Noella Leduc
Noella Leduc | |
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All-American Girls Professional Baseball League | |
Pitcher / Outfield | |
Born: Graniteville, Westford, Massachusetts | December 23, 1933|
Died: August 22, 2014 Leonardo, New Jersey | (aged 80)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
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Noella Leduc (née Alverson; December 23, 1933 – August 22, 2014) was an American pitcher and outfielder who played from 1951 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m), 130 lb, Leduc batted and threw right-handed. She was born in Graniteville, Westford, Massachusetts.[1]
Noella Leduc pitched and served as a backup outfielder during the last four years of the league. A member of a champion team, she also was the winning pitcher in the last All-Star Game in 1954.
Leduc grew up playing
In 1952 Leduc joined the Battle Creek Belles. She finished with a 3–4 mark and a 3.11 earned run average in 19 pitching appearances. In the mid of the year, she hurled and won a 14-inning complete game while scoring the winning run after hitting a double. She stayed with the franchise when it moved in 1953 and was renamed the Muskegon Belles. She slipped to a 3–9 record for a team that went 38–67 and finished in last place, 28 games out of contention.[3][4][5]
In her final season, Leduc was selected by the Fort Wayne Daisies. This time, her team gave her plenty of run support, as she went 9–10, tying for fourth in games pitched (24). In addition, the Daisies defeated the All-Star Team that season and she was the winning pitcher. At the end, Fort Wayne repeated the regular season title and won the Grand Rapids Chicks in the first round, but lost to the Kalamazoo Lassies in the best-of-five final round, three games to two. In six postseason games, Leduc batted .238 (5-for-21) and drove in four runs, but she did not pitch in any game.[1][6]
She married George Alverson in 1964. The couple had a daughter, Betsy, and lived in Leonardo, New Jersey.[7]
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Career statistics
Pitching
GP | W | L | W-L% | ERA | IP | H | RA | ER | BB | SO | WP | HBP | WHIP |
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67 | 15 | 23 | .395 | 4.96 | 303 | 331 | 218 | 167 | 146 | 66 | 4 | 10 | 1.57 |
Batting
GP | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | BA | OBP |
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144 | 267 | 33 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 23 | 66 | .195 | .259 |
Fielding
GP | PO |
A | E | TC | DP | FA |
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129 | 85 | 100 | 5 | 190 | 1 | .974 |
References
- ^ a b c "Noella Alverson – Biography / Obituary". All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
- ISBN 978-0-7864-2263-0
- ^ "1952 Battle Creek Belles". All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
- ISBN 978-0-7864-3747-4
- ^ "1953 Muskegon Belles". All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
- ^ a b All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book
- ^ The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
External links
- "LeDuc, Noella (Interview transcript and video, 2010)". Grand Valley State University. 2010-08-05. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
- Allen, Samantha (2013-07-22). "A League of Trailblazers (VIDEO)". Sentinel & Enterprise. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
- "Battle Creek Belles Team photograph, 1952". National Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
- "Fort Wayne Daisies Team photograph, 1954". National Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
- "Peoria Redwings score card, 1951". National Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
- Obituary