Bill Greason
| Bill Greason | |||||||||||||||||
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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 statistics | |||||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 3–3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 4.62 | ||||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 36 | ||||||||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||||||
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William Henry Greason (born September 3, 1924) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who years later became a Baptist minister in Birmingham, Alabama. 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.