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Dorthia M. "Dottie" Downs (December 10, 1917 – February 11, 1968) was an All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player.

Downs was born in South Bend, Indiana, to Ershel and Hilda Downs. Downs joined her home club South Bend Blue Sox in its 1945 season. She appeared in three games and went hitless in five at bats. Additional information is incomplete because there are no records available at the time of the request.

Downs died at age 50, unmarried.

In 1988, 20 years after her death, she was honored with a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York. The display honors those who were part of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Dorthia Downs, along with the rest of the girls and the league staff, is included at the display/exhibit.

Sources

1. ^ All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Dorothea Downs. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
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. ^ Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1968; Roll: 03
4. Madden, W. C. (2000) All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-0597-8
5. Before A League of Their Own. Written by: Sam Carr. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

External links

• Dorthia Downs at Find a Grave

• 1917 births
• 1968 deaths
• All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players
• South Bend Blue Sox players
• Baseball players from South Bend, Indiana
• 20th-century American sportswomen