Louella Daetweiler Explained

Louella Daetweiler
Position:Catcher
Birth Date:April 30, 1918
Birth Place:Lynwood, California
Death Place:Long Beach, California
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
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Highlights:
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display
    at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)

Louella M. Daetweiler (April 30, 1918 – August 22, 2004) was a catcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 3", 160 lb., she batted and threw right handed.[1] [2]

Biography

Born in Lynwood, California,[1] Daetweiler graduated from Compton College, where she was a member of the basketball and field hockey teams. She also played organized softball in several years before joining the league for the 1944 season.[3]

Daetweiler played 33 games for the Rockford Peaches, serving as a backup to Peaches incumbent catcher Dorothy Green and coming off the bench as pinch hitter. ״Daets״, as her teammates called her, also worked as a chaperone for the team during her only season in the league.[4]

After baseball, she coached and officiated for 39 years at Compton College.[3]

Recognition

In 1988, Louella 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.

Death

Daetweiler was a longtime resident of Long Beach, California, where she died at the age of 86.[1] [3]

Career statistics

Batting

Fielding

[1] [3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Louella Daetweiler. 2019-03-29.
  2. The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical DictionaryW. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Softcover, 295 pp. Language: English. .
  3. The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
  4. http://www.aagpbl.org/teams/rockford-peaches/1944 1944 Rockford Peaches