William Henry Greason (born September 3, 1924) is an American former professional baseball player who later became a Baptist minister in Birmingham, Alabama. He was born in Atlanta, where, as he told a 2020 interviewer, "I grew up across the street from Martin Luther King Jr." Greason enlisted in the United States Marine Corps during World War II — one of the first black Marines — and did his basic training at Montford Point. He embarked with the 66th Supply Platoon, an all-black unit, for the Pacific Theater of Operations and took part in the Battle of Iwo Jima. More about Bill Greason
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Greason was a 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m), 170 lb (77 kg) right-handed pitcher. After the war, he played professional baseball in the Negro leagues for the minor league Nashville Black Vols and Asheville Blues, and the major league Birmingham Black Barons, where he was a teammate of Willie Mays. According to Baseball Reference, Greason posted a 3–2 record in eight games pitched for the 1948 Black Barons, with four complete games, one shutout and one save, with an earned run average of 4.44. That season, in the last-ever Negro League World Series, he defeated the soon-to-be champion Homestead Grays to claim Birmingham's lone victory in the five-game series.In total, we tracked 87 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Bill Greason (RARE Bill Greason 1954 Cardinals PSA/DNA Signed Baseball St. Louis Cardinals) was sold in May 2021 for $199.99 while the cheapest item ((2) Bill Greason Negro League signed 3x5 GPC Cardinals) found a new owner for $0.99 in October 2011. The month with the most items sold (3) was January 2010 with an average selling price of $5.99 for an autographed item of Bill Greason. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2021 with $119.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was June 2011. In average, an autographed item from Bill Greason is worth $11.05.
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2021 Topps Archives Bill Greason Fan Favorites Premium Autograph Insert #FFP-BG | $41.00 | ||
2021 Topps Archives Bill Greason Fan Favorites Premium Autograph Insert #FFP-BG | $57.00 | ||
2021 Topps Archives Bill Greason Fan Favorites Premium Autograph Insert #FFP-BG | $72.00 | ||
2021 Topps Archives Bill Greason Fan Favorites Premium Autograph Insert #FFP-BG! | $52.00 | ||
Bill Greason Birmingham Barons Negro League Legends signed Postcard | $30.00 | ||
Bill Greason Birmingham Barons STL Cardinals Negro Leagues signed Baseball Photo | $25.00 | ||
Bill Greason Birmingham Barons STL Cardinals Negro Leagues signed Baseball Photo | $39.00 | ||
Bill Greason Birmingham Barons STL Cardinals Negro Leagues signed Baseball Photo | $49.00 | ||
Bill Greason Negro League Legend Signed Baseball With JSA COA | $49.00 | ||
BILL GREASON signed autographed SIGNATURE card MLB 1954 CARDINALS WW II VET | $9.99 |
Bill Greason’s Journey From Negro Leagues Star to Alabama Pastor (06/04/23): A pastor for more than 50 years, William Greason, 98, occasionally tells tales of a lifetime ago, when he mentored Willie Mays and played in the last Negro World Series.