Alfredo Griffin
| Alfredo Griffin | |||
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Griffin with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
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| Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim – No. 4 | |||
| Shortstop/ First base coach | |||
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Born: October 6, 1957 Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 4, 1976, for the Cleveland Indians | |||
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| October 3, 1993, for the Toronto Blue Jays | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .249 | ||
| Hits | 1,688 | ||
| Runs batted in | 527 | ||
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Alfredo Claudino Baptist Read Griffin (born October 6, 1957) is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) player, who played shortstop for four teams from 1976 to 1993. He is currently the first base coach for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Alfredo began his career as a member of the Cleveland Indians, who signed him as an amateur free agent in 1973. On December 5, 1978, before having played a full season in the majors, he was traded, along with Phil Lansford (minors), to the Toronto Blue Jays for Víctor Cruz. Alfredo made an immediate impact, sharing the American League Rookie of the Year Award in 1979 with John Castino.
In 1980, Griffin led the Major Leagues in Triples, tying Willie Wilson of the Royals with 15 ...... in fact, both Griffin and Wilson set an AL record for most triples in a single season by a switch-hitter. Five years later, Wilson himself shattered the record that he shared with Griffin by tallying 21 triples in 1985.
In 1984, he was named to the All-Star team. This was explained by John Feinstein of the Washington Post as: "Making the All-Star team the hard way: Major league baseball pays the expenses for each player here and for one guest. In most cases, players bring wives or girlfriends. Damaso Garcia, the Toronto Blue Jays' second baseman, brought his shortstop, Alfredo Griffin. When the Tigers' Alan Trammell hurt his arm and could not play tonight, Manager Joe Altobelli named Griffin to the team, partly because he's a fine player, but mostly because he was here."
All the same, Griffin was valued far more for his glove than his bat. Mike Scioscia called him "the Ozzie Smith of the American League." A steady, everyday shortstop, he spent six years with the Blue Jays, playing in 392 consecutive games. He was traded after the 1984 season to Oakland, where, despite his reluctance to draw walks and a tendency to be overaggressive on the basepaths, he began to harness the offensive promise that he showed in 1980 when he set an AL record for most triples by a switch-hitter with a league-leading 15. He also had some very bad seasons: in 1990 when he became the last player to finish last in the National League, of those who qualified for the batting title, in batting average, on-base percentage, and slugging average. Griffin won the American League Gold Glove award in 1985.
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