Ivy Griffin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetIvy Griffin
American baseball player
Date of Birth: 16-Nov-1896
Place of Birth: Thomasville, Alabama, United States
Date of Death: 25-Aug-1957
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Ivy Griffin
- Ivy Moore Griffin (November 16, 1896 – August 25, 1957) was a first baseman in Major League Baseball.
- He played from 1919 to 1921 for the Philadelphia Athletics. Griffin was a manager in the minor leagues from 1935 to 1955, winning four league championships.
- While Griffin managed a Class D team in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, he signed future all-star player Andy Pafko.
- Pafko, who had never played baseball in high school, was signed while working on his father's nearby farm.
- Griffin died in an automobile accident in Gainesville, Georgia.
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