What years did Tommy Griffith play?

Tommy Griffith played in Major League Baseball from 1913 to 1925.

Was Tommy Griffith a pitcher?

No. Tommy Griffith was a position player (Outfielder).

How many home runs did Tommy Griffith hit?

Tommy Griffith hit 52 career home runs with 1,383 hits.

What teams did Tommy Griffith play for?

Tommy Griffith played for 4 teams: the Boston Braves (1913–1914), the Cincinnati Reds (1915–1918), the Brooklyn Robins (1919–1925), and the Chicago Cubs (1925).

What were Tommy Griffith's career stats?

In 1,401 games, Tommy Griffith had 1,383 hits, 52 home runs, 619 RBI, 589 runs, and 70 stolen bases, with a .280 batting average.

What position did Tommy Griffith play?

Tommy Griffith played primarily as an outfielder, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Tommy Griffith and how much did he weigh?

Tommy Griffith was listed at 5 feet 10 inches and 175 pounds.

How many home runs did Tommy Griffith hit each season?

Tommy Griffith's home runs by season: 1 in 1913, 0 in 1914, 4 in 1915, 2 in 1916, 1 in 1917, 2 in 1918, 6 in 1919, 2 in 1920, 12 in 1921, 4 in 1922, 8 in 1923, 3 in 1924, and 7 in 1925. His most in one season was 12, in 1921.

What was Tommy Griffith's career batting average?

Tommy Griffith batted .280 over his career, with 1,383 hits in 4,947 at bats.

How many RBI did Tommy Griffith have?

Tommy Griffith drove in 619 runs in his career.

Is Tommy Griffith in the Hall of Fame?

No. Tommy Griffith has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Tommy Griffith

Outfielder · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1913-1925)

Tommy Griffith was an outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1913 to 1925 for 4 teams, including the Boston Braves, a span of 13 seasons. In 1,401 career games, he hit .280 with 1,383 hits, 52 home runs, and 619 RBI. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 2,695.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 17, 2026

AVG .280

HR 52

RBI 619

H 1,383

OPS .711

PIV 2,695

Position: Outfielder
Bats / Throws: L / R
Height / Weight: 5'10" / 175 lb
Born: 10/26/1889 in Prospect, OH, USA
Died: 4/13/1967 in Cincinnati, OH, USA
MLB Debut: 1913-08-19
Last Game: 1925-09-22

Full name: Thomas Herman Griffith

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Career Batting Statistics

Tommy Griffith — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,401	4,947	589	1,383	208	72	52	619	70	351	262	.280	.328	.382	.711	2,695

Career AVG .280 vs. league average .269 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .328 vs. league average .331 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .382 vs. league average .363 across their career seasons — +5.4% above league average.

Career OPS .711 vs. league average .694 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Tommy Griffith Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1913	BSN	NL	37	127	16	32	4	1	1	12	1	9	8	.252	.259 (-3%)	.325 (-7%)	.345 (-7%)	.670 (-7%)	-141.2
1914	BSN	NL	16	48	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	.104	—	—	—	—	-446.9
1915	CIN	NL	160	583	59	179	31	16	4	85	6	41	34	.307	.250 (+23%)	.318 (+11%)	.332 (+31%)	.651 (+21%)	2107.2
1916	CIN	NL	155	595	50	158	28	7	2	61	16	36	37	.266	.248 (+7%)	.314 (-1%)	.326 (+6%)	.640 (+2%)	111.6
1917	CIN	NL	115	363	45	98	18	7	1	45	5	19	23	.270	.248 (+9%)	.312 (-1%)	.323 (+13%)	.635 (+6%)	243.2
1918	CIN	NL	118	427	47	113	10	4	2	48	10	39	30	.265	.255 (+4%)	.318 (+2%)	.326 (-2%)	.645 (avg)	57.5
1919	BRO	NL	125	484	65	136	18	4	6	57	8	23	32	.281	.262 (+7%)	.322 (-2%)	.347 (+7%)	.670 (+2%)	109.7
1920	BRO	NL	93	334	41	87	9	4	2	30	3	15	18	.260	.271 (-4%)	.331 (-12%)	.363 (-9%)	.694 (-11%)	-592.1
1921	BRO	NL	129	455	66	142	21	6	12	71	3	36	13	.312	.286 (+9%)	.344 (+6%)	.395 (+17%)	.739 (+12%)	1059.2
1922	BRO	NL	99	329	44	104	17	8	4	49	7	23	10	.316	.285 (+11%)	.345 (+4%)	.397 (+14%)	.743 (+9%)	531.9
1923	BRO	NL	131	481	70	141	21	9	8	66	8	50	19	.293	.282 (+4%)	.344 (+5%)	.390 (+9%)	.734 (+7%)	669.8
1924	BRO	NL	140	482	43	121	19	5	3	67	0	34	19	.251	.283 (-12%)	.345 (-13%)	.389 (-15%)	.734 (-14%)	-1150.5
1925	BRO	NL	7	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1925	CHN	NL	76	235	38	67	12	1	7	27	2	21	11	.285	.288 (-1%)	.349 (-1%)	.407 (+7%)	.756 (+3%)	0.0
Career · 14 seasons			1,401	4,947	589	1,383	208	72	52	619	70	351	262	.280	—	—	—	—	2,559

