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Tyrone Vontrace Griffin (born September 5, 1967 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky) is an American retired professional baseball second baseman. He played in minor league baseball and in international compe*ion for the United States national baseball team.

Career

Griffin attended C. Leon King High School and the Georgia Ins*ute of Technology, where he played for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball team in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). At Georgia Tech, Griffin was named an All-ACC second baseman and the Most Valuable Player of the 1988 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament.

Griffin was part of the United States national baseball team competing in the 1987 Pan American Games and 1988 Summer Olympics.

The Chicago Cubs drafted Griffin in the first round (9th overall) of the 1988 Major League Baseball Draft. He made his professional debut with the Peoria Chiefs of the Cl*-A Midwest League in 1989, and was promoted to the Charlotte Knights of the Cl*-AA Southern League that year. Baseball America rated Griffin the 22nd best prospect in baseball prior to the 1990 season. He split the 1990 and 1991 seasons between the Winston-Salem Spirits of the Cl*-A Advanced Carolina League and Charlotte.

The Cubs traded Griffin to the Cincinnati Reds for Scott Bryant after the 1991 season. The Reds *igned Griffin to their Southern League affiliate, the Chattanooga Lookouts. The Reds released him after the season, and Griffin joined the independent Northern League, where he played for the Thunder Bay Whiskey Jacks in 1993 and the Sioux City Explorers in 1993. He signed with the St. Louis Cardinals and played for the Arkansas Travelers in the Cl*-AA Texas League in 1995. He returned to independent baseball in 1996 and 1997, playing for the Grand Forks Varmints of the Prairie League.

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)