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Olga Grant

Olga Grant

Canadian baseball player

Olga Grant was a Canadian outfielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted left handed and threw right handed.[1][2]

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Born in Calgary, Alberta,[1] 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.[2]

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.[3] At the outfield, she recorded 17 putouts and committed one error in 18 total chances for a .944 fielding average.[3]

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.[4] She also gained honorary induction into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998.[5]

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References

  1. [1]
    Olga Grant. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
  2. [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. [3]
    Madden, W. C. (2000) All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-0597-8
  4. [4]
    Before A League of Their Own. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
  5. [5]
    Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame – 1998 Induction. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
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