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geraldine bureker

geraldine lee bureker -lsb- stopper -rsb- -lrb- december 18 , 1924 -- january 29 , 2009 -rrb- was an outfielder who played in the all-american girls professional baseball league .
listed at 5 ' 2 '' , 125 lb. , she batted and threw right handed .
born in portland , oregon , the diminutive geraldine bureker played for the tonseth flowers team that clinched the oregon state championship in 1945 .
she later saw action in the chicago softball circuits before joining the aagpbl with the racine belles in the 1948 season .
bureker batted a .140 average in 28 games for the belles and posted a perfect 1.000 percentage in nine fielding chances .
in november 1988 , bureker , along with her former teammates and opponents , received their long overdue recognition , when the baseball hall of fame and museum dedicated a permanent display to the all american girls professional baseball league in cooperstown , new york .
