Ann Garman

Ann Garman
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
First base
Born: (1933-03-11) March 11, 1933
Avilla, Indiana
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (unveiled in 1988)

Ann Garman [Hosted] (b. March 11, 1933) is a former All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player. Listed a 5' 6", 140 lb., Garman batted and threw right handed. She was born in Avilla, Indiana.[1][2]

An above defender at first base, Ann Garman had a chance to play in the All American League before it folded in 1954.

Garman appeared in 21 games with the South Bend Blue Sox in its 1953 season.[1] She recorded 195 putouts with seven assists and turned six double plays, while committing only seven errors in 209 total chances for a .967 fielding average.[3] Her hitting was her weak spot, as she posted an average of .154 (10-for-65) with seven RBI and five runs scored while stealing one base.[3]

Garman became a teacher and housewife after baseball. She had three children and was a proud grandmother of seven. Following her retirement, she moved to Wawaka, Indiana, where she continued active in social activities.[2]

In 1988 was inaugurated a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York, that honors those who were part of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Ann Garman Hosted, along with the rest of the girls and the league staff, is included at the display/exhibit.[4]

Sources

  1. 1 2 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Official Website
  2. 1 2 Madden, W. C. (2005) The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-2263-0
  3. 1 2 Madden, W. C. (2000) All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-0597-8
  4. ↑ Before A League of Their Own. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
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