Shirley Luhtala

Shirley Luhtala
First baseman
Born: (1933-04-09)April 9, 1933 DeKalb, Illinois
Died: January 30, 2013(2013-01-30) (aged 79) Chandler, Arizona
Teams
Racine Belles (1950) Rockford Peaches (1951) Battle Creek Belles (1951)
Career highlights and awards
Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)

Shirley Ann Luhtala (April 9, 1933 – January 30, 2013) was a first baseman in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She played for the Racine Belles in 1950 and the Battle Creek Belles and Rockford Peaches in 1951. In her final season, she hit .167 in 30 games.^[1]

She was born in DeKalb, Illinois and died in Chandler, Arizona.^[2]

References

All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

Teams	Battle Creek Belles Chicago Colleens Fort Wayne Daisies Grand Rapids Chicks Kalamazoo Lassies Kenosha Comets Milwaukee Chicks Minneapolis Millerettes Muskegon Belles Muskegon Lassies Peoria Redwings Racine Belles Rockford Peaches South Bend Blue Sox Springfield Sallies

Seasons	1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954

Awards and recognition	All-Star Team Player of the Year Batting records Fielding records Pitching records

Related articles	List of managers List of players Rules of play A League of Their Own (film) A League of Their Own (TV series) Arthur Meyerhoff Philip K. Wrigley

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