Robert Lee Griffith (October 1, 1912 – November 8, 1977) was an American baseballpitcher in the Negro leagues who played for several teams between 1934 and 1951.
griffith, robert, griffith, october, 1912, november, 1977, american, baseball, pitcher, negro, leagues, played, several, teams, between, 1934, 1951, pitcherborn, 1912, october, 1912liberty, tennesseedied, november, 1977, 1977, aged, indianapolis, indianabatted. Robert Lee Griffith October 1 1912 November 8 1977 was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues who played for several teams between 1934 and 1951 Bob GriffithPitcherBorn 1912 10 01 October 1 1912Liberty TennesseeDied November 8 1977 1977 11 08 aged 65 Indianapolis IndianaBatted LeftThrew RightNegro league baseball debut1934 for the Nashville Elite GiantsLast appearance1951 for the Granby Red SoxTeamsNashville Elite Giants 1934 Columbus Elite Giants 1935 Washington Elite Giants 1936 1937 Baltimore Elite Giants 1938 1941 New York Black Yankees 1942 1943 1946 1948 Newark Eagles 1945 Memphis Red Sox 1948 Philadelphia Stars 1949 Granby Red Sox 1951 A native of Liberty Tennessee Griffith served in the US Army during World War II 1 He was a three time pitcher in the East West All Star Game 1935 1948 1949 Griffith also played in the Cuba Dominican Republic Mexico and Venezuela professional leagues Listed at 6 5 235 lb he batted and threw right handed and was nicknamed Schoolboy or Big Bill 2 Griffith died in Indianapolis Indiana in 1977 at age 65 References Edit Negro Leaguers Who Served With The Armed Forces in WWII baseballinwartime com Retrieved October 7 2020 Riley James A 1994 The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues New York Carroll amp Graf ISBN 0 7867 0959 6 External links EditCareer statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Baseball Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to an American baseball pitcher born in the 1910s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Negro league baseball pitcher article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bob Griffith amp oldid 1046333028, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
