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]
Grady Orange | |
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Infielder | |
Born: Terrell, Texas | March 27, 1900|
Died: September 21, 1946 Alexandria, Louisiana | (aged 46)|
Batted: Right Threw: 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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References
edit- ^ "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
edit- 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