Edna Scheer Explained

Edna Scheer
Position:Pitcher
Birth Place:Cedarburg, Wisconsin
Death Place:Cedarburg, Wisconsin
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Teams:
Highlights:
  • Championship team (1950)
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display
    at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)

Edna H. Scheer (November 4, 1926 – April 25, 2000) was a pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at, 104 lb., Scheer batted and threw right-handed. She was born in Cedarburg, Wisconsin.[1] [2]

Edna Scheer played briefly for the Rockford Peaches during the 1950 season.

״Bunny״, as her teammates called her, collected a 3–1 record in 71 innings of work as a reliever and spot starter, helping her team win the pennant and championship title. A highly disciplined hitter as well, she posted a slash line (BA/OBP/SLG) of .286/.375/.321.[3]

After her baseball days, Scheer became an owner/partner in restaurant business.[4]

Since 1988 she is 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.

Scheer died in her hometown of Cedarburg at the age of 73. She is buried at Zur Ruhe Cemetery in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin.[5]

Career statistics

Pitching

Batting

Fielding

[1] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: All-American Girls Professional Baseball League official website – Edna Scheer profile.
  2. The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical DictionaryW. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Softcover, 295 pp.
  3. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record BookW. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2000. Format: Hardcover, 294pp.
  4. The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
  5. Web site: Edna H. Scheer obituary . 2012-03-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160320061622/http://www.vorpahlfamily.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I9845&tree=1 . 2016-03-20 . dead .
  6. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book