Event Type: Death
Event Date: 01 Mar 1967
Event Place: Newton, Catawba, North Carolina
Birth Year: 1914
Burial Date: 05 Mar 1967
Burial Place: Catawba, N.C.
Cemetery: Mt. Ola Church
Residence Place: Newton, Catawba, N.C.
Address: 114 Bennett Avenue
Gender: Male
Age: 52y
Marital Status: Married
Race: Negro
Occupation: Estate Caretaker
Birth Date: 24 Mar 1914
Birthplace: Catawba, N.C.
Father's Name: Thomas E. Grier
Mother's Name: Mattie Smyre
Spouse's Name: Mary James Grier
Suggested Edit: Claude Grier [191296808] First pitcher to throw a no-hitter
in Colored World Series in Game 3 of the 1926 series. He played for the At-
lantic City Bacharach Giants. Contributor: BPFoster {47161809}∼First pitcher to hurl a no-hitter in a "World Series" game, preceding Don Larsen by thirty years.
On October 3, 1926, Red twirled a 10-0 classic for the Atlantic City Bacharach Giants in the 1926 Negro league World Series against the perennial powerhouse from Chicago, the American Giants.
Grier's Eastern Colored League career was only five seasons long played primarily with the Bacharach Giants:
1924-25 Wilmington Potomacs
1925-28 Atlantic City Bacharach Giants
1928 Baltimore Black Sox
His final totals were:
46 Games Pitched
365 Innings Pitched
23-22 Won/Lost Record
209 Strikeouts
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 01 Mar 1967
Event Place: Newton, Catawba, North Carolina
Birth Year: 1914
Burial Date: 05 Mar 1967
Burial Place: Catawba, N.C.
Cemetery: Mt. Ola Church
Residence Place: Newton, Catawba, N.C.
Address: 114 Bennett Avenue
Gender: Male
Age: 52y
Marital Status: Married
Race: Negro
Occupation: Estate Caretaker
Birth Date: 24 Mar 1914
Birthplace: Catawba, N.C.
Father's Name: Thomas E. Grier
Mother's Name: Mattie Smyre
Spouse's Name: Mary James Grier
Suggested Edit: Claude Grier [191296808] First pitcher to throw a no-hitter
in Colored World Series in Game 3 of the 1926 series. He played for the At-
lantic City Bacharach Giants. Contributor: BPFoster {47161809}∼First pitcher to hurl a no-hitter in a "World Series" game, preceding Don Larsen by thirty years.
On October 3, 1926, Red twirled a 10-0 classic for the Atlantic City Bacharach Giants in the 1926 Negro league World Series against the perennial powerhouse from Chicago, the American Giants.
Grier's Eastern Colored League career was only five seasons long played primarily with the Bacharach Giants:
1924-25 Wilmington Potomacs
1925-28 Atlantic City Bacharach Giants
1928 Baltimore Black Sox
His final totals were:
46 Games Pitched
365 Innings Pitched
23-22 Won/Lost Record
209 Strikeouts
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