Lenora Mandella

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Lenora Mandella (4 May 1931 - 12 August 2005) played

. Her nickname was Smokey. She measured 5 feet 7 inches and weighed 145 pounds.

Born in

, PA.

Baseball beginnings

Lenora first began her involvement in baseball when

for spring training. According to her friend Norma Dearfield, "she had a pretty good arm."

Lenora played for the Peoria Redwings (in 1951), the South Bend Blue Sox (in 1949), and the Springfield Sallies (in 1950).

After baseball

Following her baseball career, Lenora coached softball for many years. Even in her later years, she received requests from local slow-pitch softball coaches to help out with practice. In terms of hobbies, she had a real love of cats, taking in as many as 22 stray cats at one time. She never married and, upon her death, was survived by her brother, Bernard, from Ligonier.

Career statistics

Seasonal pitching records

Year	G	IP	R	ER	ERA	BB	SO	HB	WP	W	L	PCT
1949	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1950	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	.200
1951	17	80	66	38	4.28	71	23	7	1	3	4	..428

Seasonal batting records

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG
1949	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	.000
1950	43	146	15	19	2	3	0	12	3	15	36	.131
1951	17	27	1	3	2	0	0	4	0	2	2	.111

Sources

1. . AAGPBL ^[1]
2. . Google Books ^[2]
3. . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^[3]