Claude Grier

Claude Grier
Claude Grier
	Pitcher
	Born: March 24, 1904; Catawba County, North Carolina
	Died: March 1, 1967 (aged 62); Newton, North Carolina
	Batted: Left Threw: Left
Negro league baseball debut
	1924, for the Washington/Wilmington Potomacs
Last appearance
	1928, for the Bacharach Giants
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Washington/Wilmington Potomacs (1924–1925); Bacharach Giants (1925–1928);
Career highlights and awards
	Pitched a no-hitter on October 3, 1926;

Claude Bonds Grier (March 24, 1904 – March 1, 1967), nicknamed "Red", was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1920s.

A native of Catawba County, North Carolina, Grier attended North Carolina A&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.

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