Barbara Hoffman

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  1. 1 2 "Barbara Hoffman – Profile". All-American Girls Professional Baseball League . Retrieved 2019-05-26.
  2. The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Paperback, 295 pp. Language: English. ISBN   0-7864-3747-2
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
  4. "1952 AAGPBL All Star Team". All-American Girls Professional Baseball League . Retrieved 2019-05-26.
  5. "League History". All-American Girls Professional Baseball League . Retrieved 2019-05-26.
  6. Intellius.com – Barbara A. Hoffman/IN/report

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Barbara Hoffman
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Third base / Second base
Born: (1931-01-18) January 18, 1931 (age 93)
Belleville, Illinois
Bats: Right
Throws: Right