^Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Official Website
^The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Official Website
January 01, 1970
colleen, smith, other, people, named, disambiguation, 1925, december, 2018, canadian, infielder, played, american, girls, professional, baseball, league, listed, smith, batted, threw, right, handed, born, vancouver, british, columbia, american, girls, professi. For other people named Colleen Smith see Colleen Smith disambiguation Colleen Smith May 31 1925 December 28 2018 was a Canadian infielder who played in the All American Girls Professional Baseball League Listed at 5 6 120 lb Smith batted and threw right handed She was born in Vancouver British Columbia 1 Colleen SmithAll American Girls Professional Baseball LeagueThird baseBorn 1925 05 31 May 31 1925Vancouver British Columbia CanadaDied December 28 2018 2018 12 28 aged 93 Batted RightThrew RightTeamsGrand Rapids Chicks 1949 Career highlights and awardsWomen in Baseball AAGPBL Permanent Display at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum since 1988 Colleen Smith was one of the 68 players born in Canada to join the AAGPBL in its twelve year history She made 40 appearances at third base for the Grand Rapids Chicks in its 1946 season 1 posting a batting average of 184 18 for 98 with four RBI and seven runs scored including a double and three stolen bases 2 As a fielder she collected 45 putouts and 81 assists committing 11 errors in 137 chances for a 920 career fielding average 2 After baseball Smith became an accomplished golfer winning the Amateur Crown and Senior Crown five times 1 The AAGPBL folded in 1954 but there is a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown New York since November 5 1988 that honours the entire league rather than any individual figure 3 In 1998 Colleen Smith and all Canadian AAGPBL players gained honorary induction into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame 4 She died on December 28 2018 1 Sources edit a b c d All American Girls Professional Baseball League Official Website a b Madden W C 2005 All American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book McFarland amp Company ISBN 978 0 7864 0597 8 Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Official Website The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Official Website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Colleen Smith amp oldid 1217317759, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
