Louella Daetweiler

Louella M. Daetweiler (April 30, 1918 – August 22, 2004) was a catcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 3", 160 lb., she batted and threw right handed.[1][2]

Louella Daetweiler
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Catcher
Born: (1918-04-30)April 30, 1918
Lynwood, California
Died: August 22, 2004(2004-08-22) (aged 86)
Long Beach, California
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display
    at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)

Biography

Born in Lynwood, California,[1] Daetweiler graduated from Compton College, where she was a member of the basketball and field hockey teams. She also played organized softball in several years before joining the league for the 1944 season.[3]

Daetweiler played 33 games for the Rockford Peaches, serving as a backup to Peaches incumbent catcher Dorothy Green and coming off the bench as pinch hitter. ״Daets״, as her teammates called her, also worked as a chaperone for the team during her only season in the league.[4]

After baseball, she coached and officiated for 39 years at Compton College.[3]

Recognition

In 1988, Louella 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.

Death

Daetweiler was a longtime resident of Long Beach, California, where she died at the age of 86.[1][3]

Career statistics

Batting

GPABRH2B3BHRRBISBTBBBSOBAOBPSLG
33764600084665.079.146.079

Fielding

GPPOAETCDPFA
1938712570.789

[1][3]

References
  1. "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Louella Daetweiler". Retrieved 2019-03-29.
  2. The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Softcover, 295 pp. Language: English. ISBN 978-0-7864-2263-0. OCLC 60387152
  3. The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
  4. 1944 Rockford Peaches. Retrieved 2019-03-29.


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