Rita Briggs

Rita Briggs
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Catcher / Outfielder
Born: (1929-03-27)March 27, 1929
Ayer, Massachusetts
Died: September 6, 1994(1994-09-06) (aged 65)
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
debut
1947
Last appearance
1954
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • All-Star Team (1952)
  • Two playoff appearances (1953-'54)
  • All-time, single-season record for most games played by a catcher (1948)
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)

Rita Briggs ["Maude"] (March 27, 1929 – September 6, 1994) was an American female baseball catcher who played from 1947 through 1954 for seven different teams in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m), 120 lb., Briggs batted left-handed and threw right-handed. She was born in Ayer, Massachusetts.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Rita Briggs – Profile / Obituary". All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Archived from the original on 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  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