Joan Martin

Joan Martin (November 11, 1933 – July 26, 2019) was an All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player.[1]

Joan Martin
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Born: (1933-11-17)November 17, 1933
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Died: July 26, 2019(2019-07-26) (aged 85)
Erie, Pennsylvania
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (unveiled in 1988)

According to All American League data, Joan Martin played for the South Bend Blue Sox club in its 1951 season. Additional information is incomplete because there are no records available at the time of the request.[1][2]

In 1988 was inaugurated a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York, that honors those who were part of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Joan Martin, along with the rest of the girls and the league staff, is included at the display/exhibit.[3]

Martin died July 26, 2019.[4]

References
  1. Profile. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Official Website
  2. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book. – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company. Format: Paperback, 294pp. Language: English. ISBN 0-7864-3747-2
  3. Before A League of Their Own. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved on September 5, 2016.
  4. "Joan Martin Obituary". legacy.com. July 31, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
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