Irene Headin | |
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All-American Girls Professional Baseball League | |
Pitcher | |
Born: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
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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]
Irene Headin | |
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All-American Girls Professional Baseball League | |
Pitcher | |
Born: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
Teams | |
| |
Career highlights and awards | |
|
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]