Mickey Grasso

Newton Michael Grasso (May 10, 1920 – October 15, 1975) was an American professional baseball catcher and veteran of World War II who, after over two years as a Prisoner of War of the Germans, played all or parts of seven seasons in Major League Baseball. He appeared in 322 total games for the New York Giants in and , the Washington Senators from to , and the Cleveland Indians in . The Newark, New Jersey, native stood tall and weighed ; he batted and threw right-handed.

Prisoner of War Grasso had played only one season in the minor leagues when he enlisted in the United States Army in January 1942, six weeks after the Attack on Pearl Harbor. He rose to the rank of technical sergeant and was assigned to the 34th Infantry Division when he was taken prisoner in Tunisia in February 1943 during the North African Campaign. Grasso was eventually interned in a POW camp in Fürstenberg (Oder),

He died of a heart attack in Miami, Florida, at the age of 55.