Donna Cook
Donna Cook | |
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All-American Girls Professional Baseball League | |
Pitcher / Outfield | |
Born: Muskegon, Michigan | May 24, 1928|
Died: October 16, 2006 North Muskegon, Michigan | (aged 78)|
Batted: Right Threw: Left | |
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Donna Jean Cook [״Cookie״] (May 24, 1928 – October 16, 2006) was a
Donna Cook played for eight different teams of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in a span of nine years. She moved around for a while, as the league usually shifted players as needed to help some teams stay afloat.
Born in
In 1946 Cook opened at
Cook started 1948 with Muskegon, but was traded to the Chicago Colleens in the midseason and ended the year with the Fort Wayne Daisies, which took a toll on her performance, dropping to a 4–9 record with a 4.03 ERA. She made a successful comeback for the Daisies in 1949, evening her record at 9–9 with a 1.94 ERA in 22 pitching appearances. Unfortunately, she injured a knee toward the end of the season, which affected her for the rest of her career.[1][6]
She slumped considerably for the next five years, pitching in only 32 games with the Grand Rapids Chicks (1950), Battle Creek/Muskegon Belles (1951–1953), South Bend Blue Sox (1953) and Rockford Peaches (1954). Her younger sister, Doris Cook, also played in the league. The sisters came together in South Bend.[6]
After baseball Cook worked as a bank teller at Comerica Bank in Muskegon during 25 years. She also had three surgeries on her injured knee.[1][6]
Since 1988 she is part of Women in Baseball, a permanent display based at the
Donna Cook died in 2006 in North Muskegon, Michigan, at the age of 79.[1]
Career statistics
Pitching
GP | W |
L |
W-L% |
ERA | IP | H | RA | ER | BB | SO | HB | WP | WHIP | SO/BB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
108 | 28 | 39 | .418 | 3.38 | 596 | 451 | 315 | 224 | 449 | 246 | 29 | 17 | 1.72 | 0.59 |
Batting
GP | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | TB | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
439 | 1294 | 99 | 246 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 76 | 46 | 286 | 95 | 85 | .190 | .246 | .221 |
Fielding
GP | PO |
A | E | TC | DP | FA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
466 | 599 | 160 | 45 | TC | 45 | .954 |
Sources
- ^ a b c d e f "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Donna Cook". Retrieved 2019-03-28.
- ISBN 0-7864-3747-2
- ^ a b "Muskegon Sports Area Hall of Fame – Class of 1993".
- ISBN 0-7864-3747-2
- ^ 1947 Muskegon Lassies. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
- ^ a b c d The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League