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Ruth Richard

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Ruth Richard (September 20, 1928 – May 6, 2018) was an American baseball player who played as a catcher from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. [1]

63 relations: All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, Ametek, Anastasio Somoza García, Assist (baseball), At bat, Base on balls, Base running, Batting average, Betty Foss, Bill Allington, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Catcher, Cooperstown, New York, Dolly Vanderlip, Dolores Lee, Dorothy Schroeder, Double (baseball), Double play, Error (baseball), Fielding percentage, Ford Country Sedan, Games played, Gertrude Dunn, Gloria Cordes, Grand Rapids Chicks, Handedness, Havana, Hit (baseball), Home run, Jean Geissinger, Jean Smith (baseball), Jeanie Descombes, Joan Berger, Joanne Weaver, Johnny Rawlings, Katie Horstman, List of places in Pennsylvania: A, Magdalen Redman, Major League Baseball, Manager (baseball), Marilyn C. Jones, Mary Froning, Maxine Kline, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Nicaragua, On-base percentage, Outfield, Pennsylvania, Putout, Quakertown, Pennsylvania, ..., Relief pitcher, Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, Right fielder, Rockford Peaches, Run (baseball), Run batted in, Sellersville, Pennsylvania, Slugging percentage, Spring training, Stolen base, Strikeout, Total chances, Triple (baseball). Expand index (13 more) »

All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) was a women's professional baseball league founded by Philip K. Wrigley which existed from 1943 to 1954.

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Ametek

AMETEK, Inc. is an American global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices with headquarters in the United States and over 220 manufacturing sites worldwide.

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Anastasio Somoza García

Anastasio Somoza García (1 February 1896 – 29 September 1956) was officially the 21st President of Nicaragua from 1 January 1937 to 1 May 1947 and from 21 May 1950 to 29 September 1956, but ruled effectively as dictator from 1936 until his assassination.

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Assist (baseball)

In baseball, an assist (denoted by A) is a defensive statistic, baseball being one of the few sports in which the defensive team controls the ball.

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At bat

In baseball, an at bat (AB) or time at bat is a batter's turn batting against a pitcher.

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Base on balls

A base on balls (BB), also known as a walk, occurs in baseball when a batter receives four pitches that the umpire calls balls, and is in turn awarded first base without the possibility of being called out.

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Base running

In baseball, base running is the act of running around the bases performed by members of the team at bat.

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Batting average

Batting average is a statistic in cricket, baseball, and softball that measures the performance of batsmen in cricket and batters in baseball and softball.

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Betty Foss

Betty Foss (May 10, 1929 – February 8, 1998) was an infielder and outfielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

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Bill Allington

William Baird "Bill" Allington (October 26, 1903 – August 17, 1966) was an American Minor league baseball player and manager.

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Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Bucks County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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Catcher

Catcher is a position for a baseball or softball player.

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Cooperstown, New York

Cooperstown is a village in and county seat of Otsego County, New York, United States.

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Dolly Vanderlip

Dolly Vanderlip (born June 4, 1937) is a former pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

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Dolores Lee

Dolores Margaret Lee (born April 21, 1935) is a former female pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

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Dorothy Schroeder

Dorothy Schroeder, nicknamed Dottie, (April 11, 1928 – December 8, 1996) was a shortstop who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

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Double (baseball)

In baseball, a double is the act of a batter striking the pitched ball and safely reaching second base without being called out by the umpire, without the benefit of a fielder's misplay (see error) or another runner being put out on a fielder's choice.

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Double play

In baseball, a double play (denoted as DP in baseball statistics) is the act of making two outs during the same continuous play.

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Error (baseball)

In baseball statistics, an error is an act, in the judgment of the official scorer, of a fielder misplaying a ball in a manner that allows a batter or baserunner to advance one or more bases or allows an at bat to continue after the batter should have been put out.

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Fielding percentage

In baseball statistics, fielding percentage, also known as fielding average, is a measure that reflects the percentage of times a defensive player properly handles a batted or thrown ball.

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Ford Country Sedan

The Ford Country Sedan is a full-size station wagon that was built by Ford from 1952 until 1974.

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Games played

Games played (most often abbreviated as G or GP) is a statistic used in team sports to indicate the total number of games in which a player has participated (in any capacity); the statistic is generally applied irrespective of whatever portion of the game is contested.

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Gertrude Dunn

Gertrude Dunn (September 30, 1933 – September 29, 2004) was an American baseball player with the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, the league made famous by the 1992 film A League Of Their Own.

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Gloria Cordes

Gloria Cordes Elliott (September 21, 1931 – March 13, 2018) was a starting pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

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Grand Rapids Chicks

The Grand Rapids Chicks were a women's professional baseball team based in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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Handedness

In human biology, handedness is a better, faster, or more precise performance or individual preference for use of a hand, known as the dominant hand; the less capable or less preferred hand is called the non-dominant hand.

