Dolly Vanderlip

Dolly Vanderlip
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Pitcher
Born: (1937-06-04) June 4, 1937 (age 87)
Charlotte, North Carolina United States
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Championship team (1953)
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display
    at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)

Dolly Vanderlip [Ozburn] (born June 4, 1937) is a former pitcher who played from 1952 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m), 140 lb., Vanderlip batted and threw right-handed. She was born in Charlotte, North Carolina.[1]

Dolly Vanderlip was one of the youngest players signed by the AAGPBL during its 12-year existence. At first, she attended a tryout for the league in 1950. She was 13 years old, by far one of the youngest girls in the training camp. She signed a contract with the Fort Wayne Daisies the next year, and debuted with the team on June 5, 1952, one day after her 15th birthday, under Jimmie Foxx management.[2][3]

  1. ^ "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League official website – Dolly (Vanderlip) Ozburn profile".
  2. ^ The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Softcover, 295 pp. Language: English. ISBN 978-0-7864-2263-0
  3. ^ 1952 Fort Wayne Daisies