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| Full name William Thomas Turner Grieve |
| Born April 25, 1896, Yonkers, New York |
| Died August 15, 1979, Yonkers, New York |
| Buried at St. Mary's Cemetery, Yonkers, New York (Cremated) |
| Umpired First Game: April 19, 1938; Umpired Final Game: September 25, 1955 |
| Height: 5' 9" Weight: 174 |
| Ejections: 1938 (3), 1939 (1), 1940 (1), 1941 (1), 1942 (2), 1943 (4), 1944 (1), 1945 (5), 1946 (4), 1947 (2), 1949 (1), 1950 (2), 1951 (3), 1952 (5), 1953 (3), 1954 (7), 1955 (3). Total: 48 |
| Sporting News Umpire Card |
Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1938 AL Daily 151 45 55 0 51 0 0 1939 AL Daily 155 53 48 2 52 0 0 1940 AL Daily 154 47 50 7 50 0 0 1941 AL Daily 159 51 51 2 55 0 0 1942 AL Daily 156 55 55 0 47 0 0 1943 AL Daily 150 69 67 0 14 0 0 1944 AL Daily 156 51 54 0 51 0 0 1945 AL Daily 154 52 46 9 47 0 0 1946 AL Daily 154 54 54 3 43 0 0 1947 AL Daily 149 42 41 20 46 0 0 1948 AL Daily 156 50 45 11 50 0 0 1949 AL Daily 155 46 47 23 39 0 0 1950 AL Daily 156 47 54 9 46 0 0 1951 AL Daily 156 46 44 24 42 0 0 1952 AL Daily 152 42 42 30 38 0 0 1953 AL Daily 156 40 36 39 41 0 0 1954 AL Daily 159 46 39 29 45 0 0 1955 AL Daily 157 40 40 36 41 0 0 Total (18 Years) 2785 876 868 244 798 0 0 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
World Series Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1941 ML Daily 5 1 1 2 1 0 0 1948 ML Daily 6 1 1 2 2 0 0 1953 ML Daily 6 2 1 1 2 0 0 Total ( 3 Years) 17 4 3 5 5 0 0 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
All-Star Game Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1941 ML Daily 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1949 ML Daily 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Total ( 2 Years) 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
Ejection Information Date Team Ejected Reason 4-26-1938 BOX STL A Oral Hildebrand Balls and strikes 9- 8-1938 BOX WAS A Buddy Myer Fighting 9- 8-1938 BOX PHI A Billy Werber Fighting 9-14-1939 BOX CLE A Ben Chapman Unknown reason 5-21-1940 BOX CHI A Jimmy Dykes Balls and strikes 9- 7-1941 BOX BOS A Joe Cronin Lack of foul call on stolen base 5-22-1942 BOX CHI A Jimmy Dykes Call at 1B 7- 4-1942(2) BOX PHI A Bob Swift Balls and strikes 7- 1-1943 BOX NY A Rollie Hemsley Balls and strikes 7-17-1943 BOX NY A Roy Weatherly Arguing previous play 8- 1-1943(1) BOX STL A Al Hollingsworth Balk call (Pushed umpire) 8-16-1943 BOX CHI A Mule Haas Unknown reason 4-30-1944(1) BOX DET A Eddie Mayo Call at HP 8- 6-1945(1) BOX CHI A Jimmy Dykes Call at 2B 8- 6-1945(1) BOX CHI A Mule Haas Call at 2B 8-18-1945 BOX BOS A Skeeter Newsome Call at 2B 8-27-1945 BOX CHI A Jimmy Dykes Balls and strikes 9- 6-1945(2) BOX NY A Joe McCarthy Interference non-call 5-13-1946 BOX CHI A Jimmy Dykes Interference call 7-28-1946(1) BOX DET A Roy Cullenbine Fighting Date Team Ejected Reason 7-28-1946(1) BOX PHI A Gene Handley Fighting 9-17-1946 BOX DET A Birdie Tebbetts Call at HP 4-15-1947 BOX DET A Steve O'Neill Rain delay argument 6-13-1947 BOX CHI A Jack Wallaesa Call at 1B 6- 5-1949(1) BOX DET A Dick Bartell Balls and strikes 7-19-1950(2) BOX STL A Zack Taylor Call at 1B (Threw resin bag) 8-10-1950(1) BOX CHI A Buster Mills Balls and strikes 8-22-1951 BOX BOS A Eddie Mayo Balls and strikes 8-22-1951 BOX STL A Johnny Berardino Called third strike 8-22-1951 BOX STL A Zack Taylor Called third strike 4-30-1952 BOX CLE A Birdie Tebbetts Call at 2B 5-10-1952 BOX CHI A Paul Richards Balls and strikes 8-26-1952 BOX STL A Clint Courtney Balls and strikes 8-29-1952 BOX DET A Matt Batts Balls and strikes 9-19-1952 BOX PHI A Jimmy Dykes Balls and strikes 5-23-1953 BOX PHI A Jimmy Dykes Balls and strikes 5-23-1953 BOX PHI A Ray Murray Balls and strikes 8-19-1953 BOX BOS A Lou Boudreau Balls and strikes 5- 6-1954 BOX CHI A Ferris Fain Call at 2B 6- 4-1954 BOX CLE A Bobby Avila Called third strike (Bumped umpire) Date Team Ejected Reason 6- 6-1954(2) BOX BAL A Jimmy Dykes Balls and strikes 7-18-1954(2) BOX CLE A Al Lopez Balls and strikes 7-20-1954(2) BOX DET A Bob Swift Call at 1B 8-21-1954 BOX NY A Yogi Berra Balls and strikes 8-21-1954 BOX NY A Bill Dickey Balls and strikes 6-18-1955 BOX CHI A George Myatt Home run non-call 8- 2-1955 BOX CLE A Al Lopez Arguing coach's ejection 8- 2-1955 BOX CLE A Mel Harder Balls and strikes
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