Shirley Crites
Baseball player
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Shirley L. Crites (August 21, 1934 – December 28, 1990) was an infielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) during the 1953 season. Crites batted and threw right-handed. She was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.[1]
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| Born: August 21, 1934 Cape Girardeau, Missouri, U.S. | |
| Died: December 28, 1990 (aged 56) Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
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"Squirrely", as her teammates nicknamed her, played briefly for the 1953 pennant-winning Fort Wayne Daisies. She hit a .129 average in 47 games, appearing mainly at third base as a backup to incumbent Catherine Horstman, which gave manager Bill Allington the chance to use Horstman more as a pitcher.
Fort Wayne clinched the title with a 66–39 record, 4½ games ahead of the Grand Rapids Chicks, but lost to the Kalamazoo Lassies in the first round series. Crites went 0-for-3 in a playoff game.[2][3]
Crites is part of Women in Baseball, a permanent display based at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, which was unveiled in 1988 to honor the entire All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
She died in 1990 in Phoenix, Arizona, at the age of 56.[4]