Rita Meyer (baseball)

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Rita Meyer
St. Louis, Missouri
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Postseason appearance (1948)
  • Single season leader in
    runs batted in
    (1948)
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display
    at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)

Rita Ann Meyer (later Moellering; February 12, 1927 – June 16, 1992) was a shortstop and pitcher who played from 1946 through 1949 for the Peoria Redwings of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m), 145 lb., Meyer batted and threw right-handed. She was born in Florissant, Missouri.[1]

Rita Meyer was the oldest of seven children and her brother was an artist monk Mel Meyer. A good fielding shortstop and average hitter during her four seasons in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, she was one of 13 players who made the AAGPBL clubs hailed from Missouri. Meyer was nicknamed Slats after St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Marty Marion, just given the nickname of Marion because someone said she reminded them of his play – quite a common way to get a nickname in sports.[2]

In 1946 Meyer tried out for the league at

runs batted in (68). The Redwings advanced to the first round of the playoffs for the first – and only – time in team history, but were swept by the Racine Belles in three straight games.[4]

Rita Meyer married Robert Moellering in 1949. She resided after that in

poems and Dick Tracy comic strips. She died in St. Louis at the age of 65.[5][6]

Batting statistics

GP AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA
399 1385 121 284 24 7 3 140 76 83 96 .205

Pitching statistics

GP W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER BB SO WHIP
13 3 6 .333 3.12 75 45 41 26 48 56 1.240

[7]

Sources

  1. ^ All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Player page
  2. ^ All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – All Time Team Listing
  3. ISBN 0-7864-2100-2
  4. ISBN 0-7864-3747-2
  5. ^ Women's Baseball – Rita Ann Moelering
  6. ^ St. Louis Sports Commission
  7. ISBN 0-7864-3747-2
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