Dorothy Christ | |
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All-American Girls Professional Baseball League | |
Outfielder | |
Born: La Porte, Indiana, U.S. | September 9, 1925|
Died: November 2, 2020 95) La Porte, Indiana, U.S. | (aged|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
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Dorothy Christ (September 9,1925 –November 2,2020) was an American baseball player who was a backup outfielder in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Christ batted and threw right handed. [1]
Born in La Porte,Indiana in September 1925,Christ was assigned to the South Bend Blue Sox during its 1948 season. [1] She appeared in one game and went hitless in one at-bat. [2]
After baseball,Christ moved to Mishawaka,Indiana. [2] The AAGPBL folded in 1954,but there is a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown,New York since November 5,1988,that honors the entire league rather than any individual figure. [3]
Christ died in La Porte,Indiana in November 2020,at the age of 95. [4]
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