Irene Headin was a Canadian pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right-handed.[1][2]
| Irene Headin | |
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| All-American Girls Professional Baseball League | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
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Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,[1] Irene Headin was one of the 68 players born in Canada to join the All American League in its twelve-year history. She pitched for the South Bend Blue Sox in the 1945 season and recorded an inning of work without a decision.[3]
In 1988, Headin received further recognition when she became part of Women in Baseball, a permanent display based at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York which was unveiled to honor the entire All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.[4] She later gained honorary induction into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998 along with the other Canadian AAGPBL players.[5]
Sources
edit- ^ a b "Irene Headin – Profile". All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
- ^ Madden, W. C. (2005) The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-2263-0
- ^ Madden, W. C. (2000) All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-0597-8
- ^ Before A League of Their Own. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
- ^ "Hall of Famer AAGPBL". Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved November 1, 2022.