Alan Strange, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 07-Nov-1906
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 24-Jun-1994
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Alan Strange
- Alan Cochrane Strange (November 7, 1906 – June 27, 1994) was an American professional baseball player and manager.
- A shortstop, he appeared in 314 Major League Baseball games during all or parts of five seasons (1934–35; 1940–42) with the St.
- Louis Browns and Washington Senators.
- He was born in Philadelphia, and attended Northeast High School, alma mater of fellow big leaguers Benny Culp, Bill Hoffman, Bert Kuczynski, Jesse Levis and Eddie Stanky.
- He also attended Penn State University. As a baseball player, he threw and batted right-handed, and was 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) tall and weighed 162 pounds (73 kg).
- After five full seasons in the minor leagues, Strange made his Major League debut on April 17, 1934, at the age of 27 as a member of the Browns. Strange would go on to hit .223 during a big-league career spent mostly with the Browns, although he did spend 20 games in 1935 with the Senators.
- He hit his lone Major League home run on September 2, 1934, against Phil Gallivan of the Chicago White Sox at Sportsman's Park.
- In the field, Strange had a .960 career fielding percentage. Strange played his final MLB game on August 16, 1942, and served in the United States Army during World War II.
- Much of his minor league career occurred in the top-level Pacific Coast League for the Hollywood Stars, Seattle Rainiers and Portland Beavers.
- He managed the Rainiers for the final half of the 1959 PCL season. On June 27, 1994, Strange died in Seattle, Washington.
- He is buried there at Calvary Cemetery.
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