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Name	Team	Age
Sam Griffin	Retired (2009, Age 39)	Died (2053, Age 83)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 12 (1988)	2B	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Tim Raines League	0	17 years (120 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B+	B-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B+	B-	B+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B	A-	D+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D	F
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C-	A-	A-
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C	0	7/11/1970
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	9
Alt Pos (2B)	Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (SS)
A+ (99.7 %)	C+ (47.6 %)	D  (14.4 %)

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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

1988

Minors

57.00

7 / 7

12 / 12

4 / 4

6 / 6

5 / 10

11 / 11

7 / 7

52 / 57

1989

Minors

59.00

9 / 10

11 / 11

4 / 5

10 / 10

1 / 4

12 / 12

7 / 7

54 / 59

1990

Minors

64.00

7 / 9

8 / 11

5 / 9

11 / 15

2 / 4

7 / 8

7 / 8

47 / 64

1991

Minors

50.00

3 / 4

2 / 4

8 / 10

2 / 4

5 / 8

9 / 10

8 / 10

37 / 50

1991

Majors

1.70

5

3

0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

1991

Pos (SS)

138.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

20 / 138

1992

Minors

18.00

3 / 4

1 / 1

2 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 1

6 / 18

1992

Majors

47.94

116

90

0

2 / 6

2 / 7

3 / 5

2 / 5

2 / 9

7 / 11

2 / 4

20 / 47

1993

Minors

16.00

2 / 4

3 / 3

0 / 1

3 / 3

1 / 1

1 / 2

1 / 2

11 / 16

1993

Majors

56.20

132

110

0

7 / 13

4 / 9

2 / 7

1 / 5

1 / 7

4 / 7

2 / 8

21 / 56

1994

Majors

65.53

162

142

0

8 / 15

2 / 9

0 / 6

4 / 11

0 / 7

4 / 8

2 / 9

20 / 65

1995

Majors

65.96

162

140

0

0 / 6

3 / 8

3 / 8

3 / 9

2 / 17

5 / 7

4 / 10

20 / 65

1996

Majors

51.18

131

115

31

3 / 10

2 / 11

2 / 8

1 / 6

0 / 5

1 / 7

2 / 4

11 / 51

1997

Majors

62.86

162

123

0

1 / 7

1 / 9

0 / 10

2 / 10

2 / 10

0 / 5

1 / 11

7 / 62

1998

Majors

37.54

162

9

0

1 / 6

0 / 2

1 / 9

0 / 5

0 / 2

0 / 5

0 / 8

2 / 37

1999

Majors

63.89

162

131

0

0 / 8

0 / 12

0 / 7

1 / 11

0 / 7

0 / 8

0 / 10

1 / 63

2000

Majors

64.52

162

142

0

2 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 11

0 / 13

0 / 6

0 / 12

0 / 6

2 / 64

2001

Majors

55.16

162

98

0

1 / 11

0 / 4

0 / 6

0 / 10

0 / 9

1 / 11

0 / 4

2 / 55

2002

Majors

49.68

162

68

0

0 / 11

0 / 6

0 / 2

0 / 7

0 / 3

0 / 13

0 / 7

0 / 49

2003

Majors

62.06

162

142

0

0 / 10

0 / 7

0 / 6

0 / 11

0 / 10

1 / 13

0 / 5

1 / 62

2004

Majors

65.53

162

142

0

-1 / 10

-1 / 9

-2 / 6

-1 / 17

-6 / 12

-4 / 2

-2 / 9

-17 / 65

2005

Majors

63.97

162

142

0

0 / 7

-3 / 11

-3 / 10

-4 / 12

-6 / 4

-1 / 11

-1 / 8

-18 / 63

2006

Majors

51.05

148

99

14

-3 / 8

-5 / 8

-2 / 7

-2 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 9

-1 / 6

-13 / 51

2007

Majors

49.01

156

73

6

-2 / 5

-1 / 8

-1 / 8

-3 / 7

-6 / 8

-1 / 7

-3 / 6

-17 / 49

2008

Majors

52.61

162

75

0

-1 / 13

-3 / 7

0 / 6

-4 / 6

-3 / 6

-2 / 9

-1 / 5

-14 / 52

2009

Majors

33.76

162

28

0

-4 / 3

-7 / 6

-5 / 7

-2 / 4

0 / 1

-2 / 6

-2 / 6

-22 / 33

Total

2794

1872

51

45 / 196

31 / 182

21 / 161

30 / 197

0 / 161

53 / 196

33 / 161

233 / 1392

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
2009-11-01	Sam Griffin has retired from the Chicago Minimen
2007-10-08	Sam Griffin of the Chicago Minis is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
2007-04-22	Sam Griffin of the Chicago Minis is injured and is expected to be out 7 days.
2006-06-06	Sam Griffin of the Chicago Minis is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1996-07-31	Sam Griffin of the Chicago Minis is injured and is expected to be out 35 days.
1993-05-22	A trade has been completed between the Philadelphia Ramblers and the Chicago Black Sox. The Chicago Black Sox receive Sam Griffin, Donne Farrell from the Philadelphia Ramblers in exchange for Bill Singleton, Philly Jones, Draft Pick 1994 Round 2 CHA (Wilbur Warthen). Protest This Trade.
1993-04-18	A trade has been completed between the Minnesota Daredevils and the Philadelphia Ramblers. The Philadelphia Ramblers receive Angus Bash, Sam Griffin from the Minnesota Daredevils in exchange for Scott Walker, Jim "Ape Law" Kolp. Protest This Trade.
1992-07-03	A trade has been completed between the Minnesota Daredevils and the New York Gothams. The New York Gothams receive Joe Birdsall, Ed Nelson, Brian Sampen, Draft Pick 1994 Round 2 MIN (Bob Shannon) from the Minnesota Daredevils in exchange for Don Cleary, Sam Griffin. Protest This Trade.
1992-06-18	The New York Gothams have promoted Sam Griffin to the major league team. The New York Gothams have designated Juice Dalberto for assignment.
1992-04-27	The New York Gothams have promoted Frank Demmitt to the major league team. The New York Gothams have sent Sam Griffin to the minors.
1991-10-18	The New York Gothams have promoted Sam Griffin to the major league team.
1991-10-03	The New York Gothams have sent Sam Griffin to the minors. The New York Gothams have sent Paul Schrom to the minors.
1991-09-27	The New York Gothams have promoted Sam Griffin to the major league team.
1991-08-26	A trade has been completed between the Minnesota DareDevils and the New York Gothams. The New York Gothams receive Jim Brantley, Stover Culver, Sam Griffin from the Minnesota DareDevils in exchange for Sam Parker, Derrel Birmingham, Izzy Myerson. Protest This Trade.
1990-10-03	A trade has been completed between the Minnesota Ka-Zars and the Boston Arctic Monkeys. The Boston Arctic Monkeys receive Tom Bishop, Draft Pick 1991 Round 1 NYN (Mark Feinberg) from the Minnesota Ka-Zars in exchange for Joe Shields, Sam Griffin. Protest This Trade.