Acie Griggs | |
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Second baseman | |
Born: Union Springs, Alabama | September 13, 1923|
Died: June 11, 2007 Birmingham, Alabama | (aged 83)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1948, for the New York Cubans | |
Last appearance | |
1957, for the Birmingham Black Barons | |
Teams | |
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Asa Griggs (September 13, 1923 – June 11, 2007), nicknamed "Skeet", was an American Negro league second baseman in the 1940s and 1950s.
A native of Union Springs, Alabama, Griggs was the brother of fellow Negro leaguer Wiley Griggs. Older brother Acie graduated from A. H. Parker High School and Alabama A&M University,[1][2] and served in the US Navy during World War II.[3] He played for the New York Cubans in 1948, and joined the Birmingham Black Barons in 1949, where he played through 1957.[4] Griggs died in Birmingham, Alabama in 2007 at age 83.