Emily Stevenson

Emily Stevenson
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Catcher / Outfield
Born: (1925-07-26) July 26, 1925
Champaign, Illinois
Died: December 30, 2012
Mesa, Arizona
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Champion team member (1944)
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display
    at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)

Emily Stevenson (born July 26, 1925) is a former utility who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m), 160 lb, she batted and threw right-handed.[1][2]

A native of Champaign, Illinois, Emily Stevenson helped the Milwaukee Chicks win the regular season pennant and the championship title during their 1944 season. In her only year in the league, she served as a backup catcher for incumbent Dorothy Maguire and also patrolled the outfield for the Chicks.[3]

Stevenson form part of Women in Baseball, a permanent display based at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, which was unveiled in 1988 to honor the entire All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

http://www.news-gazette.com/obituaries/2013-01-03/emily-stevenson.html

Career statistics

Batting

GPABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBSOBAOBP
32 74 12 12 0 0 0 5 3 12 8 .162 .279

Fielding

GPPOAETCDPFA
29 27 11 2 40 3 .950

[1][4]

Sources

  1. 1 2 "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League official website – Emily Stevenson profile".
  2. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record BookW. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2000. Format: Hardcover, 294pp. Language: English. ISBN 0-7864-0597-X
  3. 1944 Milwaukee Chicks
  4. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book
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