About Adolphus Grimes
Lived 1913 – 1998 (aged 84). Adolphus Grimes was an American baseball player.
Adolphus Grimes (July 6, 1913 – February 6, 1998) was an American Negro league outfielder in the 1940s.
A native of Greensboro, Georgia, Grimes played for the Cleveland Buckeyes and the Atlanta Black Crackers in 1943, and played for Atlanta again the following season. In five recorded games, he posted four hits in 19 plate appearances. Grimes died in Atlanta, Georgia in 1998 at age 84.
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Who was Adolphus Grimes?
American baseball player
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Adolphus Grimes was born on 6 July 1913 in Greensboro, Georgia.
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Adolphus Grimes died on 6 February 1998 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Adolphus Grimes was a baseball player.
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