Louella Daetweiler

Louella Daetweiler
Louella Daetweiler
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
	Catcher
	Born: April 30, 1918; Lynwood, California
	Died: August 22, 2004 (aged 86); Long Beach, California
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
Teams
	Rockford Peaches (1944);
Career highlights and awards
	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

GP	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	TB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
33	76	4	6	0	0	0	8	4	6	6	5	.079	.146	.079

Fielding

GP	PO	A	E	TC	DP	FA
19	38	7	12	57	0	.789

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References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Louella Daetweiler". Retrieved 2019-03-29.
^ The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Softcover, 295 pp. Language: English. ISBN 978-0-7864-2263-0. OCLC 60387152
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
^ 1944 Rockford Peaches. Retrieved 2019-03-29.

External links

Official Website of the AAGPBL – Louella Daetweiler. Retrieved 2019-03-29.

[AAGPBL-1] "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Louella Daetweiler". Retrieved 2019-03-29.

[2] The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Softcover, 295 pp. Language: English. ISBN 978-0-7864-2263-0. OCLC 60387152

[Women-3] The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

[4] 1944 Rockford Peaches. Retrieved 2019-03-29.

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