Edna Dummerth Explained

Edna Frank Dummerth
Team:All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Birth Date:15 June 1924
Birth Place:St. Louis, Missouri
Death Place:St. Louis, Missouri
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
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Edna Dummerth (née Frank; June 15, 1924 – October 8, 2017) played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1944.[1] She was born in St. Louis, Missouri and known by her nickname "Frankie".[1]

Dummerth got into the game during her high school years where she earned a reputation for being a good catcher. Thereafter, when she was 20 she started playing for the Minneapolis Millerettes[2] [3] and then, in the same year, for the Racine Belles.[1] She both threw and batted right-handed.[1] After playing just 16 games, she left the League and joined the United States Navy. After leaving the navy she married Robert A. Dummerth and had eight children.[4]

In 1989 Dummerth was honored by the St. Louis Cardinals.[5]

Dummerth died on October 8, 2017.[4]

Career statistics

Batting

GPABRH2B3BHRRBISBTBBBSOBAOPS
16 46 1 5 0 0 0 2 1 5 1 4 .109 .128 .109 .236
Fielding[6]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.aagpbl.org/profiles/edna-frank-dummerth-frankie/392 Edna Dummerth – Profile / Obituary
  2. Book: Baseball in Minnesota: The Definitive History. Stew Thornley. 0-87351-551-X. 2006. The Minnesota Historical Society Press.
  3. News: Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes. 2014-06-27. 2019-04-02. 2019-03-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20190331115547/http://forgottenminnesota.com/blog/2014/06/dirt-on-their-skirts-the-minneapolis-millerettes. dead.
  4. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/stltoday/obituary.aspx?n=edna-v-dummerth&pid=186908378&fhid=5885 Edna Dummerth Obituary
  5. Book: The Origins and History of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Merrie A. Fidler. 2006. 978-1-4766-0428-2. McFarland & Company, Inc..
  6. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2008. Format: Paperback, 302pp. Language: English.