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Canadian baseball player Baseball player
Barbara Barbaze
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Outfielder
Born: January 17, 1923
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died: April 21, 2013(2013-04-21) (aged 90)
Gaylord, Michigan, US
Batted: RightThrew: Right
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame honorary induction (1998)
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display
    at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)

Barbara Barbaze (January 17, 1923 – April 21, 2013) was a Canadian outfielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right handed.

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Barbara Barbaze was one of the 68 players born in Canada to join the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in its twelve years history. A fleet-footed outfielder and fast base runner, she joined the Springfield Sallies during the 1948 season. She was not located after leaving the league in that season.

In 1998, Barbaze gained honorary induction into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. She is also part of the AAGPBL permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York, which was unveiled in 1988 to honor the entire All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

Career statistics

Batting

GP AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB TB BB SO BA OBP SLG
80 223 19 43 2 0 0 16 23 45 24 29 .193 .271 .202

Fielding

GP PO A E TC DP FA
76 104 5 11 130 1 .908

Sources

  1. "Barbara Barbaze". Gaylord Herald Times. Schurz Communications. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  2. ^ "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Barbara Barbaze". Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  3. 1948 Springfield Sallies. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  4. Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame – 1998 Induction Archived 2014-09-10 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  5. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2000. Format: Hardcover, 294pp. Language: English. ISBN 0-7864-0597-X
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