claude, grier, claude, bonds, grier, march, 1904, march, 1967, nicknamed, american, negro, league, pitcher, 1920s, pitcherborn, 1904, march, 1904catawba, county, north, carolinadied, march, 1967, 1967, aged, newton, north, carolinabatted, leftthrew, leftnegro,. Claude Bonds Grier March 24 1904 March 1 1967 nicknamed Red was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1920s Claude GrierPitcherBorn 1904 03 24 March 24 1904Catawba County North CarolinaDied March 1 1967 1967 03 01 aged 62 Newton North CarolinaBatted LeftThrew LeftNegro league baseball debut1924 for the Washington Wilmington PotomacsLast appearance1928 for the Bacharach GiantsTeamsWashington Wilmington Potomacs 1924 1925 Bacharach Giants 1925 1928 Career highlights and awardsPitched a no hitter on October 3 1926A native of Catawba County North Carolina Grier attended North Carolina A amp T State University He made his Negro leagues debut in 1924 for the Washington Potomacs and split time between Wilmington and the Bacharach Giants the following season Grier went on to play three more seasons with the Bacharach club where he spun a historic no hitter in the 1926 Colored World Series and finished his career in 1928 1 2 He died in Newton North Carolina in 1967 at age 62 References edit Claude Grier seamheads com Retrieved October 7 2020 Red Grier baseball reference com Retrieved October 7 2020 External links editCareer statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Seamheads nbsp This Negro league baseball pitcher article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Claude Grier amp oldid 1129893954, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
