Virginia Bell
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Pitcher / Backup outfielder
Born: (1927-07-30)July 30, 1927
Muskegon, Michigan
Died: April 19, 1994(1994-04-19) (aged 66)
Many, Louisiana
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (since 1988)

Virginia Bell (July 30, 1927 – April 19, 1994) was a pitcher and outfielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 3", 128. lb., Bell batted and threw right handed. She was dubbed Ginger.[1][2]

Born in Muskegon, Michigan, Bell served for the Women's Army Corps in Japan during World War II before joining the league with the Springfield Sallies in its 1948 season.[2]

Bell posted a 7.88 ERA in one pitching appearance and did not have a decision or save, allowing 10 runs (three unearned) on six hits and eight walks, while striking out four batters in 8.0 innings of work. As a hitter, she went 2-for-4 (.500 BA).[3]

After baseball, Bell moved to Many, Louisiana, where she spent the rest of her life.[2]

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 honors the entire league rather than any individual figure.[4]

Ginger Bell died in 1994 at the age of 66.[1]

Sources

  1. 1 2 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Virginia Bell. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  2. 1 2 3 Madden, W. C. (2005) The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary (2005). ISBN 9780786422630
  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 Retrieved on March 27, 2017.
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