Doris Cook
Doris Cook | |
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All-American Girls Professional Baseball League | |
Pitcher / Outfield | |
Born: Muskegon, Michigan | June 23, 1931|
Bats: Right Throws: Left | |
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Doris Cook [״Little Cookie״] (born June 23, 1931) is a former pitcher and outfielder who played from 1949 through 1953 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m), 130 lb., she batted right-handed and threw left-handed.[1][2]
Doris Cook joined the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1949 at the age of 17, following in the footsteps of her older sister, Donna Cook, who played in the league from 1946 to 1954.
Born in
Cook won her first game as a pitcher on the tour, which started in Chicago and ended up in Canada. She played in Yankee Stadium and Griffith Stadium. We traded autographed balls with Tommy Henrich of the Yankees, she recalled in an interview. From 1949 to 1950, she posted a 6–11 record in 17 pitching appearances and batted a 137 average (10-for-73).
In 1951 Cook was promoted to the Kalamazoo Lassies, playing for them two and a half years before joining the South Bend Blue Sox during the 1953 midseason. Paired with her sister Donna in South Bend, for the first time in her professional career, she retired from the league following the 1953 season.[1]
Cook went 0–1 with a 5.74
Following her baseball career, Cook worked in banking for more of two decades before retiring in 1994. Since 1988 she is part of Women in Baseball, a permanent display based at the
Career statistics
Pitching
GP | W | L | W-L% | ERA | IP | H | RA | ER | BB | SO |
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8 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.74 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 39 | 5 |
Fielding
GP | PO |
A | E | TC | DP | FA |
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82 | 147 | 7 | 7 | 161 | 0 | .957 |
Batting
GP | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | BA | OBP |
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109 | 250 | 19 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 29 | 33 | .128 | .219 |
Sources
- ^ a b c "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Doris Cook". Retrieved 2019-03-28.
- ISBN 0-7864-3747-2
- ^ 1949 Springfield Sallies. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
- ^ a b "Muskegon Sports Area Hall of Fame – Class of 1993".
- ^ a b c The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League