| Norm Derringer | |
| Position: | Manager |
| Birth Date: | February 4, 1914 |
| Birth Place: | Racine, Wisconsin |
| Bats: | N/A |
| Throws: | N/A |
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Norman "Nummy" W. Dieringer, surname more commonly spelled Derringer (February 4, 1914 - October 5, 1997), was a softball player and a baseball manager.[1]
Born in Racine, Wisconsin, Derringer played on ten state championship softball teams from 1934 through 1946. A seven-time All-Star shortstop between 1934 and 1942, he was named Most Valuable Player in the 1934 ASA National Tournament while playing for the Ke-Nash-A's team.[2]
As a member of Racine, Derringer helped his team to clinch the 1948 championship title of the National Fast Pitch League. He also was chosen All-Star shortstop of the league in 1948 and 1949.[2]
Derringer joined the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1950, scouting for the league and managing the Racine Belles in their final year of existence.[3] [4]
In 1986, Derringer was inducted in the Wisconsin ASA Hall of Fame. He is also part of Women in Baseball, a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York. This exhibition was unveiled in 1988 to honor the entire AAGPBL rather than individual baseball personalities.