Dorthia Downs

Dorthia Downs
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
First base / Right field
Born: December 10, 1917
South Bend, Indiana
Died: 11 February 1968(1968-02-11) (aged 50)[1]
South Bend, Indiana
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (unveiled in 1988)

Dorthia M. "Dottie" Downs (December 10, 1917 – February 11, 1968) was an All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player.[2][3]

Downs was born in South Bend, Indiana, to Ershel and Hilda Downs.[1] Downs joined her home club South Bend Blue Sox in its 1945 season.[2] She appeared in three games and went hitless in five at bats. Additional information is incomplete because there are no records available at the time of the request.[3][4]

Downs died at age 50, unmarried.[1]

In 1988, 20 years after her death, she was honored with a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York. The display honors those who were part of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Dorothea Downs, along with the rest of the girls and the league staff, is included at the display/exhibit.[5]

Sources

  1. 1 2 3 Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1968; Roll: 03
  2. 1 2 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Official Website
  3. 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
  4. ↑ Madden, W. C. (2000) All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-0597-8
  5. ↑ Before A League of Their Own. Written by: Sam Carr. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
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