John-Ford Griffin
John-Ford Griffin
Full Name:  John-Ford David Griffin
   School:  Sarasota High School in Sarasota, Florida


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FSU Career
Baseball
Year  No  Pos     Hgt  Wgt  B  T  Cl  Ltr  Hometown
1999  39  OF      6-2  185  L  L  Fr   *   Sarasota              
2000  39  OF      6-2  185  L  L  So   *   Sarasota              
2001  39  OF      6-2  205  L  L  Jr   *   Sarasota              


Comments
Outfielder from Sarasota...lettered for three years and started for two and a half years for the Seminoles...batted over .402 all three years and had a career .427 batting average...his top 25 season records include Batting Average (3rd-.450 in 2001, 12th-.403 in 2000 - even though he hit .436 in 1999 he did not have enough at bats to qualify for the top 25 list), Slugging Percentage (6th-.797 in 2001), At Bats (11th-300 in 2000), Hits (4th-121 in 2000 and 11th-113 in 2001), Doubles (33 in 2000 and 30 in 2001), Home Runs (18th-19 in 2001) and Total Bases (8th-200 in 2001 and 18th-187 in 2000)...top 25 career marks include Batting Average (1st-.427), Slugging Percentage (8th-.686), On Base Percentage (4th-.506), Runs (25th-193), Hits (10th-292) Doubles (1st-78), Home Runs (23rd-31), Total Bases (11th-469)...had a 23 game hitting streak in 2000...helped lead the Seminoles to the College World Series in 1999 (2nd place), 2000 (3rd) and the Super Regional in 2001,,,ACC Player of the Year in 2001...earned 2nd team All-American honors in 2000 and NCAA Consensus All-American honors in 2001...played two years with the Toronto Blue Jays.


Awards
Baseball
Year  Award
2000  American Baseball Coaches Association - 2nd Team All-American
      Collegiate Baseball - 2nd Team All-American
2001  American Baseball Coaches Association - 1st Team All-American
      Baseball America - 1st Team All-American
      Baseball Weekly - 1st Team All-American
      Collegiate Baseball - 1st Team All-American
      NCAA - Concensus All-American


FSU Statistics
Baseball
Batting Statistics
YEAR   AVG  GP  GS   AB  R   H   2B  3B  HR RBI  TB   SLG%  BB HBP  SO GDP   OB% SF SH  SB ATT
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1999  .436  55  30  133  42  58  15   0   3  35   82  .617  18   2  22   2  .503  2  0   0   0
2000  .403  70  70  300  72 121  33   3   9  58  187  .623  40   4  38   9  .476  3  0   2   3
2001  .450  65  65  251  79 113  30   0  19  75  200  .797  50   4  23   3  .542  3  0  11  15
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Tot   .427 190 165  684 193 292  78   3  31 168  469  .686 108  10  83  14  .506  8  0  13  18
Fielding Statistics
Year   PO  AST  E   FLD%  DP
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1999   34    2  1   .973   0
2000   45    0  2   .957   0
2001  106    5  8   .933   1
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Tot   185    7 11   .946   1


Pro Career
Baseball
Height: 6-2   Weight: 215  Throws: Left  Bats: Left
Drafted: 2001, 1st Round  #23, New York Yankees, OF    
Debut: September 6, 2005

Year  Abbr   Team                                No      Pos
2005  Tor    Toronto Blue Jays                   24      OF
2007  Tor    Toronto Blue Jays                   11      OF


Pro Statistics
Baseball
Batting Statistics
Year Team   AVG   GP   GS   AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR RBI   TB  SLG%  BB HBP  SO GDP   OB%  SF  SH  SB ATT
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2005 Tor   .308    7    0   13    3    4   2   0   1   6    9  .692   0   0   4   0  .308   0   0   0   0
2007 Tor   .300    6    3   10    4    3   1   0   1   3    7  .700   3   0   5   0  .429   1   0   0   0
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2 Years    .304   13    3   23    7    7   3   0   2   9   16  .696   3   0   9   0  .370   1   0   0   0
Fielding Statistics
Year Team Pos   GP   PO  Ast   E  DP  Fld%
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2005 Tor  OF     1    0    0   0   0  .000
2007 Tor  OF     3    5    0   0   0 1.000
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2 Years          4    5    0   0   0 1.000