| Bill Greason | |||||||||||||||||
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_(cropped).jpg) Greason on his 100th birthday in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pitcher | |||||||||||||||||
| Born: September 3, 1924 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||||
| Professional debut | |||||||||||||||||
| NgL: 1948, for the Birmingham Black Barons | |||||||||||||||||
| MLB: May 31, 1954, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||||||||
| Last MLB appearance | |||||||||||||||||
| June 20, 1954, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||||||||
| MLB[a] statistics | |||||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 3–3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 4.62 | ||||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 36 | ||||||||||||||||
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William Henry Greason (born September 3, 1924) is an American former professional baseball player who years later became a Baptist minister in Birmingham, Alabama.[2] Greason played for the Birmingham Black Barons in the Negro leagues from 1948 to 1951 and for the St. Louis Cardinals of the National League in 1954.
- ^ "MLB officially designates the Negro Leagues as 'Major League'". MLB.com. December 16, 2020. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^ Negro League Baseball Players Association Archived September 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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