| Barbara Gates | |
| Position: | Pitcher |
| Birth Date: | 4 May 1934 |
| Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois |
| Death Place: | Naperville, Illinois |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
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Barbara Gates (May 4, 1934 – December 1, 2000) was a right handed pitcher who played from 1953 to 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.[1] [2]
Born in Chicago, Illinois,[2] Barbara Gates pitched the last two seasons of the league with three different teams, including the 1954 pennant-winning Fort Wayne Daisies. In 1953, she divided her playing time between the South Bend Blue Sox and the Grand Rapids Chicks.[1]
In 19 pitching appearances, Gates posted a 1–4 record with a 7.42 ERA, allowing 62 runs – 47 earned – on 53 hits and 69 walks, while striking out 20 in 57 innings. As a hitter, she went 2-for-19 for a .105 average.[1]
She died in 2000 in Naperville, Illinois, at the age of 66.[2]
In 1988 was inaugurated a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York, that honors those who were part of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Barbara Gates, along with the rest of the girls and the league staff, is included at the display/exhibit.[3]