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10 february 1967 battle creek , michigan right ida township , michigan all-american girls professional baseball league 157px first base/outfield/catcher 13 november 1925 betty whiting.jpg betty whiting
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betty whiting

elizabeth jane whiting -lrb- november 13 , 1925 -- february 10 , 1967 -rrb- was a utility who played from through in the all-american girls professional baseball league .
listed at , 147 lb. , whiting batted and threw right-handed .
she was born in ida , michigan .
betty whiting was a valuable utility in the all-american girls professional baseball league , playing mainly at first base for seven different teams in a span of nine seasons .
she joined the league in 1944 , as starting shortstop for the milwaukee chicks .
after that , whiting played through 1952 for the grand rapids chicks , fort wayne daisies , chicago colleens , south bend blue sox , kalamazoo lassies and battle creek belles , for whom she also caught and played in the outfield .
her most productive season came in 1952 , when she posted career numbers with a .231 batting average and 79 hits , while driving in 28 runs and scoring 38 times in 104 games .
she also led the league in being hit by pitches in two years , while in 1946 she committed only 13 errors at first base to lead all first sackers in fielding average -lrb- .989 -rrb- .
a member of the 1944 milwaukee champion team , whiting also appeared in four postseasons -lrb- 1945 -- 46 , 1948 -- 49 -rrb- .
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 .
whiting died in battle creek , michigan at the age of 41 , when she fell down the stairway to her cellar .
