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	ESPN.com: MLB - Ex-Twins owner Calvin Griffith dead at 87
		Griffith moved the Senators, the team he inherited from his adopted father, after the 1960 season and the team was renamed the Minnesota Twins.
		Griffith was born in Montreal on Dec. 1, 1911, one of Jimmy and Jane Robertson's seven children.
		Griffith, who spent winters in Florida and summers in Minnesota, is survived by his wife, Belva Block; son, Clark II; daughters Corinne Pillsbury and Clare Griffith; three grandchildren; sister Mildred Cronin, widow of former major league pitcher Joe Cronin; and brother Billy Robertson.
	espn.go.com /mlb/news/1999/1020/124107.html (1065 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: 'Calvin' Loud and Clear in Portait
		Griffith did invite easy informality, this large, round-faced man of old-fashioned baseball values and no pretensions except for his frequently voiced belief that so many of the new breed of owners didn't know what the hell they were talking about.
		Calvin Griffith presided over the last of baseball's family-owned franchises, first in Washington and later in Minneapolis, where he was booed, loved and booed again.
		Yet Griffith eventually was able to restock the team from the farm system that was his pet, and when he sold the club in late August 1984, it had a 5 1/2-game lead in the AL West.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/baseball/daily/oct99/21/griffith89.htm (616 words)

	Napa County Biographies
		CALVIN C. Calvin C. Griffith, horticulturist, Napa County, who is one of the oldest pioneers of this place, having crossed the plains in 1845 with the new historical train that brought out the Hudsons, Yorks and many other well-known names in California, and that was the first train that brought wagons over the Sierra Nevadas.
		Griffith is the daughter of Colonel Robert Sensibaugh, who has been a pioneer of more than one State, and is still living at the good old age of eighty-three years, in Wise County, Texas, to which place he went from California in 1861.
		Griffith was born in Dade County, Missouri, in 1838, and came overland with her parents in 1852, residing from that time till the date of her marriage to Mr.
	www.calarchives4u.com /Biographies/napa/napa-griff.htm (1183 words)

	Why I Like Baseball, by Cecilia Tan
		Griffith was a star pitcher at the turn of the century who became majority owner of the Washington Senators and took them to train on the site in the spring of 1936.
		Calvin Griffith was a baseball owner, which means he was both reviled and revered.
		Griffith remained in control of the team and acted as his own general manager for decades, but finally sold a majority share in the team to billionaire Carl Pohlad in 1984, ceding 52% ownership in a tearful ceremony in the Metrodome.
	www.ceciliatan.com /Entry138.html (2188 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: Longtime Senators Owner Calvin Griffith Dies at 87
		Griffith was the architect of Minnesota's 1987 championship.
		Calvin had removed the club from the nation's capital when, finally, it was on the verge of becoming a winning team again.
		He was born Calvin Robertson, and was a nephew who came to Washington from Montreal to live with his uncle Clark and his wife, and took the Griffith name.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/baseball/daily/oct99/21/griffith21.htm (758 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Griffith,
		In 1915, Griffith released the Civil War epic The Birth of a Nation, often cited as the most important document in...
		Griffith was among those who established the unofficial Irish Parliament, the Dáil Éireann, in 1919, becoming...
		Griffith guilty of shooting parents: VERDICT:Jurors find Jody Lee Griffith guilty on all counts in the Oct. 1, 2004, attempted murders.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Griffith, (873 words)

	Clark Griffith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Griffith lowered his ERA over the following years to a low of 1.88 in 1898, the lowest mark in the league.
		Griffith won 20 games for his 7th and final time in 1901 as a member of the Chicago White Stockings in the nascent American League; it was also the first year he assumed managerial duties.
		When Griffith died, ownership of the club passed into the hands of his adopted son, Calvin Griffith, who led the charge to have the club moved to Minnesota and become the Twins.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clark_Griffith (496 words)

	CNN/SI - MLB Baseball - Former Twins owner Griffith dies at 87 - Wednesday October 20, 1999 01:47 PM
		Griffith moved the Senators after the 1960 season and the team became the Minnesota Twins.
		Griffith was a bat boy in 1924-25 for the Senators, the team for which his uncle and adopted father became a Hall of Fame pitcher.
		Griffith was among the first owners to prophesy doom for small-market teams, a position contradicted when the Twins won World Series titles in 1987 and 1991 -- after Griffith sold them to Pohlad, ending 65 years of franchise ownership by the Griffith family.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /baseball/mlb/news/1999/10/20/obit_griffith_ap (766 words)

	TheDeadballEra.com :: CALVIN GRIFFITH'S OBIT
		Calvin Griffith, a tight-fisted owner who inherited the Washington Senators and moved them to Minnesota, died Wednesday in Melbourne, Fla. He was 87.
		Calvin Griffith worked in various capacities in the minors and majors before taking control of the Senators in 1955 after his adopted father died.
		Griffith, who spent winters in Florida and summers in Minnesota, is survived by his wife, Belva Block; son, Clark II; daughters Corinne Pillsbury and Clare Griffith; three grandchildren; sister Mildred Cronin, widow of former major league shortstop Joe Cronin; and brother Billy Robertson.
	www.thedeadballera.com /Obits/Griffith.Calvin.Obit.html (874 words)

