John A. Greason (July 29, 1851 – July 22, 1889) was an American professional baseball player from

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who pitched a total of seven games for the

Washington Blue Legs The Washington Nationals of the 1870s were the first important baseball club in the capital city of the United States. They competed briefly in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (commonly referred to as the National Associ ...

of the

National Association of Professional Base Ball Players The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (NAPBBP), often known simply as the National Association (NA), was the first fully- professional sports league in baseball. The NA was founded in 1871 and continued through the 1875 se ...

. In his short one-season career, he started and completed all seven of his games, had a 1–6 win–loss record and a 5.86

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Major League Baseball pitchers 19th-century baseball players Washington Blue Legs players Baseball players from Washington, D.C. 1851 births 1889 deaths {{US-baseball-pitcher-1850s-stub