Yolande Teillet
Yolande Teillet | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 28, 1927 |
| Died | January 26, 2006 (aged 77) Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Other names | Yolande Schick |
| Parent(s) | Sara Riel and Camille Teillet |
| Relatives | Roger Teillet (brother) |
Baseball career | |
| All-American Girls Professional Baseball League | |
| Catcher | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| Teams | |
Yolande Schick (née Teillet; September 28, 1927 - January 26, 2006), nicknamed Yo Yo, was a Métis-Canadian catcher who played for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She both batted and threw right-handed.[1][2]
Personal life[]
The daughter of Camille Teillet and Sara Riel, Yolande Teillet was the granddaughter of Joseph Riel, younger brother of Louis Riel. One of her brothers was Member of Parliament Roger Teillet.[3][4]
She was one of the first Métis players to ever play in the United States.[5]
She had 9 children and 21 grandchildren at the time of her death in 2006.[4]
Baseball career[]
She started off by playing for the St. Vital Tigerettes in the position of catcher. She was soon after recruited to play for the Fort Wayne Daisies (in 1945). She also played for the Grand Rapids Chicks (in 1946), as well as the Kenosha Comets (in 1947). Yolande was inducted into both the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame and the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.
Batting record[]
| Year | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .231 |
| 1946 | 5 | 6 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | .167 |
| 1947 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | .333 |
Sources[]
- ^ "Yolande Schick (Teillet) AAGPBL". AAGPBL. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- ^ "Memorable Manitobans: Yolande Teillet Schick". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- ^ http://www.metismuseum.ca/media/document.php/07243.The%20Accomplished%20Teillet%20Family.pdf
- ^ a b "SCHICK YOLANDE - Obituaries - Winnipeg Free Press Passages". passages.winnipegfreepress.com. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ http://www.metismuseum.ca/media/db/07163
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- All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players
- 20th-century American women
- People from St. Vital, Winnipeg
- Riel family (Canada)
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