Thelma Childress

Thelma Childress (later Pedin and then Kinney, October 9, 1926 – October 18, 2019) was an All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player. She was born in Richmond, Virginia.[1] Childress appeared as a member of the Grand Rapids Chicks[2] club during its 1946 season.

Thelma Childress
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Born: (1926-10-09)October 9, 1926
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Died: October 18, 2019(2019-10-18) (aged 93)
Virginia, U.S.
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)

The AAGPBL folded in 1954, but there is a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York since November 5, 1988, that honors the entire league rather than any individual figure.[3]

Kinney survived her son, J.S. Scot Pedin, who died in March 2019 at the age of 63.[4] She died in October 2019, shortly before her 94th birthday.[5]

Sources
  1. Thelma Pedin. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
  2. "Grand Rapids Chicks Team photograph, 1946". National Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
  3. Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Official Website
  4. J.S. Scot Pedin obituary, lastingmemories.com; accessed July 3, 2020.
  5. Thelma Kinney obituary
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