Rita Corrigan

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Rita Corrigan was an American pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio. [1]

Corrigan was assigned to the Racine Belles during its 1943 season. She did not have individual records or some information was incomplete. [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. [2]

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