Ethel McCreary

Ethel McCreary
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Outfield / First base
Born: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Bats: n/a Throws: n/a
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Postseason appearance (1943)
  • Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame honorary induction (1998)
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display
    at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)

Ethel McCreary was a Canadian infielder/outfielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right handed.[1][2]

Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Ethel McCreary was one of the 57 players born in Canada to join the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in its twelve-year history. She was also one of the original Kenosha Comets league's founding members in its 1943 inaugural season.[3]

McCreary served primarily as a backup outfielder and played some games at first base. She posted a slash line (BA/OBP/SLG) of .251/.305/.299 in her only season, a pretty good performance considering it was a dominant pitching circuit and no batters surpassed a .300 average on the year.[1]

McCreary gained honorary induction into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998. She received further recognition in 1988 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.[4]

Batting statistics

GPABRH2B3BHRRBISBTBBBSOBAOBPSLG
71 231 29 58 6 1 1 36 11 69 18 7 .251 .305 .299

[1][5]

Sources

  1. 1 2 3 "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League official website – Ethel McCreary profile".
  2. ↑ The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Softcover, 295 pp. Language: English. ISBN 978-0-7864-2263-0
  3. ↑ 1943 Kenosha Comets
  4. ↑ The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum website
  5. ↑ The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
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