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Name	Team	Age
Ben Griggs	Retired (1989, Age 37)	Died (2041, Age 90)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 5 (1973)	2B	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Cesar Cedeno League	0	14 years (134 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B-	C+	C+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
A	A	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
D+	C+	D
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D-	C+	C+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
A-	0	12/10/1951
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	3	4
Alt Pos (2B)	Alt Pos (SS)	Alt Pos (RF)
A  (91.8 %)	B- (59.7 %)	D+ (25.1 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1973

Minors

15.00

1 / 2

1 / 4

0 / 0

3 / 3

1 / 3

1 / 1

2 / 2

9 / 15

1974

Minors

4.00

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 0

2 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

3 / 4

1974

Majors

41.96

6 / 7

3 / 3

2 / 5

4 / 9

0 / 0

8 / 8

8 / 9

31 / 41

1975

Majors

63.58

7 / 12

6 / 8

4 / 12

3 / 9

2 / 7

1 / 4

10 / 11

33 / 63

1976

Majors

64.43

5 / 9

3 / 9

2 / 9

2 / 6

1 / 11

8 / 10

5 / 10

26 / 64

1977

Majors

67.93

2 / 7

1 / 9

0 / 15

1 / 8

1 / 9

4 / 8

4 / 11

13 / 67

1978

Majors

58.46

162

136

0

2 / 3

1 / 11

0 / 10

3 / 11

4 / 10

2 / 5

2 / 8

14 / 58

1979

Majors

39.85

162

27

0

0 / 7

2 / 6

0 / 6

0 / 3

0 / 6

0 / 3

1 / 8

3 / 39

1980

Majors

30.88

159

13

0

1 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 3

0 / 5

0 / 2

0 / 6

0 / 4

1 / 30

1981

Majors

27.19

162

8

0

2 / 5

0 / 3

0 / 6

0 / 5

0 / 2

0 / 5

0 / 1

2 / 27

1982

Majors

38.08

162

31

0

1 / 8

0 / 5

0 / 2

1 / 5

0 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 5

2 / 38

1983

Majors

28.05

162

10

0

0 / 3

0 / 5

0 / 6

0 / 1

0 / 5

0 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 28

1984

Majors

36.06

162

32

0

1 / 4

0 / 6

0 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 4

1 / 6

1 / 6

3 / 36

1985

Majors

68.24

162

149

0

-1 / 12

-1 / 5

-2 / 7

0 / 13

-6 / 7

-1 / 10

-4 / 14

-15 / 68

1986

Majors

61.58

162

157

0

-1 / 16

-2 / 5

-2 / 6

-3 / 10

-7 / 6

0 / 9

-1 / 9

-16 / 61

1987

Majors

39.39

162

55

0

-2 / 7

-7 / 7

-4 / 7

-4 / 5

-9 / 5

-4 / 6

-4 / 2

-34 / 39

1988

Majors

52.71

162

92

0

-3 / 10

-4 / 11

-1 / 5

-2 / 3

0 / 9

-3 / 7

-1 / 7

-14 / 52

1989

Minors

18.00

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 18

1989

Majors

0.70

4

0

0

-3 / 0

-7 / 0

-5 / 0

-7 / 0

-6 / 0

-3 / 0

-3 / 0

-34 / 0

Total

1783

710

0

18 / 121

-3 / 105

-6 / 108

3 / 104

-19 / 97

14 / 100

20 / 113

27 / 748

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1989-11-01	Ben Griggs has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1989-09-05	The Baltimore Bambinos have waived Ben Griggs.
1989-04-05	The Baltimore Bambinos have designated Ben Griggs for assignment.
1980-04-20	The Baltimore Colt 45s have acquired Ben Griggs from the waiver wire.
1980-04-16	The Cincinnati Reds II have designated Ben Griggs for assignment.
1974-07-22	The Cincinnati Reds II have promoted Ben Griggs to the major league team.
1974-05-01	The Cincinnati Reds II have promoted Ben Griggs to the major league team. The Cincinnati Reds II have designated Emil Culbertson for assignment.
1974-04-28	The Cincinnati Reds II have promoted Emil Parker to the major league team. The Cincinnati Reds II have sent Ben Griggs to the minors.
1974-04-27	The Cincinnati Reds II have promoted Ben Griggs to the major league team. The Cincinnati Reds II have sent Emil Parker to the minors.