Catherine Bennett (baseball)
| Catherine Bennett | |
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| All-American Girls Professional Baseball League | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: September 4, 1920 Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
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Catherine Bennett (born September 4, 1920) was a Canadian pitcher who played from 1943 through 1944 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 5", 120 lb., she batted and threw right-handed.[1]
A native of Regina, Saskatchewan Bennett was one of the original players to join the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League for its inaugural season.[2]
The league started in 1943 with four teams: the Kenosha Comets, Racine Belles, Rockford Peaches and South Bend Blue Sox. Each team was made up of fifteen girls. Bennett survived the final cut and was assigned to Kenosha.[1][2]
In her first season, Bennett divided her playing time between Kenosha and South Bend, recording ten consecutive losses to set a league mark. The next year, she improved to a 14–9 record with the Blue Sox.[3]
The league folded in
After that,
Bennett and 63 other girls who represented Canada in the AAGPBL form part of the aforementioned display at Cooperstown. They also gained induction into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998.[6]
Sources
- ^ a b "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Catherine Bennett". Retrieved 2019-03-26.
- ^ a b c "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League History". Archived from the original on 2009-08-28.
- ISBN 978-0-7864-3747-4
- ^ IMDb.com – A League of Their Own (1992)
- ^ ESPN Page 2 – Reel Life: A League of Their Own - Article by Jeff Merron
- ^ Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum