Irene Headin
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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Irene Headin was a Canadian pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right-handed.[1][2]
Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,[1] Irene Headin was one of the 57 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, Irene 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.[5]
Sources[]
- ^ a b "Irene Headin – Profile". All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
- ^ 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
- ^ Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame – 1998 Induction
- All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players
- South Bend Blue Sox players
- Baseball people from Saskatchewan
- Canadian baseball players
- Sportspeople from Saskatoon