Ray Battle | |
Position: | Third baseman |
Birth Date: | March 17, 1918 |
Birth Place: | Rocky Mount, North Carolina |
Death Place: | Rocky Mount, North Carolina |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Debutleague: | Negro league baseball |
Debutyear: | 1944 |
Debutteam: | Homestead Grays |
Finalyear: | 1945 |
Finalteam: | Homestead Grays |
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Raymond Battle (March 17, 1918 - March 1, 1973) was an American Negro league third baseman in the 1940s.
A native of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Battle made his Negro leagues debut with the Homestead Grays during the team's 1944 Negro World Series championship season.[1] The following season with the Grays was his final one.[2] [3] Battle died in Rocky Mount in 1973 at age 54.
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