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Wiley Griggs

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Wiley Griggs
Infielder
Born: (1925-03-24)March 24, 1925
Union Springs, Alabama
Died: August 23, 1996(1996-08-23) (aged 71)
Birmingham, Alabama
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1948, for the Birmingham Black Barons
Last appearance
1958, for the Birmingham Black Barons
Teams

Wiley Lee Griggs III (March 24, 1925 – August 23, 1996), nicknamed "Diamond Jim", was an American Negro league infielder in the 1940s and 1950s.

A native of Union Springs, Alabama, Griggs was the brother of fellow Negro leaguer Acie Griggs.[1] Younger brother Wiley attended A. H. Parker High School, and served in the US Army during World War II.[2] He broke into the Negro leagues in 1948 with the Birmingham Black Barons, and was a reserve infielder that year as the team reached the Negro World Series.[citation needed] In 1951, he was selected to represent the Houston Eagles in the East–West All-Star Game.[2] Griggs died in Birmingham, Alabama in 1996 at age 71.

References

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  1. ^ "Wiley Griggs". seamheads.com. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  2. ^ a b William Dahlberg. "Wiley Griggs". sabr.org. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
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