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isora del castillo

isora del castillo del cast-ee ' - yo -lrb- born may 16 , 1932 -rrb- is a former infielder who played from through in the all-american girls professional baseball league .
listed at 5 ' 1 '' , 117 lb. , she batted and threw right handed .
she played under the name of ysora castillo , as a result of a misspelling .
born in havana , the diminutive isora del castillo was one of seven players born in cuba to play the all-american girls professional baseball league in its twelve years history .
the others were isabel alvarez , luisa gallegos , mirtha marrero , migdalia pérez , gloria ruiz and zonia vialat .
a light-hitting , defensive specialist , isora batted a measly .128 average in her three-year career , but collected a solid .305 on-base percentage and a 1.42 walk-to-strikeout ratio -lrb- 100-to-70 -rrb- .
isora learned her baseball skills from her father , argelio del castillo , a well-respected amateur shortstop in cuba .
she followed the steps of her father at shortstop , and also played efficiently at second base and third base .
in 1947 , at age 15 , she played third base for the habaneras , one of two women 's teams that roamed cuba playing games with each other .
-lrb- article in spanish -rrb- the first aagpbl spring training outside the united states was held in cuba in 1947 , as part of a plan to create an international league of girls baseball .
the experiment took shape when cuban executives alfonso rodríguez and rafael león and aagpbl president max carey formed two teams , one called the cubans and the other called the americans .
both teams toured costa rica , nicaragua , puerto rico and venezuela , playing exhibition games with each other .
after that , isora and her aforementioned fellows were contracted by the aagpbl between 1948 and 1949 .
she was assigned to the chicago colleens development team in 1949 .
the next season , she gained promotion to the kalamazoo lassies , playing for them one and a half years before joining the kenosha comets during the 1951 midseason .
isora retired after marrying raymundo kinney .
after baseball , she worked in electronics for 40 years and became a hospital volunteer .
in 1988 , 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 .
another tribute to the aagpbl players came with the 1992 film `` a league of their own '' , featuring tom hanks , geena davis and madonna , and directed by filmmaker penny marshall .
in 2011 , she and her aagpbl teammates from cuba were honored by having their names and photos presented at a ceremony in new york city .
the event was presented by leslie heaphy , history professor at kent state university of ohio , during the cuban baseball congress held on august 20 at fordham university .
in addition , isora del castillo is the only woman enshrined in the cuban baseball hall of fame , having been elected in 1997 .
she currently lives in hialeah , florida .
