Ellen Ahrndt

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Ellen Ahrndt
Second base
Born: (1922-11-08)November 8, 1922
Racine, Wisconsin
Died: November 8, 2009(2009-11-08) (aged 87)
Brodhead, Wisconsin
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display
    at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)

Ellen Ahrndt (November 8, 1922 – November 8, 2009) was an American

right-handed. Sometimes she is credited as Ellen Proefrock.[1]

Early life

A native of Racine, Wisconsin, Ahrndt was one of seven children into the family of Helen (née Patzke) and Edward Ahrndt. She grew up in a family farm in Racine, and spent her leisure time playing baseball with two of her sisters while her only brother was the manager.

At age 14, Ahrndt played

Chicago, Illinois. With the prospect of making the $60 per week that was being paid to the members of the established teams, which was a vast sum of money by then, she decided to try her hand in the new league. She managed to win the job at second base with the South Bend Blue Sox
for the 1944 season.

Professional career

Ahrndt saw action in just three games. Once when South Bend came to Racine to face the Belles, the Blue Sox decided to honor her with a homecoming night. The Dumore Corporation sponsored the event creating a Babe Ahrndt Night at the field. Nevertheless, the next season she was not offered a contract.

Following her short AAGPBL stint, Ahrndt returned to Racine, where she married William Proefrock in 1947.

Ahrndt died on her 87th birthday, November 8, 2009.

Facts

The AAGPBL folded in 1954, but there is now a permanent display at the

Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum since November 5, 1988 that honors those who were part of this unforgettable experience. Ahrndt, along with the rest of the AAGPBL players, is now enshrined in the venerable building at Cooperstown, New York
.

In

Madonna, Lori Petty and Rosie O'Donnell
, this film brought a rejuvenated interest to the women's baseball. Ahrndt received many writeups after the film gained cult status, being asked to speak to school children and grownups in different clubs.

Career statistics

Batting

GP AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB TB BB SO BA OBP
SLG
3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

[2]

References

  1. ^ Ellen Proefrock – Biography / Obituary. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
  2. ISBN 0-7864-3747-2

Sources
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