Major League Baseball Executive. Born Calvin Robertson in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, he was the son of baseball player, Calvin Robertson and nephew of Hall of Fame former pitcher, manager and Washington Senators baseball team owner, Clark Griffith. After his father died in 1922, Clark Griffith adopted Calvin and he with his siblings moved to Washington D.C. Calvin worked his way up through a variety of positions with the team and upon Griffith's death in 1955, the Senators were passed on to Calvin's ownership. In a controversial move in 1961, he relocated the Senators to Minneapolis-St. Paul and renamed the team the Minnesota Twins. In 1984, because of all the changes brought about by free agency in baseball, Griffith sold the Twins to Minneapolis banker, Carl Pohlad. He died at age 87 and was posthumously inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2010.
Major League Baseball Executive. Born Calvin Robertson in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, he was the son of baseball player, Calvin Robertson and nephew of Hall of Fame former pitcher, manager and Washington Senators baseball team owner, Clark Griffith. After his father died in 1922, Clark Griffith adopted Calvin and he with his siblings moved to Washington D.C. Calvin worked his way up through a variety of positions with the team and upon Griffith's death in 1955, the Senators were passed on to Calvin's ownership. In a controversial move in 1961, he relocated the Senators to Minneapolis-St. Paul and renamed the team the Minnesota Twins. In 1984, because of all the changes brought about by free agency in baseball, Griffith sold the Twins to Minneapolis banker, Carl Pohlad. He died at age 87 and was posthumously inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2010.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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