Alta Weiss
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| Alta Weiss | |
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| Pitcher | |
| Born: February 9, 1890 Berlin, Holmes County, Ohio, U.S. | |
| Died: February 12, 1964 (aged 74) Ragersville, Ohio, U.S. | |
Threw: right | |
| debut | |
| 1907, for the Vermilion Independents | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1922[1], for the Weiss All Stars | |
| Teams | |
Alta Weiss Hisrich (February 9, 1890 – February 12, 1964), born Alta Weiss, was an American minor league baseball pitcher from Ohio who drew large crowds to exhibition games at minor league and major league venues in the US state of Ohio and Kentucky. She was a semiprofessional female baseball player who went on to become a physician.
Born in 1890 in Berlin, Holmes County, Ohio, she was the daughter of Dr. George and Lucinda Zehnder Weiss.[1][2] When she was five years old the family moved to Ragersville.[1][3]
