Irene Headin Explained

Irene Headin
Position:	Pitcher
Birth Place:	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right
Teams:	South Bend Blue Sox (1945)
Highlights:	Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (unveiled in 1988) Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Honorary Induction (1998)

Irene Headin was a Canadian pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right-handed.^{[1] [2]}

Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,^[1] Irene Headin was one of the 68 players born in Canada to join the All American League in its twelve-year history. She pitched for the South Bend Blue Sox in the 1945 season and recorded an inning of work without a decision.^[3]

In 1988, Headin 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.^[4] She later gained honorary induction into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998 along with the other Canadian AAGPBL players.^[5]

Notes and References

1. News: Irene Headin – Profile. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. May 26, 2019.
2. [W. C. Madden|Madden, W. C.]
3. [W. C. Madden|Madden, W. C.]
4. http://baseballhall.org/discover/baseball-history/there-is-crying-in-baseball Before A League of Their Own
5. Web site: Hall of Famer AAGPBL. Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame . November 1, 2022.