Meryle Fitzgerald

Meryle Fitzgerald
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Pitcher
Born: (1925-01-24)January 24, 1925
Rapid City, South Dakota
Died: March 4, 2004(2004-03-04) (aged 79)
Mitchell, South Dakota
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)

Meryle Fitzgerald [LeClaire] (January 24, 1925 – March 4, 2004) was a pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Fitzgerald batted and threw right handed. She was dubbed 'Pinkey' by her teammates.[1]

Born in Rapid City, South Dakota, Meryle was 21 when she joined the league with the Fort Wayne Daisies in 1946,[1] but she did not have much of a chance to play during the season. She made two pitching appearances,[2] but additional information is incomplete because there are no records available at the time of the request.[1][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. Meryle Fitzgerald, along with the rest of the girls and the league staff, is included at the display/exhibit.[3] She later gained induction into the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame.[4]

Sources

  1. 1 2 3 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Official Website
  2. 1 2 Madden, W. C. (2000) All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-0597-8
  3. ↑ Before A League of Their Own. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved on September 5, 2016.
  4. ↑ Obituary. The Daily Republic, Mitchell, SD. Retrieved on May 12, 2017.
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