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Phyllis C. Koehn [″Sugar″] was an American pitcher and utility who played from 1943 through 1950 for six different teams of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 5", 120 lb., Koehn batted and threw right-handed. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Johanna Hageman [Hargraves] was a first base player and chaperone in All-American Girls Professional Baseball League between the 1943 and 1949 seasons. Listed at 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m), 155 lb., she batted and threw right-handed.
Irene Ruhnke was an infielder and outfielder who played from 1943 through 1947 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m), 130 lb., she batted and threw right-handed. She was nicknamed ״Ruhnke Dunk״.
Mabel B. Holle ["Holly"] was an American infielder and outfielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the 1943 season. Listed at 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m), 125 lb, she batted and threw right-handed.
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Arlene Kotil was an infielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw left-handed.
Fern Gertrude Battaglia was an infielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 4", 120 lb., she batted and threw right handed.
Barbara Berger was an American baseball catcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 2", 120 lb., she batted and threw right handed.
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Loretta Dwojak was an infielder and outfielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 5", 135 lb., she batted and threw right handed.
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Helen Irene Kerwin was an All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player. Listed at 5' 7", 130 lb., she batted and threw right handed. She was dubbed 'Pepper' by her teammates.
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All-American Girls Professional Baseball League | |
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Born: Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | May 30, 1922|
Died: December 14, 1997 75) Long Grove, Illinois, U.S. | (aged|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
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Leola Mae Brody [Hay] (May 30,1922 –December 14,1997) was an All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player. Brody batted and threw right handed. She was nicknamed Bubbles. [1] [2]
Born in Chicago,Illinois,Brody joined the league in its inaugural season of 1943. Brody was assigned to the Racine Belles,even though she did not appear in a game for the team. After that,she played fastpitch softball for the Bloomer Girls club based in Chicago. [1]
Following her playing retirement,Brody taught bowling and bowled in men's leagues. Throughout the 1970s,she also worked as a physical therapist at a hospital in Wetumpka,Alabama. [1]
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]
Bubbles Brody died in 1997 in Long Grove,Illinois,at the age of 75. [1]