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Canadian baseball player Baseball player
Ethel McCreary
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Outfield / First base
Born: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Died: (1985-01-05)January 5, 1985
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Batted: n/aThrew: n/a
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Postseason appearance (1943)
  • Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame honorary induction (1998)
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display
    at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)

Ethel Genevere McCreary Gould (died January 5, 1985) was a Canadian infielder/outfielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right handed.

Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Ethel McCreary was one of the 68 players born in Canada to join the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in its twelve-year history. She was also one of the original Kenosha Comets league's founding members in its 1943 inaugural season.

McCreary served primarily as a backup outfielder and played some games at first base. She posted a slash line (BA/OBP/SLG) of .251/.305/.299 in her only season, a pretty good performance considering it was a dominant pitching circuit and no batters surpassed a .300 average on the year.

McCreary gained honorary induction into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998. She received further recognition in 1988 when she became part of Women in Baseball, a permanent display based at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, which was unveiled to honor the entire All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

Batting statistics

GP AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB TB BB SO BA OBP SLG
71 231 29 58 6 1 1 36 11 69 18 7 .251 .305 .299

Sources

  1. "Clipped from the Leader-Post". The Leader-Post. 11 September 1943. p. 15.
  2. "Winnipeg Free Press Archives, Jan 14, 1985, p. 53". 14 January 1985.
  3. ^ "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League official website – Ethel McCreary profile".
  4. The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Softcover, 295 pp. Language: English. ISBN 978-0-7864-2263-0
  5. 1943 Kenosha Comets Archived March 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  6. The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum website
  7. The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
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