Irene Headin

Irene Headin was a Canadian pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right-handed.[1][2]

Irene Headin
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Pitcher
Born: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (unveiled in 1988)
  • Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Honorary Induction (1998)

Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,[1] Irene Headin was one of the 57 players born in Canada to join the All American League in its twelve-year history. She pitched for the South Bend Blue Sox in the 1945 season and recorded an inning of work without a decision.[3]

In 1988, Irene Headin 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 later gained honorary induction into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998.[5]

Sources
  1. "Irene Headin – Profile". All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
  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
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