Clara Chiano

Clara Chiano
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Infielder
Born: (1921-09-19)September 19, 1921
Arnold, Pennsylvania
Died: November 27, 2000(2000-11-27) (aged 79)
Orange City, Florida
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (since 1988)

Clara Chiano (September 19, 1921 – November 27, 2000) was an infielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 0", 108 lb., Chiano batted and threw right handed. She was born in Arnold, Pennsylvania.[1][2]

The diminutive Clara Chiano played semiprofessional softball in Racine, Wisconsin and Boston in the early 1940s.[3] She joined the league with the Racine Belles club in its 1944 season.[1]

After baseball, Chiano worked as an associate for the electronics industry in Dorchester, Massachusetts. She retired in 1983 and moved to Orange City in Florida.[3]

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.[4]

Chiano was a long time resident of Orange City, Florida, where she died in 2000 at the age of 79.[3]

Sources

  1. 1 2 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Official Website
  2. ↑ Madden, W. C. (2005) All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-2263-0
  3. 1 2 3 Obituary
  4. ↑ Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Official Website
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