Answer the following question: Facts: - death place: louisville , kentucky - position: first base / pitcher - throws: left - bats: left - death date: 17 february 2006 - team: all-american girls professional baseball league - birth date: 17 february 1920 - name: gertrude ganote - image size: 200px - image: gertrude ganote.jpg - birth place: louisville , kentucky Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of gertrude ganote .
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gertrude ganote -lsb- weise -rsb- -lrb- february 17 , 1920 -- february 17 , 2006 -rrb- was an infielder and pitcher who played from through in the all-american girls professional baseball league .listed at , 134 lb , ganote batted and threw left-handed .she was nicknamed '' lefty '' .during her two years in the aagpbl , gertrude ganote played excellent defense at first base and led the circuit in fielding average at her position in 1944 .as a batter , she displayed ability to get on base , ran the bases well , and consistently hit line drives .in addition , she served as starter and long reliever when not playing at first base .born in louisville , kentucky , ganote played softball in the local girls athletic association -lrb- gaa -rrb- during her high school years .she learned her baseball skills from her father , who was a professional ballplayer .after graduating from louisville girls high school , ganote worked in a printing company .in 1944 , she decided to drive from louisville to wrigley field in chicago to attend a tryout for the all-american girls professional baseball league .she was joined in the trip by fellow pitcher anna mae hutchison , who also played with her for the camera corner louisville championship team .both girls made the final cut .ganote was assigned to the kenosha comets , while hutchison was allocated to the racine belles .ganote had some trouble making contact with the bat in her rookie season , as she led the league in most strikeouts -lrb- 60 -rrb- .she batted a low .133 average , but collected a .229 on-base percentage and stole 24 bases , while posting a pitching record of 4 -- 6 with a solid 3.26 era .but none of that really mattered , as she committed only 10 errors in 847 fielding chances at first base for a .988 fielding average to set a league single-season record .her record remained intact until 1949 , when rockford peaches ' dorothy kamenshek set an all-time record with a .995 mark .kenosha won the first half of the season and faced the second-half...