Dorothy Cook
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Infield Utility
Born: St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (since 1988)
  • Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame Honorary Induction (1998)

Dorothy Cook was a Canadian infielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during its 1946 season. She batted and threw right handed.[1]

Born in St. Catharines, Ontario, Cook was one of the 68 players born in Canada to enter the AAGPBL in its twelve-year history.[2] She joined the league as their backup shortstop for the Fort Wayne Daisies and the Rockford Peaches while appearing in 14 games.[1] In one-season-career, Cook went hitless in 24 at bats and drove in two runs with one stolen base.[3]

The AAGPBL folded in 1954, but there is a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York since November 5, 1988, that honours the entire league rather than any individual figure.[4] In 1998, Cook and all Canadian AAGPBL ballplayers gained honorary induction into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.[2]

Sources

  1. 1 2 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Dorothy Cook; retrieved 2019-03-28.
  2. 1 2 The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Official Website
  3. ↑ Madden, W. C. (2000) All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book. McFarland & Company. ISBN 0-7864-3747-2
  4. ↑ Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Official Website
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