Grady Orange Explained

Grady Orange
Position:Infielder
Birth Date:March 27, 1900
Birth Place:Terrell, Texas
Death Place:Alexandria, Louisiana
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Debutleague:NNL
Debutyear:1925
Debutteam:Birmingham Black Barons
Finalleague:NNL
Finalyear:1931
Finalteam:Detroit Stars
Statleague:NNL
Stat1label:Batting average
Stat1value:.243
Stat2label:Home runs
Stat2value:8
Stat3label:Runs batted in
Stat3value:107
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Grady Diploma "Dip" Orange (March 22, 1900 – September 21, 1946) was an American baseball infielder in the Negro leagues. He played from 1925 to 1931, playing with the Birmingham Black Barons, Kansas City Monarchs, Cleveland Tigers, and Detroit Stars. Orange played baseball to pay his way through Meharry Medical College.[1] He practiced medicine in Terrell, Texas before moving his practice to Alexandria, Louisiana where he died at his home of a heart attack in 1946.[2]

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  1. News: Miss Agatha B. McCullah Married To Texas Dentist . 3 June 2024 . . 26 January 1934 . 4.
  2. News: Dr. Orange, Colored, Dies at Home Here . 3 June 2024 . The Town Talk . 27 September 1946 . 10.