# Lee Griffeth

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{{short description|American baseball player (1925-2007)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Lee Griffeth
|position=[Pitcher](/source/Pitcher)
|image=Lee Griffeth.jpg
|caption=
|bats=Both
|throws=Left
|birth_date={{birth date|1925|5|20}}
|birth_place=[Carmel, New York](/source/Carmel%2C_New_York)
|death_date={{death date and age|2007|8|3|1925|5|20}}
|death_place=[Durham, North Carolina](/source/Durham%2C_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](/source/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching))
|stat1value=0-0
|stat2label=[Earned run average](/source/Earned_run_average)
|stat2value=2.93
|stat3label=[Strikeout](/source/Strikeout)s
|stat3value=4
|teams=
*[Philadelphia Athletics](/source/Philadelphia_Athletics) ({{baseball year|1946}})
}}

'''Leon Clifford Griffeth''' (May 20, 1925 – August 3, 2007) was an American [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) [pitcher](/source/pitcher). Listed at 5' 11", 180 lb., he was a [switch-hitter](/source/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](/source/Carmel%2C_New_York), Griffeth pitched briefly for the [Philadelphia Athletics](/source/Philadelphia_Athletics) during the [1946 season](/source/1946_Philadelphia_Athletics_season).

In a ten-game career, he posted a 2.93 [earned run average](/source/earned_run_average) with four [strikeout](/source/strikeout)s and six [walks](/source/base_on_balls) in 15⅓ [innings](/source/innings_pitched) of work, and did not have a decision. He also played eight [minor league](/source/Minor_league_baseball) 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](/source/Durham%2C_North_Carolina), at the age of 82.

==References==
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==External links==
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