Acie Griggs

{{short description|American baseball player}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Acie Griggs

| image = Acie Griggs Baseball.jpg

| position = Second baseman

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|9|13|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Union Springs, Alabama, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2007|6|11|1923|9|13|mf=y}}

| death_place = Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = Negro league baseball

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| debutyear = 1948

| debutteam = New York Cubans

| finaldate =

| finalyear = 1957

| finalteam = Birmingham Black Barons

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• New York Cubans (1948)
• Birmingham Black Barons (1949–1957)

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Asa Griggs (September 13, 1923 – June 11, 2007), nicknamed "Skeet", was an American Negro league second baseman in the 1940s and 1950s.

A native of Union Springs, Alabama, Griggs was the brother of fellow Negro leaguer Wiley Griggs. Older brother Acie graduated from A. H. Parker High School and Alabama A&M University,{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.nlbemuseum.com/nlbemuseum/history/players/griggs.html |title=Acie Griggs |publisher=nlbemuseum.com |date= |accessdate=August 4, 2020}}{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=grigg01aci |title=Acie Griggs |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=August 4, 2020}} and served in the US Navy during World War II.{{cite web|author=William Dahlberg |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/wiley-griggs/ |title=Wiley Griggs |publisher=sabr.org |date= |accessdate=August 4, 2020}} He played for the New York Cubans in 1948, and joined the Birmingham Black Barons in 1949, where he played through 1957.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.nlbpa.com/the-athletes/griggs-acie---skeet |title=Acie 'Skeet' Griggs |publisher=nlbpa.com |date= |accessdate=August 4, 2020}} Griggs died in Birmingham, Alabama in 2007 at age 83.