IP 384
ERA 4.172
WHIP 1.411
BB/9 3.609
SO/9 6.563
  • Full name Derek W. Griffith
  • Born 10/28/1982 in Baltimore, MD
  • Profile Ht.: 6'6" / Wt.: 210 / Bats: L / Throws: L
  • School Birmingham-Southern
  • Drafted in the 17th round (505th overall) by the Philadelphia Phillies in 2003.
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    Birmingham-Southern LHP Derek Griffith outpitched Mississippi State's likely first-rounder Paul Maholm for a 4-1 victory in February. As a 6-foot-6 lefty with a high-80s fastball and smooth mechanics, he would have gone in the first 10 rounds had he not succumbed to Tommy John surgery.

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