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Don Grate Stats & Facts

ByTom December 28, 2018December 28, 2018

Don Grate Essentials Positions: Bats: R Throws: R Height: 74 Weight: 180 Born: Monday, August 27, 1923 in Greenfield, OH USA Died: 11 22 2014 in Miami Gardens, FL USA Debut: 7/6/1945 Last Game: 9/28/1946 Full Name: Donald Grate

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DŐN grate sets the record for longest thrown ball

ByTom August 23, 1953August 23, 2019

August 23, 1953 – Don Grate, a former Milwaukee Brewer and Braves farm hand, threw a baseball 443 feet, three-and-one-half inches, breaking his own record by nine inches. Grate was also a former pro basketball player with the Sheboygan Indians of the NBL.

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