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Baseball player| Julie Dusanko | |
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| Born: (1922-02-22)February 22, 1922 Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
| Died: August 22, 2003(2003-08-22) (aged 81) Scottsdale, Arizona | |
| Batted: RightThrew: Right | |
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Julie Dusanko (February 22, 1922 – August 22, 2003) was a Canadian infielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 5", 122 lb., Dusanko batted and threw right handed. She was born as Julianna Rita Sabo in Regina, Saskatchewan.
Julie Dusanko was one of the fifty seven girls from Canada who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during its 12 year history.
Dusanko joined the league during the 1944 season, dividing her playing time with the Minneapolis Millerettes and the Racine Belles.
After that, she remained in the United States to play in the National Girls Baseball League of Chicago with the Parichy Bloomer Girls. She then returned to Canada to play fastpitch softball and was a member of two championship teams.
She moved to Arizona in 1963 with her husband Eugene Dusanko, an air force man she had married two months before joining the league in 1944. The couple had a son, Richard, who died in 1991, aged 28. Her husband died the same year that their son, at 67 years old.
In 1988, Julie 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.
Julie Dusanko died in 2003 at her home in Scottsdale, Arizona, at the age of 81.
Career statistics
Batting
| GP | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | TB | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | 246 | 21 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 29 | 48 | 21 | 26 | .167 | .232 | .195 |
Fielding
| GP | PO | A | E | TC | DP | FA |
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| 58 | 123 | 150 | 38 | 311 | 10 | .878 |
Sources
- "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League official website – Julie Dusanko profile".
- 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 978-0-7866-2263-0
- All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Player/Profile Search Results
- 1944 Minneapolis Millerettes
- 1944 Racine Belles
- Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball – Leslie A. Heaphy, Mel Anthony May. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2006. Format: Softcover, 438pp. Language: English. ISBN 0-7864-2100-2
- ^ "AncientFaces.com – Dusanko Family History and Genealogy".
- Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball
- Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame – 1998 Induction
- 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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