Peggy Cramer
Appearance
Peggy Cramer | |
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All-American Girls Professional Baseball League | |
Catcher | |
Born: Buchanan, Michigan, U.S. | June 27, 1937|
Died: August 4, 2016 Talbott, Tennessee, U.S. | (aged 79)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
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Peggy Corrine Cramer (June 27, 1937 – August 4, 2016) was an American catcher who played for the South Bend Blue Sox of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1954. Listed at 5' 4", 125 lb., she batted and threw right handed.[1]
Cramer was just 16-years old when she joined the league in its last season. After the league folded, she went on to become a teacher for the next 28 years.
In 1988, Cramer became part of Women in Baseball; a permanent display based at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, which was unveiled to honor the entire All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
References
[edit]- ^ All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Peggy Cramer. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
Sources
[edit]- The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Softcover, 295 pp. Language: English. ISBN 9780786422630