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
Rocky Mount is a city in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, Edgecombe and Nash County, North Carolina, Nash counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The city's population was 54,341 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it ...
, Battle made his Negro leagues debut with the
Homestead Grays during the team's
1944 Negro World Series
In the 1944 Negro World Series, the Washington Homestead Grays, champions of the Negro National League were matched against the Birmingham Black Barons, champions of the Negro American League, for the second year in a row. The Grays won the seri ...
championship season. The following season with the Grays was his final one.
Battle died in Rocky Mount in 1973 at age 54.
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1918 births
1973 deaths
Homestead Grays players
20th-century African-American sportspeople
Baseball infielders
Baseball players from North Carolina
Sportspeople from Rocky Mount, North Carolina
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