	ESPN.com - Players remember Griffith as a baseball man
		Griffith, 87, died Wednesday in Melbourne, Fla. He was one of the game's more frugal owners and was responsible for bringing major league baseball to Minnesota when he moved the Washington Senators after the 1960 season.
		Griffith ordered Senators manager Cookie Lavagetto to play Killebrew regularly, after the young outfielder had spent the last five seasons shuffling between Washington and the minor leagues.
		Blyleven said Griffith's legacy should be as a lifelong baseball fan who brought millions of fans in the Upper Midwest to the game when he moved the Twins to Minnesota.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=124837&type=news (625 words)

	CALVIN GRIFFITH COOL OF THE EVENING
		Griffith had gone from using vendors as grounds crews to having his team fly chartered airlines.
		As host of the '65 All-Star Game, Griffith had the a pool at the hotel that served as game headquarters stocked with freshwater fish, and poles were provided for the game's dignitaries.
		Griffith was ill with phlebitis and pneumonia during the spring and missed the 1965 home opener.
	www.cooloftheevening.com /excerpt_4.htm (238 words)

	Signature Analysis and Autograph Habits of Hall of Fame Pitcher, Manager and Baseball Executive Clark Calvin Griffith - ...
		Clark Calvin Griffith was born in Clear Creek, Missouri on November 20, 1869.
		Griffith began pitching professionally in the Western League (Milwaukee) in 1888, and then moved on to the American Association playing for St. Louis and Boston prior to its collapse in 1892.
		Griffith remained manager through 1920 (renaming Washington Park after himself) and club president until the day he died when his adopted son (actually his nephew), Calvin, inherited the team in 1955.
	www.psacard.com /articles/article_view.chtml?artid=3515&universeid=314 (993 words)

	MDO - Griffith foresaw troubles for the Twins in Minnesota - 10/21/1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Griffith was a local hero back in 1960, when his Washington Senators couldn't pay people to go see a team stuck in the American League cellar since Normandy.
		Griffith sold the team to Carl Pohlad in September of 1984 and cried when the papers were signed.
		The nucleus of that team arrived because Griffith's best players were free agents in 1982 and their desired income was far bigger than what Griffith could, or believed he could, be paid.
	www.mndaily.com /daily/1999/10/21/sports/spo2 (545 words)

	Calvin Griffith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Calvin Robertson Griffith (December 1, 1911 - October 20, 1999), born Calvin Robertson in Montreal, Canada, was a Major League Baseball team owner (1955 - 1984).
		Under Calvin Griffith's ownership, just a few years after his father's death, Calvin moved the Senators to Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota in 1961, wanting to find a city that would provide a larger fan-base for his club.
		Griffith died on October 20, 1999 at the age of 87.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Calvin_Griffith (328 words)

	Clark Griffith \| The BASEBALL Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Griffith served as manager and star pitcher for the White Sox, leading the team to the American League's first pennant.
		Griffith was baseball in the District of Columbia for nearly 50 years.
		Griffith had control over his many pitches, and walked just 774 batters in more than 3,380 innings.
	www.thebaseballpage.com /players/griffcl01.php (723 words)

	Beyond the Shadow of the Senators
		Clark Griffith was the owner of the Washington Senators.
		Ultimately, however, Griffith did not sign them because he did not want to give up the $100,000 in stadium rentals that was receiving each season from Grays during their heyday in Washington in 1942 and 1943.
		Griffith's failure to integrate his team alienated his loyal fl fan base and ultimately doomed his team in Washington.
	www.beyondtheshadow.com /cast_griffith.html (120 words)

	GW Hatchet - Griffith dead at 87 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Calvin Griffith (’35), a member of the GW Athletic Hall of Fame for basketball and baseball, died Wednesday in Melbourne, Fla., after developing pneumonia and a kidney infection.
		In 1959, Calvin Griffith was inducted into the GW Hall of Fame with the inaugural class that included Red Auerbach and Tuffy Leemans.
		Longtime Washington Post columnist Shirley Povich wrote of Griffith in 1989: For 30 years Calvin Griffith offered major league baseball and its fans the picture of a clubowner most singular – born to the game, homely of speech, contemptuous of his peers and persevering with his mom-and-pop operation in the new era of baseball supermarkets.
	www.gwhatchet.com /home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=80ab2f5d-a2a7-465d-8fa8-879c95fc31f7 (210 words)

	City Pages - Clark Griffith and the Mandate of Heaven
		She met Calvin when he was managing the Senators' minor-league affiliate in Charlotte and she was a season ticket-holder; later she would count the legendary manager Casey Stengel among her friends.
		Calvin's patron, Uncle Clark, had always preached the gospel of penurious management; just because all the other owners had lost their minds didn't mean Calvin had to join them.
		Griffith doesn't have the kind of money it takes to buy a major league baseball team, and the only other publicly named participant in the proposed deals was Mike Veeck, an equally bright, creative man with equally colorful family ties to the game--and equally meager resources.
	www.citypages.com /databank/18/870/article1509.asp (4990 words)

