Mabel Holle South Bend Blue Sox AAGPBL Autographed OML Baseball COA DECEASED

Description: Mabel Holle South Bend Blux Sox 1943 OML Allan H. Selig Baseball Autographed June 5, 2010 w/ COA...DECEASED Single signed baseball by former South Bend Blue Sox AAGPBL player...Mabel Holle. Mabel began her career in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League with the South Bend Blue Sox in 1943. She played with the Blue Sox 1943 and Kenosha Comets 1943. During her career, she played in 90 games nd pounted out 66 hits (including 3 doubles and 1 triple) in 332 at bats for a .199 batting average. As a fielder, she had 145 putouts, 56 assists and ended with a .942 fielding percentage. Mabel signed the sweet spot of this OML Allan H. Selig baseball with a blue ballpoint pen and she also added, "South Bend Blue Sox", to note her affiliation with the team. She signed this OML baseball on June 5, 2010. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia... Mabel B. Holle [״Holly״] (March 21, 1920 – December 11, 2011) was an infielder and outfielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the 1943 season. Listed at 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m), 125 lb, she batted and threw right-handed.[1] Mabel Holle was one of the sixty original players to join the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League for its inaugural season. Basically a line-drive hitter, she had a strong throwing arm and was a sure fielder at third base, center field and right field.[2] Born in Jacksonville, Illinois, Holle was one of four children into the family of Frederick and Kathryn Holle. She came from a baseball family, as her father was a semi-professional pitcher. She always liked to play sports with her brother and three sisters, spending most of her time outdoors. In those days girls and women could not play on their school and college teams, so she played baseball with the boys on town teams until Shirley Jameson, one of the first players who signed with the league, put her name in for the final tryout at Wrigley Field.[3][4][5] Holle made the final cuts and was assigned to the South Bend Blue Sox, playing for them for more of the year before being relocated to the Kenosha Comets for a short period of time. At the beginning of the 1944 season, the league did not renew her contract and made her try out again with the rookies, but this time she did not make the cut. Nevertheless, she did not give up playing and signed a contract with the rival National Girls Baseball League of Chicago to play for the next two seasons.[5][6][7] A graduated from MacMurray College in 1942, Holle started teaching physical education as a coach and athletic administrator in the Waukegan area schools for most of her 47-year professional career, retiring in 1990.[3][5] Since 1988 she 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 to honor the entire All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. In 1993 she was inducted in the MacMurray Sports Hall of Fame, where was created an annual award in her honor that goes to the female athlete who exemplifies leadership in the classroom and the playing field.[3][8] Mabel Holle was a longtime resident of Lake Forest, Illinois, where she died after a long illness at the age of 91.[3] What you see, is what you get. This is the actual baseball that you are bidding on. Lifetime guarantee in regards to this autographed baseball which also comes with a COA from Gearhart Enterprises, Inc. Member of the UACC. UACC Registered Dealer #RD189. Be sure to check out our other auctions. Thanks for bidding and enjoy! Winning bidder to pay thru PayPal. Payment must be received ten days from the end of the auction, or negative feedback will be left. To all winning bidders, positive feedback will be given shortly after receiving payment. Thanks!! On March-25-13 at 01:46:47 PDT, seller added the following information:

Price: 150 USD

Location: Rockford, Illinois

End Time: 2024-09-01T11:14:19.000Z

Shipping Cost: 12 USD