Ivy Griffin Baseball player

Ivy Moore Griffin (November 16, 1896 in Thomasville, Alabama – August 25, 1957 in Gainesville, Georgia) was a first baseman in Major League Baseball. He played from 1919 to 1921 for the Philadelphia Athletics.Griffin was a manager in the minor leagues from 1935 to 1955, winning four league championships. While Griffin managed a Class D team in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, he signed future all-star player Andy Pafko. Pafko, who had never played baseball in high school, was signed while working on his father's nearby farm. Griffin died in an automobile accident in Gainesville, Georgia.

Personal facts

Birth dateNovember 16, 1896
Birth place
Thomasville Alabama
Date of deathAugust 25, 1957
Place of death
Gainesville Georgia

Search

Baseball player

Career startSeptember 09, 1919
Career endAugust 28, 1921
batting sideLeft
former teams
Oakland Athletics
position
First baseman
teams
Oakland Athletics
throwing sideRight

Ivy Griffin on Wikipedia