Emily Stevenson

Emily Stevenson (July 26, 1925 - December 30, 2012) was a former utility who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m), 160 lb, she batted and threw right-handed.[2][3]

Emily Stevenson
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Catcher / Outfield
Born: (1925-07-26)July 26, 1925
Champaign, Illinois
Died: December 30, 2012(2012-12-30) (aged 87)[1]
Mesa, Arizona
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Champion team member (1944)
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display
    at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)

A native of Champaign, Illinois, Emily Stevenson helped the Milwaukee Chicks win the regular season pennant and the championship title during their 1944 season. In her only year in the league, she served as a backup catcher for incumbent Dorothy Maguire and also patrolled the outfield for the Chicks.[4]

Stevenson forms part of Women in Baseball, a permanent display based at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, which was unveiled in 1988 to honor the entire All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

Career statistics

Batting

GPABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBSOBAOBP
3274121200053128.162.279

Fielding

GPPOAETCDPFA
2927112403.950

[2][5]

Sources
  1. "Emily Stevenson". News Gazette. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  2. "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League official website – Emily Stevenson profile".
  3. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2000. Format: Hardcover, 294pp. Language: English. ISBN 0-7864-0597-X
  4. 1944 Milwaukee Chicks Archived March 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  5. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book
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