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Tommy Griffith — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
7	21	1	4	2	0	0	3	0	2	.190

Playoff Batting by Year

Tommy Griffith — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1920	WS	BRO	7	21	1	4	2	0	0	3	0	2	.190

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Tommy Griffith — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	702	2411	301	689	29	306	.286
Away	697	2531	290	693	23	325	.274

Last 10 Games — Batting

Tommy Griffith — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB
1925-09-22	CHC	BRO	W	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1925-09-16	CHC	BSN	L	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
1925-09-13	CHC	CIN	L	4	1	1	0	0	0	0
1925-09-12	CHC	CIN	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
1925-09-01	CHC	BSN	L	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
1925-08-31	CHC	BSN	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1925-08-27	CHC	PHI	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1925-08-26	CHC	PHI	L	4	0	1	1	0	0	0
1925-08-25	CHC	PHI	W	1	0	1	0	0	1	0
1925-08-24	CHC	BRO	W	5	2	3	1	1	4	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Tommy Griffith — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
OF	1333	0	2164	189	108	36

Season-by-Season Fielding

Tommy Griffith — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1913	BSN	OF	35	55	7	8	1
1914	BSN	OF	14	20	7	2	2
1915	CIN	OF	160	225	11	12	1
1916	CIN	OF	155	238	28	9	5
1917	CIN	OF	100	165	19	5	3
1918	CIN	OF	118	201	18	7	3
1919	BRO	OF	125	210	20	11	3
1920	BRO	OF	92	132	7	4	1
1921	BRO	OF	124	215	27	7	5
1922	BRO	OF	82	167	13	9	4
1923	BRO	OF	127	215	14	18	4
1924	BRO	OF	139	210	9	8	3
1925	BRO	OF	2	2	0	0	0
1925	CHN	OF	60	109	9	8	1

Career Games by Position

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Tommy Griffith Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Left Field	12
Center Field	5
Right Field	1319

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Career Spans

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Tommy Griffith: the record in brief

Tommy Griffith's major league career runs from a debut on August 19, 1913 to a final game on September 22, 1925. The season rows list, in order, the Boston Braves (1913 to 1914), the Cincinnati Reds (1915 to 1918), the Brooklyn Robins (1919 through 1925), and the Chicago Cubs (1925). Griffith, born on October 26, 1889, in Prospect, OH, USA, is listed as an outfielder and threw right-handed and batted left-handed. Griffith's listed size is 5-foot-10 and 175 pounds. The bio records the death on April 13, 1967, in Cincinnati, OH, USA. The given name on file is Thomas Herman Griffith.

Griffith finished with 1,383 hits from 4,947 at bats in 1,401 games, which works out to .280, plus 52 homers, 619 runs batted in, and 70 stolen bases. Griffith's career OPS of .711 combines a .328 on-base mark with .382 slugging. Griffith hit .280 while the league hit .269 over the same span, a figure close to average. Griffith's most home runs in a season came in 1921, when the total reached 12 for the Brooklyn Robins.

Frequently Asked Questions about Tommy Griffith

What years did Tommy Griffith play?: Tommy Griffith played in Major League Baseball from 1913 to 1925.
Was Tommy Griffith a pitcher?: No. Tommy Griffith was a position player (Outfielder).
How many home runs did Tommy Griffith hit?: Tommy Griffith hit 52 career home runs with 1,383 hits.
What teams did Tommy Griffith play for?: Tommy Griffith played for 4 teams: the Boston Braves (1913–1914), the Cincinnati Reds (1915–1918), the Brooklyn Robins (1919–1925), and the Chicago Cubs (1925).
What were Tommy Griffith's career stats?: In 1,401 games, Tommy Griffith had 1,383 hits, 52 home runs, 619 RBI, 589 runs, and 70 stolen bases, with a .280 batting average.
What position did Tommy Griffith play?: Tommy Griffith played primarily as an outfielder, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Tommy Griffith and how much did he weigh?: Tommy Griffith was listed at 5 feet 10 inches and 175 pounds.
How many home runs did Tommy Griffith hit each season?: Tommy Griffith's home runs by season: 1 in 1913, 0 in 1914, 4 in 1915, 2 in 1916, 1 in 1917, 2 in 1918, 6 in 1919, 2 in 1920, 12 in 1921, 4 in 1922, 8 in 1923, 3 in 1924, and 7 in 1925. His most in one season was 12, in 1921.
What was Tommy Griffith's career batting average?: Tommy Griffith batted .280 over his career, with 1,383 hits in 4,947 at bats.
How many RBI did Tommy Griffith have?: Tommy Griffith drove in 619 runs in his career.
Is Tommy Griffith in the Hall of Fame?: No. Tommy Griffith has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.