Bill Greason
American baseball player and minister (born 1924) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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William Henry Greason (born September 3, 1924) is an American former professional baseball player who later became a Baptist minister in Birmingham, Alabama.[1] He was born in Atlanta, where, as he told a 2020 interviewer, "I grew up across the street from Martin Luther King Jr."[2] Greason enlisted in the United States Marine Corps during World War II — one of the first black Marines[3] — and did his basic training at Montford Point. He embarked with the 66th Supply Platoon, an all-black unit, for the Pacific Theater of Operations and took part in the Battle of Iwo Jima.[3][4]
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Born: (1924-09-03) September 3, 1924 (age 99) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||||
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NgL: 1948, for the Birmingham Black Barons | |||||||||||||||||
MLB: May 31, 1954, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||||||||
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June 20, 1954, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||||||||
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Win–loss record | 0–1 | ||||||||||||||||
Earned run average | 13.50 | ||||||||||||||||
Innings pitched | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
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