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