Eilaine Roth
| Eilaine Roth | |
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| All-American Girls Professional Baseball League | |
| Outfield | |
| Born: January 17, 1929 Michigan City, Indiana | |
| Died: November 1, 2011 (aged 82) Springfield, Michigan | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
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Eilaine Roth [″I″] (January 17, 1929 – November 1, 2011) was an outfielder who played from 1948 through 1951 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 2", 123 lb., she batted and threw right-handed.[1]
Born in
The Roth twins joined the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1948 with the Peoria Redwings. They played together for two years as the "dynamic duo" (″E″ and ″I″), because it worked well for promotion, but when the team folded before the 1951 season, Eilaine was relocated to the Kalamazoo Lassies and Elaine joined the South Bend Blue Sox. In 1953, the sisters came together again in Kalamazoo.[3]
Her most productive season came in 1950, when she posted career numbers in
After leaving the league, Roth played slow-pitch softball in a factory league from 1954 to 1957. She later worked 21 years as an inspector for Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company in Kalamazoo, Michigan.[5]
Eilaine Roth died in Springfield, Michigan, aged 82, following complications from cancer.[1]
Career statistics
Batting
| GP | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | TB | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 293 | 932 | 116 | 186 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 52 | 100 | 212 | 121 | 57 | .200 | .292 | .227 |
Collective fielding
| GP | PO |
A | E | TC | DP | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 267 | 356 | 23 | 26 | 405 | 5 | .936 |
Sources
- ^ a b "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League official website – Eilaine Roth profile".
- ISBN 0-7864-2100-2
- ISBN 0-7864-3747-2
- ^ a b The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
- ^ Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball