Romer Carl "Reddy" Grey (April 8, 1875 - November 9, 1934) was a professional baseball

Professional baseball

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 player. He played one game in Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 in 1903 for the Pittsburgh Pirates

Pittsburgh Pirates

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Baseball career

Grey began his baseball career in 1895 with the Jackson Jaxons of the Michigan State League

Michigan State League

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 in 1895. Overall, he played nine seasons professionally. In his final season, 1903, he was playing for the Worcester Riddlers of the Eastern League

International League

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 when the Pirates acquired him on loan on May 28. He played left field

Left fielder

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 for the Pirates in day's game, got one hit and one walk in four plate appearance

Plate appearance

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s (for a career on base percentage

On base percentage

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 of .500), then returned to Worcester.

Reddy's brother was famed author Zane Grey

Zane Grey

Zane Grey was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the Old West. Riders of the Purple Sage was his bestselling book. In addition to the success of his printed works, they later had second lives and continuing influence...

, who also played minor league baseball

Minor league baseball

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. The two were teammates on both the Jaxons and Findlay Sluggers of the Interstate League

Interstate League

The Interstate League was the name of five different American minor baseball leagues that played intermittently from 1896 through 1952. The longest tenured of these was the last incarnation, which played in the Middle Atlantic States from 1939 through 1952, and was one of the few mid-level minor...

 in 1895.

Writing career

R C Grey was also a well known fisherman, like his more famous brother, and held several record catches as described in his book. He was the author of a book called "Adventures of a Deep Sea Angler", published in 1930.

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