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Havana

Havana (Spanish: La Habana) is the capital city, largest city, province, major port, and leading commercial center of Cuba.

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Hit (baseball)

In baseball statistics, a hit (denoted by H), also called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches first base after hitting the ball into fair territory, without the benefit of an error or a fielder's choice.

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Home run

In baseball, a home run (abbreviated HR) is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to circle the bases and reach home safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team in the process.

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Jean Geissinger

Jean Louise Geissinger-Harding (June 25, 1934 – June 8, 2014) was an infielder and outfielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League with the Fort Wayne Daisies (1951-1952, 1953–1954) and the Grand Rapids Chicks (1952).

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Jean Smith (baseball)

Jean Marie Smith (May 9, 1928 – March 13, 2011) was an outfielder and relief pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

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Jeanie Descombes

Jeneane Descombes Lesko (born March 28, 1935) is a former pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

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Joan Berger

Joan Berger (born October 9, 1933) is a former female infielder and outfielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

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Joanne Weaver

Joanne Weaver (December 19, 1935 – March 19, 2000) was a right fielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

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Johnny Rawlings

John William Rawlings (August 17, 1892 – October 16, 1972) was a second baseman and shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for six different teams between the and seasons.

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Katie Horstman

Catherine Horstman (born April 14, 1935) is a former female utility who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

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List of places in Pennsylvania: A

This list of current cities, towns, unincorporated communities, counties, and other recognized places in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania also includes information on the number and names of counties in which the place lies, and its lower and upper zip code bounds, if applicable.

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Magdalen Redman

Magdalen "Mamie" Redman (born July 2, 1930) is a former catcher and utility infielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

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Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization, the oldest of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.

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Manager (baseball)

In baseball, the field manager (commonly referred to as the manager) is the equivalent of a head coach who is responsible for overseeing and making final decisions on all aspects of on-field team strategy, lineup selection, training and instruction.

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Marilyn C. Jones

Marilyn Charlotte Jones (April 5, 1927 – July 22, 2015) was a pitcher and catcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

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Mary Froning

Mary Froning (August 26, 1934 – November 2, 2014) was an outfielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

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Maxine Kline

Maxine Kline (born September 16, 1929) is a former female starting pitcher who played from through with the Fort Wayne Daisies of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

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National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is an American history museum and hall of fame, located in Cooperstown, New York, and operated by private interests.

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Nicaragua

Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the largest country in the Central American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west.

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On-base percentage

In baseball statistics, on-base percentage (OBP; sometimes referred to as on-base average/OBA, as the statistic is rarely presented as a true percentage) is a statistic generally measuring how frequently a batter reaches base.

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Outfield

The outfield is a sporting term used in cricket and baseball to refer to the area of the field of play further from the batsman or batter than the infield, and in association football to players outside the goal.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Putout

In baseball statistics, a putout (denoted by PO or fly out when appropriate) is given to a defensive player who records an out by one of the following methods.

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Quakertown, Pennsylvania

Quakertown is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in the USA.

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Relief pitcher

In baseball and softball, a relief pitcher or reliever is a pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher is removed due to injury, ineffectiveness, fatigue, ejection, or for other strategic reasons, such as inclement weather delays or pinch hitter substitutions.

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Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians

The Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, also called the Ridge and Valley Province or the Valley and Ridge Appalachians, are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian division and are also a belt within the Appalachian Mountains extending from southeastern New York through northwestern New Jersey, westward into Pennsylvania and southward into Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama.

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Right fielder

A right fielder, abbreviated RF, is the outfielder in baseball or softball who plays defense in right field.

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Rockford Peaches

The Rockford Peaches were a women's professional baseball team who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

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Run (baseball)

In baseball, a run is scored when a player advances around first, second and third base and returns safely to home plate, touching the bases in that order, before three outs are recorded and all obligations to reach base safely on batted balls are met or assured.

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Run batted in

A run batted in (RBI), plural runs batted in (RBI or RBIs), is a statistic in baseball and softball that credits a batter for making a play that allows a run to be scored (except in certain situations such as when an error is made on the play).

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Sellersville, Pennsylvania

Sellersville is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Slugging percentage

In baseball statistics, slugging percentage (SLG) is a measure of the batting productivity of a hitter.

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Spring training

In Major League Baseball (MLB), spring training is a series of practices and exhibition games preceding the start of the regular season.

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Stolen base

In baseball, a stolen base occurs when a runner advances to a base to which he is not entitled and the official scorer rules that the advance should be credited to the action of the runner.

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Strikeout

In baseball or softball, a strikeout (or strike-out) occurs when a batter racks up three strikes during a time at bat.

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Total chances

In baseball statistics, total chances (TC), also called chances offered, represents the number of plays in which a defensive player has participated.

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Triple (baseball)

In baseball, a triple is the act of a batter safely reaching third base after hitting the ball, with neither the benefit of a fielder's misplay (see error) nor another runner being put out on a fielder's choice.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Richard

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