Fern Battaglia
| Fern Battaglia | |
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| All-American Girls Professional Baseball League | |
| Third base / Second base | |
| Born: January 6, 1931 Chicago, Illinois | |
| Died: March 15, 2001 (aged 70) Bensenville, Illinois | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
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Fern Gertrude Battaglia (January 6, 1931 – March 15, 2001) was an infielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 4", 120 lb., she batted and threw right handed.[1][2]
Born in Chicago, Illinois, the diminutive Fern Battaglia joined the league in 1950 with her hometown Chicago Colleens, by then a player development team. She split time between third and second bases in her rookie year, batting .204 (51-for-250) with one home run and 29 runs batted in in 67 games, gaining a promotion to the Battle Creek Belles for the 1951 season.[3][4]
She then played half a season with the Belles before returning home to take care of her ill mother. Battaglia posted a .167 average in just 18 games and did not return to the league for a second season.[5]
After that she was employed by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), teaching at public schools in the Chicago area.[5]
In 1988, Fern received further recognition when she became part of Women in Baseball, a permanent display based at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, which was unveiled to honor the entire All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
She was a longtime resident of Bensenville, Illinois, where she died in 2001 at the age of 70.[2][6]
Career statistics
Batting
| GP | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | BA | OBP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 60 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | .167 | .242 |
Fielding
| GP | PO | A | E | TC | DP | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 38 | 21 | 5 | 64 | 5 | .922 |
Sources
- ^ The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Softcover, 295 pp. ISBN 978-0-7864-2263-0, OCLC 60387152
- ^ a b "Ancestry.com – All results for Fern G Battaglia".
- ^ a b "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League official website – Fern Battaglia profile".
- ^ 1950 Chicago Colleens
- ^ a b c The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Softcover ISBN 978-0-7864-2263-0 OCLC 60387152
- ^ Social Security Death Master File – Persons born 06 January 1931