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Here is an image of veteran outfielder Tommy Griffith in his penultimate season with the 1924 Brooklyn Robins.
Griffith commenced his Major League career with the 1913 Boston Braves and was a relatively obscure member of the squad that captured the World Series the following season. Hit left but threw right he appeared in 37 games in that initial season but was reduced to 16 outings in the winning campaign as his slugging just scraped over .100. Aside of 1 appearance in left all his activities in the field were as a right fielder during his time in Boston.
Joining the Cincinnati Reds in 1915 his games played of 160 led the National League. Hitting .305 he totalled what turned out to be a career high 85 runs batted in, from his role as the team's clean up hitter, clearly a breakthrough year. Additionally he also posted career high in both doubles (31) and triples (16). In 1916 with Hal Chase now featuring prominently in the lineup Griffith moved down 1 place in the batting order but still accumulated a career high 595 at bats but his slugging dipped by 90 points to .346 as he struckout a career most 37 times. In 1917 and 1918 he continued in the role of the Reds starting right fielder and 5 place hitter. In February 1919 he joined the Brooklyn Robins as Jake Daubert moved in the opposite direction. Taking over from Daubert as the three hitter but did not shine. In 1920 his productivity reduced such that Bernie Neis took over his starting role. In 1921 as his average improved to .312 he regained his starting and 3 place role, setting a career high .828 ops. 1922 resulted in him sharing right field with namesake Bert, despite batting a career high .316. Again re-established as a starter in 1923 he set a career high 70 runs scored. Now down as the 7th place hitter 1924 turned out to be his final year as a starter. Starting the 1925 season with 7 appearances without a hit he moved from Brooklyn to the Chicago Cubs appearing in 76 games with them to end his Major League career.