Alice DeCambra

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Alice DeCambra
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Infielder/Pitcher
Born: (1921-08-18)August 18, 1921
Somerset, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died: June 19, 1988(1988-06-19) (aged 66)
Somerset, Massachusetts, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Tied for the best season
    second base
    (1948)
  • Postseason appearance (1948)
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)

Alice G. DeCambra (August 18, 1921 – June 19, 1988) was an American infielder and pitcher who played from 1946 through 1950 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m), 126 lb., DeCambra batted and threw right-handed. She was dubbed Moose. Her younger sister, Lillian DeCambra, joined the league in 1947.[1]

Alice DeCambra was a versatile player during her five years in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She provided a solid defense at

fielding average at second base (.963). She was also a smart baserunner, averaging at least 21 stolen bases per season while collecting a .198 average and a .263 on-base percentage.[2]

A native of Somerset, Massachusetts, DeCambra was one of ten children who grew up in a household devoted to athletic activity. She excelled in baseball, while playing for the St. Patrick's Rhode Island All-Stars before joining the league in 1946.[3]

DeCambra pitched for the

Havana, Cuba. The younger sister played in exhibition training games but never appeared in a regular season game.[4]

DeCambra played for Peoria through 1950, when she was traded to the Kalamazoo Lassies during the midseason. In that year, she posted a career-high .244 average in just 69 games.[1]

During her playing career, DeCambra worked for Firestone Tire and Rubber Company in the off-season. After her baseball days, she continued to work at Firestone for a long time. Besides, in her spare time she enjoyed playing basketball, bowling and swimming.[1][4]

Alice DeCambra died in her homeland of Somerset, Massachusetts at the age of 66. In November 1988, five months after her death, 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 rather than individual baseball personalities.[1]

Career statistics

Batting

GP AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB TB BB SO BA OBP
SLG
490 1578 152 313 29 6 0 105 107 354 138 76 .198 .263 .224

Fielding

GP
PO
 A E TC DP FA
437 926 764 110 1800 90 .939

Pitching

GP W L W-L% ERA IP H RA ER BB SO WHIP
31 11 8 .579 3.38 165 154 81 62 36 26 1.15

[4]

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d Alice DeCambra Archived 2019-03-30 at the Wayback Machine. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  2. ISBN 0-7864-3747-2
  3. ISBN 0-7864-2263-7
  4. ^ a b c The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
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