About Lee Griffeth
Lived 1925 – 2007 (aged 82). Lee Griffeth was an American baseball player.
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.
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.
Griffeth died in Durham, North Carolina, at the age of 82.
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Lee Griffeth was born on 20 May 1925 in Carmel.
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Lee Griffeth died on 3 August 2007 in Durham.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Lee Griffeth. https://biography.guide/lee-griffeth/
MLA: "Lee Griffeth." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/lee-griffeth/.
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