Peggy Cramer Explained

Peggy Cramer
Position:Catcher
Birth Place:Buchanan, Michigan
Death Place:Talbott, Tennessee
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
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Highlights:
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)

Peggy Corrine Cramer (June 27, 1937 – August 4, 2016) was a catcher who played for the South Bend Blue Sox of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1954. Listed at 5' 4", 125 lb., she batted and threw right handed.[1]

Cramer was just 16-years old when she joined the league in its last season. After the league folded, she went on to become a teacher for the next 28 years.

In 1988, Cramer 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.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.aagpbl.org/profiles/peggy-cramer/242 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Peggy Cramer