Acie Griggs

Acie Griggs
Second baseman
Born: (1923-09-13)September 13, 1923
Union Springs, Alabama, U.S.
Died: June 11, 2007(2007-06-11) (aged 83)
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1948, for the New York Cubans
Last appearance
1957, for the Birmingham Black Barons
Stats at Baseball Reference 
Teams

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.

References

  1. ^ "Acie Griggs". nlbemuseum.com. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  2. ^ "Acie Griggs". seamheads.com. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  3. ^ William Dahlberg. "Wiley Griggs". sabr.org. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  4. ^ "Acie 'Skeet' Griggs". nlbpa.com. Retrieved August 4, 2020.


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