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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