Lee Griffeth

{{short description|American baseball player (1925-2007)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Lee Griffeth |position=Pitcher |image=Lee Griffeth.jpg |caption= |bats=Both |throws=Left |birth_date={{birth date|1925|5|20}} |birth_place=Carmel, New York |death_date={{death date and age|2007|8|3|1925|5|20}} |death_place=Durham, North Carolina |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=June 25 |debutyear=1946 |debutteam=Philadelphia Athletics |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=August 6 |finalyear=1946 |finalteam=Philadelphia Athletics |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=0-0 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=2.93 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=4 |teams= *Philadelphia Athletics ({{baseball year|1946}}) }}

'''Leon Clifford Griffeth''' (May 20, 1925 – August 3, 2007) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. Listed at 5' 11", 180 lb., he was a switch-hitter and threw left-handed.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/griffle01.shtml Baseball Reference – major league profile]</ref>

Born in Carmel, New York, Griffeth pitched briefly for the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1946 season.

In a ten-game career, he posted a 2.93 earned run average with four strikeouts and six walks in 15⅓ innings of work, and did not have a decision. He also played eight minor league seasons from 1946 through 1953, posting a 44-52 record and a 4.15 ERA in 197 pitching appearances.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=griffe002leo Baseball Reference – minor league career]</ref> Griffeth died in Durham, North Carolina, at the age of 82.

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