Lillian Luckey
| Lillian Luckey | |
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| All-American Girls Professional Baseball League | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: May 9, 1919 Niles, Michigan | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
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Lillian Luckey (born May 9, 1919) is a former pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 1", 126 lb., she batted and threw right handed.[1][2]
Born in Niles, Michigan,[1] Lillian Luckey joined the All American League in its 1946 season. She was assigned to the South Bend Blue Sox club and appeared in eight games for them.[2]
She posted a 2-4 record with a 3.44 ERA, allowing 37 runs - 21 earned - on 51 hits and 48 walks, while striking out 10 through 54 innings of work.[3] As a hitter, she went 2 for 15 for a .133 batting average.[3]
The All American League folded in 1954, but there is a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York since 1988 that honors the entire league rather than any individual figure.[4]
As of July 2008, Luckey still played golf twice a week at the age of 89.[5]
Sources
- ^ a b [1]. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League website
- ^ a b 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
- ^ a b Madden, W. C. (2000) All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-0597-8
- ^ Before A League of Their Own. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
- ^ Luckey played pro baseball in South Bend