Fern E. Ferguson
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Pitcher
Born: c.1925
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (unveiled in 1988)

Fern E. Ferguson (born c.1925) was an All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player.[1][2] She was from Wayland, Missouri.[3][4]

Career

Ferguson joined the Racine Belles club in the 1945 season and was assigned as a pitcher. She posted a 4.90 ERA in 11 innings of work, allowing 10 runs (six earned) on 12 hits and nine walks without strikeouts and did not have a decision.[5] Additional information is incomplete because there are no records available at the time of the request.[5]

Recognitions and awards

In 1988 was inaugurated a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York, that honors those who were part of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Fern Ferguson, along with the rest of the girls and the league staff, is included at the display/exhibit.[6]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Fern Ferguson Player/Profile (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League)". aagpbl.org. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
  2. ↑ 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. ↑ "Belles Play Blue Sox Here Tonight; Add Two Players". The Journal Times. 5 June 1945. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "1940 US Census". Ancestry. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  5. 1 2 Madden, W. C. (2000) All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book. McFarland & Company; ISBN 978-0-7864-0597-8
  6. ↑ Before A League of Their Own. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum; retrieved September 5, 2016.
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