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\"Calvin<\/a>Nom de famille :<\/strong> Calvin Griffith
\nElection: <\/strong>January 28, 2010
\nInduction:<\/strong> le 19 juin 2010
\nBorn (date, year, place):<\/strong> le 1er d\u00e9cembre 1911 \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al (Qu\u00e9bec)
\nDied (date, year, place):<\/strong> October 20, 1999 in Melbourne, Florida
\nPosition :<\/strong> Propri\u00e9taire
\nYears Owning a team:<\/strong> 1955-84
\nTeams Owned:<\/strong> Washington Senators\/Minnesota Twins<\/p>\n

“To be remembered a full decade after his death is a true honour for my father,” said Clark Griffith from his home in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n

“This is just fantastic news, and all of us our very proud that his legacy remains strong and will carry forward in St. Marys.”<\/p>\n

Born Calvin Robertson on December 1, 1911 in Montreal, brother of 2007-CBHFM-inductee Sherry Robertson, he was the nephew of Clark Griffith, a former major leaguer and owner of the Washington Senators. Calvin was from a poor family and when his natural father Jimmy Robertson died, Clark Griffith began raising Calvin and then adopted him in 1924. The youngster became a baseball junkie under his uncle’s tutelage, and was known to have spent countless hours in the living room figuring out batting orders and farm team acquisitions to help the team as a youngster. Calvin played baseball and basketball at Staunton Military Academy from 1928 to 1933, and then baseball at George Washington University beginning in 1933. Following that, he managed in the minor leagues in Chattanooga and Charlotte from 1937 to 1941. He moved into several administrative positions throughout the organization, including secretary-treasurer and then vice president beginning in 1942. By the early 1950’s, Calvin was basically running the Senators’ day-to-day operations, and he was handed the ownership of the team after the senior Griffith’s death in 1955.<\/p>\n

Calvin Griffith was instrumental in bringing the club from Washington to Minneapolis in 1961, where he served 24 more years as president and principal owner of the Minnesota Twins. The Twins won three AL West titles under his reign (1965, ’69, ’70), one AL pennant (1965), and they hosted the MLB All-Star Game in 1965, the year that Calvin was awarded the AL’s Executive of the Year award. He was inducted into the Twins’ Hall of Fame in 2000, and the organization named the team MVP award after him. Canadian Justin Morneau won that award in 2006 and 2008. There are currently a row of seats in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome named “Calvin’s Seats,” which are used to host underprivileged families at Twins home games.<\/p>\n

Lorsque Carl Pohlad a achet\u00e9 les Twins en 1984 pour 38 millions $, Griffith a \u00e9clat\u00e9 en sanglots lors de la signature de l\u2019entente. Il est demeur\u00e9 au Minnesota et a continu\u00e9 d\u2019assister aux matchs des Twins o\u00f9 il \u00e9tait d\u2019ailleurs per\u00e7u comme une ic\u00f4ne sur la sc\u00e8ne sportive locale.<\/p>\n

Les deux Griffith, Calvin et son p\u00e8re, \u00e9taient reconnus pour leurs expressions originales.<\/p>\n

His father Clark, who is inducted in Cooperstown, once said about his Senators, “Fans like homeruns, and we have assembled a pitching staff to please our fans!”<\/p>\n

Calvin was quoted saying “He’ll either be the best manager in baseball, or the worst,” after giving a young Billy Martin his first job as a manager.<\/p>\n

Son sens de l\u2019humour \u00e9tait cependant absent lors des n\u00e9gociations de contrats avec les joueurs. Les agents \u00e9taient quasi inexistants \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque et les joueurs discutaient contrat directement avec Griffith. Le lanceur Bert Blyleven raconte cette anecdote :<\/p>\n

“You would go into his office and he would sit in a high chair behind a high desk and you would sit on a couch that sank down, so it was like you were looking up about ten feet at this big owner. He would then basically tell you what you were going to make the next year, because that is what he thought you were worth, period.”<\/p>\n

Griffith est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 le 20 octobre 1999 \u00e0 Melbourne, en Floride. Il laissait alors dans le deuil son \u00e9pouse Belva, son fils Clark, ses filles Corrin Pillsbury et Clare Griffith, ses s\u0153urs Mildren Cronin et son fr\u00e8re Billy Robertson.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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