Patricia Courtney
Patricia Courtney | |
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Born: Everett, Massachusetts | October 8, 1931|
Died: July 12, 2003 Everett, Massachusetts | (aged 71)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
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Patricia A. Courtney (October 8, 1931 – July 12, 2003) was an infielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m), 125 lb (57 kg), she batted and threw right handed.[1][2]
Born in
The Colleens was a rookie travelling team that toured with the Springfield Sallies. Both teams played exhibition games against each other as they travelled primarily through the eastern half of the United States, while including matches at Yankee Stadium in New York City, Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C., Municipal Stadium in Cleveland, and Delorimier Stadium in Montreal.[6]
Courtney collected a batting average of .059 (1-for-17) in 10 games with the Chicks and posted .181 (30-for-166) in 44 games for the Sallies.[6]
Following her AAGPBL stint, Courtney enrolled in evening courses at Bentley College in the Boston area, finishing at the top of her Revenue Agent class. She then was hired as an accountant by the Internal Revenue Service, spending a thirty-year-plus career with the IRS after becoming one of the first women to break into the ranks of the then all male bastion of revenue agent.[1]
After retirement in 1988, she enjoyed her winters in Fort Myers, Florida, the spring training home for the Boston Red Sox. She kept active playing golf, attending AAGPBL Players Association reunions in different parts of the country, and doing volunteer tax work with low income wage earners.[7]
The same year, Pat received further recognition when she became part of Women in Baseball, a permanent display based at the
In September 1990 she was honored at Fenway Park, where she threw the ceremonial first pitch before a Red Sox home game against the Milwaukee Brewers. She was joined in the ceremony by her fellows Patricia Brown, Maddy English and Mary Pratt, other Massachusetts residents who played significant roles in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.[7][8]
In 1992, Pat was invited by filmmaker
Patricia Courtney died in her homeland of Everett, Massachusetts at the age of 71, following complications from stomach cancer.[1]
Batting statistics
GP | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | TB | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG
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54 | 183 | 23 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 32 | 23 | 24 | .169 | .262 | .175 |
References
- ^ a b c d "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Patricia Courtney". Retrieved 2019-03-29.
- OCLC 60387152
- ISBN 978-0-7864-1474-1
- ^ 1950 Grand Rapids Chicks. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
- ^ 1950 Chicago Colleens. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
- ^ a b c The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
- ^ a b c A League Of My Own: Memoir of a Pitcher for the All-American Girls
- ^ Retrosheet.com – Boston Red Sox 5, Milwaukee Brewers 4. Game Played on Monday, September 10, 1990 at Fenway Park