MLB / Players

Alfredo Griffin

HandednessBats Switch · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 11 in · 160 lb
BornOctober 6, 1957 · Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.
MLB debutSeptember 4, 1976
Final gameOctober 3, 1993
Seasons18 (1976–1993)

Cleveland Indians 1976–1978; Toronto Blue Jays 1979–1984; Oakland Athletics 1985–1987; Los Angeles Dodgers 1988–1991; Toronto Blue Jays 1992–1993

Percentile snapshot

1990 season — qualified batters

G
141
28.9
PA
502
0.8
AB
461
11.7
R
38
0
H
97
2.3
2B
11
0.8
3B
3
42.2
HR
1
0
RBI
35
1.6
BB
29
5.5
SO
65
64.1
SB
6
33.6
CS
3
66.4
BA
.210
0.8
OBP
.258
0
SLG
.254
0
OPS
.512
0
wRC+
35.6
0
OPS+
44.3
0
wOBA
.232
0
sWAR
-1.5
0

of 129 qualified 1990 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+
64.3
1.3
OPS+
67.2
1.6
sWAR
2.7
72.8

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
197612440100000201.250.250.250.50040.148.0.2350.0
19771444415610033522.146.205.171.3753.05.5.183-0.3
19785641210002100.500.667.7501.417308.0300.3.6220.2
197915368962481179221023140592116.287.333.364.69788.386.8.3202.1
198015569665363166261524124581823.254.283.349.63265.969.7.2860.3
198110141438830811960211738812.209.243.289.53142.849.8.247-0.8
1982162576539571302081482248108.241.269.314.58349.454.7.264-0.7
1983162572528621322294472744811.250.289.348.63769.771.4.2900.7
19841404414195310182430433113.241.248.298.54642.349.4.246-0.9
1985162646614751661872642050249.270.290.332.62273.175.5.2790.9
19861626495947416923645135523316.285.323.364.68790.593.0.3072.3
19871445394946913023536028412613.263.306.348.65478.779.0.2921.1
198895354316396383127243075.199.259.253.51344.751.4.237-0.6
1989136547506491252720292957107.247.287.308.59672.573.1.2790.7
19901415024613897113135296563.210.258.254.51235.644.3.232-1.5
1991109385350278562027224954.243.286.271.55755.160.0.257-0.2
19926316415021357001091931.233.273.280.55350.654.0.260-0.1
199346102951520300331300.211.235.242.47724.428.9.222-0.4

Career totals

G
1,962
289th-most career G
PA
7,330
394th-most career PA
AB
6,780
347th-most career AB
R
759
H
1,688
498th-most career H
2B
245
3B
78
302nd-most career 3B
HR
24
RBI
527
BB
338
SO
664
SB
192
396th-most career SB
BA
.2490
OBP
.2851
SLG
.3187
OPS
.6038

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1980-04-25TOR @ MIL Gameday413020207
1979-05-08TOR @ MIN Gameday513020107
1983-06-16ATH @ TOR Gameday412011207
1979-07-31TOR @ KC Gameday524010106
1982-07-11CWS @ TOR Gameday424200006

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Rookie of the Year Gold Glove All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.