	Ballpark Digest -- Griffith Stadium
		Griffith Stadium was one of the first of the classic concrete-and-steel major-league ballparks built in the 20th century.
		However in 1957, Calvin Griffith, nephew and adopted son of the recently departed Clark, shrunk the distance to left field by sixty feet, installing a six-foot-high fence 350’ from home plate.
		Griffith Stadium, along with Forbes Field, was home to the Homestead Grays of the Negro National League.
	www.ballparkdigest.com /stadiums/past/griffith_stadium.htm (1773 words)

	Calvin Griffith - BR Bullpen
		The adopted son of Hall of Famer Clark Griffith, Calvin Griffith was sent to run the Chattanooga Lookouts in 1935.
		From 1938-1941, Griffith was GM and manager of the Charlotte Hornets of the Piedmont League.
		Calvin's brother Sherry Robertson also played for Calvin at Charlotte, and later in the majors.
	www.baseball-reference.com /bullpen/Calvin_Griffith (193 words)

	DCist: At RFK, Remembering the Forgettable Griffiths (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		His heir and foster son, Calvin Griffith, is usually blamed for running the team into the ground (Calvin's name is mud around here, for those who remember).
		Griffith was never a great financial success, but he was not a pauper, either.
		And although Calvin was an adopted son, he was blood (and not a foster son): he was Clark's nephew.
	www.dcist.com /archives/2005/02/14/forgetting_the.php (1597 words)

	Thelma Griffith Haynes, Baseball Owner, 82 - New York Times
		Thelma Griffith Haynes, a former co-owner of the Minnesota Twins, died Sunday in Orlando, Fla. She was 82.
		Haynes and her brother, Calvin Griffith, were raised by their uncle, Clark Griffith, because their parents were struggling financially and were later adopted by Griffith, a Hall of Fame pitcher who owned the Washington Senators.
		Calvin Griffith became president of the franchise after Clark Griffith died and moved the team to Minnesota in 1961.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9801E1D81039F934A25753C1A963958260 (184 words)

	Pennants, Chicago Cubs at Gifts For Baseball Fans
		Griffith won 20 games for his 7th and final time in 1901 as a member of the Chicago White Stockings in the nascent American League; it was also the first year he assumed managerial duties.
		Griffith owned the Washington Senators from 1920 until his death in 1955, during which time he became known for his dislike of night games and also for his faith in young players.
		Griffith's wagers appeared to pay off, as the Senators won the pennant in both years under their new youthful managers.
	www.giftsforbaseballfans.com /pennants_70.htm (371 words)

	Ballparks of Baseball-Griffith Stadium-Washington Senators
		However, the new second deck of Griffith Stadium did not connect to the original grandstand because the original stands were graded differently.
		Griffith decided to move the Senators to Minneapolis’s Metropolitan Stadium after the 1960 season.
		The new Washington Senators played at Griffith Stadium for one season in 1961 before moving again, this time to the new D.C. Stadium.
	www.ballparksofbaseball.com /past/GriffithStadium.htm (495 words)

	Clark Griffith Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
		Clark Griffith was born on Saturday, November 20, 1869, in Clear Creek, Missouri.
		Griffith was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 11, 1891, with the St. Louis Browns.
		His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Clark Griffith baseball stats page.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=griffcl01 (290 words)

	Save the Minnesota Twins.com - Articles - Griffith Family Makes Bid for Twins
		Minneapolis lawyer Clark Griffith led a group of investors that submitted a bid by Monday's deadline for local buyers, imposed last month when the Twins renegotiated their Metrodome lease.
		Owner Carl Pohlad, who bought the team in 1984 from Calvin Griffith, Clark's father, promised to give local investors 30 days to make bids for all or part of the team.
		Calvin Griffith, who moved the Twins to Minnesota from Washington in 1961, was among the six or seven investors in Monday's bid.
	www.savetheminnesotatwins.com /articles/9.14.98.html (592 words)

	Calvin College vs Grand Valley State (Apr 16, 2002)
		Griffith reached on a fielder's choice; Heuker out at second ss to 2b.
		Griffith reached on an error by 2b; Heuker advanced to second.
		Calvin College - inning 10 Thompson to ss for Vriesman.
	www.calvin.edu /sports/baseball/stats/2002/ca25.htm (1200 words)

	CNN/SI - MLB Baseball - Twins to honor Griffith in 2000 - Saturday December 04, 1999 12:17 PM
		The old cap design was worn from 1961, when Griffith brought major league baseball to the Midwest by relocating the Washington Senators, until 1986.
		"Calvin was a Minnesota sports legend and a great baseball man, known not only for his judge of talent but for his incredible dedication to the game he loved," Twins owner Carl Pohlad said.
		Griffith sold the ball club to Pohlad in 1984 and was credited for establishing the foundation of the Twins' world championships in 1987 and '91.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /baseball/mlb/news/1999/12/04/twins_griffith_ap (367 words)

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