Ty Griffin

Ty Griffin played second base for the USA at the 1988 Olympics demonstration baseball tournament. Griffin played in college at Georgia Tech University and also played for the USA at the 1987 Pan American Games.

Griffin was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the first round (9th pick) of the 1988 Major League Baseball Draft. He started with the Peoria Chiefs of A-ball in 1989, but later that year was promoted to the Charlotte Knights of Double-A Southern League. From 1990-91 he played with the Knights and the Winston-Salem Spirits. After the 1991 season, the Cubs traded him to the Cincinnati Reds, where he played for their Chattanooga Lookouts. The Reds released him after the 1992 seasons and he bounced around the minors through 1997, but Griffin never made it to the Major Leagues.