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Olga Grant was a Canadian outfielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted left handed and threw right handed.

Born in Calgary, Alberta, Olga Grant was one of the 68 players born in Canada to join the All American League in its twelve-year history. Olga appeared in 21 games for the 1944 pennant-winning Milwaukee Chicks.

She posted a batting average of .247 (18-for-73) with a double and nine stolen bases, driving in six runs while scoring six more. At the outfield, she recorded 17 putouts and committed one error in 18 total chances for a .944 fielding average.

In 1988, Grant received further recognition 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. She also gained honorary induction into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998.

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References

1. ^ Olga Grant. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
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. ^ Madden, W. C. (2000) All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-0597-8
4. Before A League of Their Own. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
5. Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame – 1998 Induction. Retrieved 2019-04-10.

• All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players
• Milwaukee Chicks players
• Baseball people from Alberta
• Canadian baseball players
• Sportspeople from Calgary