Why this card is awesome: Because what in the hell is Griffin looking at? I'll cut him some slack and suggest it's a batting-practice homer being launched into the upper deck by Canseco or McGwire. Hopefully he's not just staring at a cloud.
Cool stat: Griffin was a bad base stealer. He's very high on the list of most seasons with at least 11 CS while having no more than 33 SB. Note that for players in the early part of the 20th century, CS totals are often wrong or absent, so this search doesn't count those guys very well. Griffin's career SB% of 58% is really lousy and he shouldn't have been allowed to run. His career OPS+ of 67 suggests that he shouldn't have been allowed to bat, either.
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If you told me that was Don Cheadle, I'd 100% believe you.
I'd say he's looking at chicks in the crowd and thinking.....
How were caught stealing totals incorrect in the early 1900s? I'm not doubting you; I'm just not entirely sure what you mean by this.
The issue is that CS were not recorded in all years in the early 20th century. Some years yes, some years no. And generally, the numbers are regarded as unreliable because not all scorers really kept track of them, so some days maybe they were written down and other days they weren't. Some years they were also not regarded as an official stat, and some years they were.
I didn't know that, in the years that they did count CS, they didn't do it consistently. Thanks.
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