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Michael Leroy Griffin (born June 26, 1957) is an American former
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pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("Pitch (baseball), pitches") the Baseball (ball), baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of out (baseball), retiring a batter (baseball), batter, ...
. He played during six seasons at the major league level for the
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,
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,
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, and
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. He was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft. Griffin played his last season in the Cincinnati Reds organization with their Triple-A affiliate, the
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in 1989. As of 2019, he was the pitching coach for the
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in the Baltimore Orioles organization.


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