Jean Ladd
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Pitcher / Left fielder
Born: (1923-02-26)February 26, 1923
Prairie View, Illinois
Died: September 29, 2009(2009-09-29) (aged 86)
Libertyville, Illinois
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (unveiled in 1988)

Jean Ladd (February 26, 1923 – September 29, 2009) was an American pitcher and left fielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right handed.[1][2]

Born in Prairie View, Illinois,[1] Jean Ladd appeared in fewer than ten games for the Kenosha Comets during the 1951 season.[2]

Afterwards, Ladd returned home and worked as a high school teacher for 23 years. Following her retirement, she became an avid golfer and bowler and also was very active in social activities.[1]

In 1988, Jean Ladd received further recognition when she became 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.[3]

She died in 2009 in Libertyville, Illinois, at the age of 86.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Jean Ladd – Profile / Obituary". All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  2. ^ a b Madden, W. C. (2005) The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-2263-0
  3. ^ Before A League of Their Own. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
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