| Grady Orange | |
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| Infielder | |
| Born: (1900-03-27)March 27, 1900 Terrell, Texas | |
| Died: September 21, 1946(1946-09-21) (aged 46) Alexandria, Louisiana | |
| Batted: RightThrew: Right | |
| NNL debut | |
| 1925, for the Birmingham Black Barons | |
| Last NNL appearance | |
| 1931, for the Detroit Stars | |
| NNL statistics | |
| Batting average | .243 |
| Home runs | 8 |
| Runs batted in | 107 |
| Teams | |
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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. 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.
References
- "Miss Agatha B. McCullah Married To Texas Dentist". The Call. 26 January 1934. p. 4. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- "Dr. Orange, Colored, Dies at Home Here". The Town Talk. 27 September 1946. p. 10. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
External links
- Career statistics from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors) or Seamheads
- Negro League Baseball Museum Archived 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine
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