Dolores Klosowski

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Dolores Klosowski
Detroit, Michigan
Died: November 2, 2016(2016-11-02) (aged 93)
Clinton Township, Michigan
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Champion team member (1944)
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)

Dolores Marion Klosowski (April 28, 1923 – November 2, 2016) was an American

left-handed.[1][2]

A member of a champion team, Dolores Klosowski had a brief career in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League after she fractured a leg during her rookie season and never fully recovered.[3]

Born in

first base.[4]

She was spotted by an AAGPBL scout while playing a game at Mack Park. She then was invited to a tryout at Wrigley Field in Chicago, and immediately was assigned to the expansion Milwaukee Chicks for the 1944 season.[4][5]

Klosowski hit a .222

second. She batted .169 in 19 games, before being released in the midseason.[6][7]

Following her baseball career Klosowski worked in different jobs. Later as a retiree, she became an avid

Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York
, which was unveiled in 1988 to honor the entire All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

At age 93, Klosowski was one of the oldest living former AAGPBL players. She resided in Sterling Heights, Michigan, and died on November 2, 2016, at a hospital in Clinton Township, Macomb County, Michigan.[8][9][10]

Career statistics

Batting

GP AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB TB BB SO BA OBP
SLG
39 137 8 27 2 0 0 16 10 29 12 15 .197 .262 .212

Fielding

GP
PO
 A E TC DP FA
37 390 16 15 421 19 .964

[1][6]

Sources

  1. ^ a b "Dolores Klosowski – Profile / Obituary". All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  2. ISBN 0-7864-0597-X
  3. ISBN 0-7864-2100-2
  4. ^ a b c "The Diamond Angle – Interview with Dolores Klosowski". Archived from the original on 2012-07-17.
  5. ^ "1944 Milwaukee Chicks". All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  6. ^ a b All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book
  7. ^ "1945 South Bend Blue Sox". All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  8. ^ Obituary. Legacy.com. Retrieved on November 16, 2016.
  9. ISBN 1-60487-014-1
  10. ^ Intelius.com – Dolores Marion Klosowski report
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