Wilma Briggs

Wilma Briggs
Left fielder
Born: (1930-11-06)November 6, 1930
East Greenwich, Rhode Island, U.S.
Died: September 4, 2023(2023-09-04) (aged 92)
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
Career statistics
Batting average.258
Home runs   43
Runs batted in 301
Games played 691
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Ranks second in the all-time home runs list
  • Ranks 14th in the RBI all-time list
  • Best defensive outfielder (1951)
  • Season-leader in home runs (1953, nine)

Wilma Briggs (November 6, 1930 – September 4, 2023) was an American left fielder in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League who played from 1948 through 1954. Listed at 5' 4", 138 lb., she batted left-handed and threw right-handed. She led the league in home runs during the 1953 season, ranks second in the all-time home runs list (43) behind Eleanor Callow (55) and over Dorothy Schroeder (42) and Jean Geissinger (41), and was one of only 14 players to collect 300 or more career runs batted in, yet she was never selected to the All-Star team. Briggs was inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame in 2013.[1]

  1. ^ "Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame: Wilma H. Briggs, Inducted 2013". Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2020-02-03. Retrieved 2020-02-03.