Louella Daetweiler
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Born: April 30, 1918 Lynwood, California | |||
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Died: August 22, 2004 (aged 86) Long Beach, California | |||
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Louella M. Daetweiler (April 30, 1918 – August 22, 2004) was a catcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 3", 160 lb., she batted and threw right handed.[1][2]
Biography
Born in Lynwood, California,[3] Daetweiler graduated from Compton College, where she was a member of the basketball and field hockey teams. She also played organized softball in several years before joining the league for the 1944 season.[4][5]
Daetweiler played 33 games for the Rockford Peaches, serving as a backup to Peaches incumbent catcher Dorothy Green and coming off the bench as pinch hitter. ״Daets״, as her teammates called her, also worked as a chaperone for the team during her only season in the league.[6]
After baseball, she coached and officiated for 39 years at Compton College.[5]
Recognition
In 1988, Louella received further recognition when she 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.
Death
Daetweiler was a longtime resident of Long Beach, California, where she died at the age of 86.[1][5]
Career statistics
Batting
| GP | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | TB | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | 76 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | .079 | .146 | .079 |
Fielding
| GP | PO | A | E | TC | DP | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 38 | 7 | 12 | 57 | 0 | .789 |
References
- 1 2 3 "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League official website – Louella Daetweiler profile".
- ↑ 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 978-0-7864-2263-0. OCLC 60387152
- ↑ "Louella Daetweiler". Official Website of the AAGPBL. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
- ↑ Compton College Dar-U-Gar – 1936 Yearbook
- 1 2 3 4 The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
- ↑ 1944 Rockford Peaches
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