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

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player. He played one game in

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in 1903 for the

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Baseball career

Grey began his baseball career in 1895 with the

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of the

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. Overall, he played nine seasons professionally. In his final season, 1903, he was playing for the

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of the Eastern League when the Pirates acquired him on loan on May 28. He played

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

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s (for a career

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of .500), then returned to Worcester. Reddy's brother was famed author

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, who also played minor league baseball. The two were teammates on both the Jaxons and

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of the

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in 1895.

Fishing & 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, including a world record Broadbill of 588 lbs. He was the author of a book called "Adventures of a Deep-Sea Angler", published in 1930. There are later re-prints. Zane Grey himself in his own fishing books often refers to his brother, usually as "R.C." Reddy often accompanied his brother on the later's world-wide fishing expeditions.

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