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Evelyn Keppel (June 12, 1929 – November 19, 2006) played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1947. She was a catcher who both batted and threw right-handed.

Personal life

Keppel was born in Fullerton, Pennsylvania to Evelyn (née Beck) and Luis Keppel Sr. She married Carl Pete W. Dorward, who died in 2004. Apart from her love for baseball, she was a homemaker with an interest in religion. In her later years, Keppel was a member of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church, in Allentown.

Baseball career

Although Keppel only played baseball professionally for one year, 1947, she did so for two teams. She began as a catcher for the Kenosha Comets, but was later traded to the South Bend Blue Sox.

Batting

Sources

1. "Evelyn Dorward – Profile / Obituary". All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
2. "Evelyn R. Dorward". The Morning Call. November 21, 2006. Retrieved September 11, 2014.

• All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players
• Kenosha Comets players
• South Bend Blue Sox players
• Baseball players from Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
• 1929 births
• 2006 deaths
• 20th-century American sportswomen