Adeline Kerrar

Adeline Kerrar
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Infielder / catcher
Born: (1924-08-31)August 31, 1924
Rockford, Illinois
Died: July 4, 1995(1995-07-04) (aged 70)
Naples, Florida
Batted: Both
Threw: Right
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Adeline Kerrar ("Addie") (August 31, 1924 – July 4, 1995) was an American infielder and catcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the 1944 season. Listed at 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m), 130 pounds, she was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed.[1][2]

A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Kerrar entered the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1944 with the Rockford Peaches. A versatile utility, she caught and played at shortstop and third base. She had a brief career in the league because of assorted injuries.[3][4][5]

In one game, Kerrar scored the winning run for her team by stealing home plate, but because she was not told to steal home she was fined by Rockford's manager Jack Kloza. She connected three hits in eighteen at-bats for a .167 career average in eight games.[4]

Following her baseball career, Kerrar went on to work as one of the first female postwomen in the United States. She later served as an area representative for the AAGPBL Players Association for a number of years.[4]

Since 1988, Kerrar is 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 rather than individual baseball personalities.[6]

Kerrar was a long-time resident of Naples, Florida, where she died at the age of 70.[1][7]

  1. ^ a b "Adeline Kerrar – Profile". All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  2. ^ The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Paperback, 295 pp. Language: English. ISBN 0-7864-3747-2
  3. ^ Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers - All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Catcher List
  4. ^ a b c The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
  5. ^ Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball – Leslie A. Heaphy, Mel Anthony May. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2006. Format: Paperback, 438pp. Language: English. ISBN 0-7864-2100-2
  6. ^ "League History". All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  7. ^ Intelius.com – Adeline Kerrar/records nationwide