Thelma Childress

Thelma Childress, later Pedin is a former All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player. She was born in Richmond, Virginia.[1] Childress appeared as a member of the Grand Rapids Chicks[2] club during its 1946 season.

Thelma Childress
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Born: Richmond, Virginia
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)

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.[3]

Pedin survived her son, Scot, who died in March 2019 at the age of 63.[4]

Sources
  1. Thelma Pedin. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
  2. "Grand Rapids Chicks Team photograph, 1946". National Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
  3. Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Official Website
  4. J. S. Scot Pedin obituary
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