Ray Battle
Appearance
Ray Battle | |
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Third baseman | |
Born: Rocky Mount, North Carolina | March 17, 1918|
Died: March 1, 1973 Rocky Mount, North Carolina | (aged 54)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1944, for the Homestead Grays | |
Last appearance | |
1945, for the 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.
References
[edit]- ^ "1944 Homestead Grays". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ^ "Ray Battle". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ^ "Ray Battle". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Seamheads