pick, by Houston in 1963...
Had first career hit on 5/4/1966, off Nelson Briles (CIN)...
Hit first career homerun on 5/21/1966, off Bob Friend (PIT)...
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game...
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1970, hitting .342 with 2 HR, 28 RBI...
Won World Series Championship with Houston in 1970...
Drove in 6 runs against St.Louis on 7/10/1972...
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against San Francisco on 8/10/1973...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

AVG
1968 - .291 - 9th

Hits
1968 - 174 - 4th
1970 - 190 - 4th

Doubles
1967 - 39 - 4th
1968 - 53 - 1st
1969 - 34 - 7th
1970 - 37 - 1st
1971 - 40 - 2nd
1972 - 44 - 2nd

RBI
1968 - 95 - 9th

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