Marquis Grissom
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Marquis Deon Grissom (born April 17, 1967) is an American former professional baseball center fielder.
From 1989 to 2005, he played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Montreal Expos, Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Dodgers, and San Francisco Giants.
Personal life
Grissom and his wife, Sharron, lived in Fayetteville and Sandy Springs, Georgia, as of 2015. Micah, D'monte, Tiana, Marquis, Jr., and Gabriella are among his five children. Marquis Jr., a pitcher for the Washington Nationals team, was drafted out of Georgia Tech in the 2022 MLB Draft. Grissom acquired houses for his parents and every one of his fourteen siblings throughout his playing career.
Grissom founded the Marquis Grissom Baseball Association, a non-profit that helps underprivileged youths in the Atlanta area play baseball one year after retiring.
Antonio Grissom, the younger brother of Grissom's, was involved in the Expos and Philadelphia Phillies' farm systems.
Early life and amateur career
Grissom was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and she was the second-youngest of sixteen children of Marion and Julia Grissom. Grissom was one of fifteen children to live in infancy. He grew up in Red Oak, Georgia, in a house that his father built from scratch when he was working on the assembly line at the Atlanta Assembly, a Ford plant. In early childhood, the Grissoms could not afford to play organized baseball. Whether Grissom was 8 or ten years old, he struck a police officer's Cadillac with a boulder thrown from a far away rock. The cop, who was impressed by the throw, has decided not to sue Grissom if he later joins his youth baseball team.
Grissom attended Lakeshore High School in College Park, Georgia, just south of Atlanta. He had been offered college scholarships in baseball, football, and track and field. Grissom was drafted out of high school by the Cincinnati Reds and gave a $17,000 signing bonus, but his parents and high school coach convinced him to instead play college baseball.
Grissom played baseball at A&M University as both a pitcher and outfielder. He played with the Rattlers in 1987 and 1988, a.408 batting average was set. He scored more runs per game and had more triples per game in 1988 than any other player in Division I. After pitching two complete games and maintaining a.643 batting average, he was named the Most Valuable Player of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament for the upcoming season. In 2014, he was inducted into the MEAC Hall of Fame.
Baseball career
The Montreal Expos picked Grissom with the 76th overall pick in the amateur draft in 1988 as part of the draft's third round. He had been regarded as both a pitcher and an outfielder, but the Expos decided to move him from the mound and into solely as a position player. He made his professional debut with the Jamestown Expos of the New York–Penn League in 1989, when he first appeared in the majors on August 22, 1989. He continued to improve for the next few seasons, gradually evolving into a national leader and center fielder. In 1991 and 1992, he was the National League's highest baseman, winning four straight Gold Gloves, the first appearing in 1993.
Grissom's fly ball for the final out of Dennis Martnez's perfect game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 28, 1991.
The Expos enjoyed success on the track, but a strike ended the 1994 season before the playoffs, and after baseball returned to the team, the team was forced to move some of their players due to financial reasons. The Expos traded Grissom to the Atlanta Braves in April 1995 in exchange for pitcher Esteban Yan and outfielders Roberto Kelly and Tony Tarasco. In his first season in Atlanta, the Braves won the World Series with Marquis (the only player on that Atlanta Braves squad who was born and raised in Atlanta) securing the final out by catching a fly ball by Carlos Baerga. They returned to the fall classic next season but they were unable to defend their titles against the New York Yankees.
The Cleveland Indians' financial incentives continued to influence Grissom's career, and in March 1997, he was involved in a blockbuster trade. Atlanta traded Grissom and two-time All-Star David Justice to the Indians, bringing back three-time All-Star Kenny Lofton and setup man Alan Embree in an attempt to save money that had been committed to long-term contracts. Cleveland's World Series went well, with the team eventually losing to the Florida Marlins in seven games. In the first season of all time next to Hank Bauer of the New York Yankees, Grissom performed superbly in the following weeks, winning the MVP award in the ALCS and completing a 15-game World Series streak in a row.
However, the Indians re-signed Lofton as a free agent in the offseason, and Ben McDonald and pitcher Jeff Juden were traded to the Milwaukee Brewers for pitchers Ben McDonald, Ron Villone, and Mike Fetters. Grissom's career dropped as he spent three seasons with the struggling team, but a trade in 2001 made him a Los Angeles Dodger, bringing Devon White to the Brewers in return. That year, the Grissoms continued to struggle, but he had a good bounce-back season as a part-time player in 2002. The Dodgers played a crucial game against the San Francisco Giants on September 16, 2002. Rich Aurilia was robbed of a potential game-tying home run in the top of the 9th inning to keep the 7-6-0 victory. The Giants advanced to the playoffs, but the Dodgers didn't. He then attracted the attention of the San Francisco Giants, who had just been eliminated in the World Series as a free agent. San Francisco's starting center fielder John Grissom played two seasons as a starter center fielder for two seasons. In 2003, the Giants were profitable enough, winning the NL West and missing the wild card by a single game in 2004. Marquis received the Willie Mac Award in 2003 for his courage and leadership. At Petco Park in San Diego, the Grissoms' first home run ever occurred on April 8, 2004. In 2005, Grissom's production dropped again, and the Giants were banned from releasing him in a season of turmoil. The Chicago Cubs signed him to a minor league deal and invited him to spring training as a non-roster player.
Grissom, a veteran of 17 years, died on March 28, 2006. He told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he knew it was better for him to leave when he spent more time planning for games than playing in the games themselves.
In 2011, Grissom received four votes in the Baseball Hall of Fame balloting.
Grissom became a youth baseball coach after his retirement.
On October 24, 2008, Grissom was hired to serve as the Washington Nationals' first base coach for the 2009 season. Dan Radison was fired from the coaching staff in November 2009.