Charlotte Armstrong (baseball)
| Charlotte Armstrong | |
|---|---|
 | |
| All-American Girls Professional Baseball League | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: June 17, 1924 Dallas, Texas | |
| Died: November 24, 2008 (aged 84) Phoenix, Arizona | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| Career statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 39–37 |
| Earned run average | 1.74 |
| Games pitched | 87 |
| Teams | |
Charlotte T. Armstrong (née Lubman; June 17, 1924 – November 24, 2008) was a
right-handed. She was affectionately nicknamed Skipper
.
A hard fastball pitcher, Armstrong was one of the top starters in the AAGPBL for two years before jumping to a rival professional league.[1]
Early life
A native of
sandlot ball with the boys of her neighborhood when she was a little girl. "They stuck me in the outfield, so l had to learn to throw", she recalled. As a youngster, she was befriended by local big leaguer Hank Leiber, who taught her to pitch.[2][3][4]
AAGPBL career
During
Margaret Berger and Doris Barr
.
In 1944, Armstrong posted a 21–15 record with a 1.51
National Girls' Baseball League, before returning to Phoenix, where she attended art studies at Phoenix College and played softball again for the Queens as a member of their national championship teams.[5][6]
Charlotte Armstrong died in Phoenix, Arizona at the age of 84.
References
- ^ All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Charlotte Armstrong Archived 2019-03-27 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
- ISBN 0-7864-2100-2
- ISBN 0-7864-3747-2
- ^ "The Deadball Era". Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2010-01-14.
- ^ 1944 South Bend Blue Sox Archived 2019-03-26 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
- ^ Baseball Historian Archived 2008-12-30 at the Wayback Machine