Maud Nelson

Maud Nelson, date unknown

Maud Nelson (born Clementina Brida, November 17, 1881 - February 15, 1944) was an early professional woman baseball pitcher, scout, manager, and team owner.

Maud Nelson began pitching professionally at the age of 16, as a starting pitcher for the . She played for several professional baseball teams, including the and the . In addition to her starting pitching duties, she often played third base in the later innings of a game.

In 1911, Maud Nelson became owner-manager of the , along with her first husband, She also became a baseball scout in 1911, recruiting both male and female players for a number of professional teams. After John died in 1917, Maud again played for Boston, and managed a women's team for the Chicago Athletic Club.

In the early 1920s, Maud married , with whom she later started the . In the 1930s, she retired to a house in the neighborhood of Wrigley Field, living there until her death in 1944.

In 2001, Nelson became part of the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame as a posthumous inductee.^[1]

See also[]

• Women in baseball

Sources[]

• Gregorich, Barbara (1993). Women at Play: The Story of Women in Baseball. Harcourt Brace and Company. pp. 6–11.
• "The Girls of Summer". Retrieved 2007-01-18.

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