Complex sentence: Thomas Alan Grieve (born March 4,1948 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts) was a Major League Baseball player from 1970--1979 for the Washington Senators, Texas Rangers, New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals.
Split into simpler sentences: Thomas Alan Grieve (born March 4,1948 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts) is a former Major League Baseball player. He played from 1970--1979 for the Washington Senators, Texas Rangers, New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals.