{{short description|American baseball player (born 1964)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Doug Strange |position=Third baseman / Second baseman |image= |caption= |bats=Switch |throws=Right |birth_date={{birth date and age|1964|4|13}} |birth_place=Greenville, South Carolina, U.S. |death_date= |death_place= |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=July 13 |debutyear=1989 |debutteam=Detroit Tigers |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 27 |finalyear=1998 |finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.233 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=31 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=211 |teams= *Detroit Tigers ({{mlby|1989}}) *Chicago Cubs ({{mlby|1991}}–{{mlby|1992}}) *Texas Rangers ({{mlby|1993}}–{{mlby|1994}}) *Seattle Mariners ({{mlby|1995}}–{{mlby|1996}}) *Montreal Expos ({{mlby|1997}}) *Pittsburgh Pirates ({{mlby|1998}}) }}
'''Joseph Douglas Strange''' (born April 13, 1964) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) infielder who played for several teams from 1989 to 1998. He is currently a scout for the Pittsburgh Pirates, his final MLB team
==Playing career== A native of Greenville, South Carolina, Strange attended North Carolina State University, where he played college baseball for the NC State Wolfpack.<ref name=ncsu>{{cite web|title=North Carolina State University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/north_carolina_state_university_baseball_players.shtml|work=Baseball-Almanac.com|accessdate=2 July 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051123093529/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/north_carolina_state_university_baseball_players.shtml|archivedate=2005-11-23|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1984, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2012website/archives/Current%20Year/All_Time_MLB_CCBL_Alumni.pdf |title=Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |date= |accessdate=September 25, 2019}}</ref>
Strange played for six MLB different ballclubs during his career: the Detroit Tigers (1989), Chicago Cubs (1991–1992), Texas Rangers (1993–1994), Seattle Mariners (1995–1996), Montreal Expos (1997), and Pittsburgh Pirates (1998). He made his MLB debut on July 13, 1989 and played his final game on September 27, 1998. His career batting average was .233.
The Tigers drafted Strange in the seventh round of the 1987 MLB draft. After playing 64 games for the Tigers in his rookie season in 1989, Detroit traded him to the Houston Astros for Lou Frazier on March 30, 1990. Houston released him that May. He then signed with the Cubs and returned to the majors in 1991. He reached free agency after the 1992 season and signed with Texas. He set several career highs in 1993, playing in 145 games, driving in 60 runs, and stealing six bases. He signed with Seattle in April 1995 and made his only postseason appearance that fall, batting 0-for-8 in six games for the Mariners. He signed as a free agent with Montreal in 1997, hitting a career-high 12 home runs that season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doug Strange Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/strando01.shtml |access-date=2026-04-30 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
==Post-playing career== Strange currently works as a scout for the Pittsburgh Pirates.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pirates Staff Directory {{!}} Pittsburgh Pirates |url=https://www.mlb.com/pirates/team/front-office |access-date=2026-04-30 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref>
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==External links== {{baseballstats|br=s/strando01|brm=strang001jos}}, or [https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/S/Pstrad002.htm Retrosheet]
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