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11 april 1998 iola , wisconsin right watertown , wisconsin all-american girls professional baseball league 200px third base / utility / chaperone / coach 01 january 1921 doris_tetzlaff . jpg doris tetzlaff
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doris tetzlaff

doris tetzlaff -lsb- ″ tetz ″ -rsb- -lrb- january 1 , 1921 -- april 11 , 1998 -rrb- was an infielder and chaperone in the all-american girls professional baseball league .
listed at 5 ' 5 '' , 155 lb. , she batted and threw right-handed .
little is known about this woman who played different roles during ten years in the all-american girls professional baseball league .
a native of watertown , wisconsin , tetzlaff came from a family of german origin .
she was a valuable utility , playing mainly at third base for five different teams from through .
tetzlaff entered the league in 1944 with the milwaukee chicks , playing for them one year before joining the grand rapids chicks -lrb- 1945 -- 1947 -rrb- , chicago colleens -lrb- 1948 -rrb- , fort wayne daisies -lrb- 1948 -rrb- and muskegon lassies -lrb- 1949 -rrb- .
she returned to the daisies in , serving as a chaperone and assistant coach for managers jimmie foxx and bill allington until the season .
tetzlaff also went to the playoffs in all of her ten seasons in the league , being a member of two champion teams in 1944 and 1947 .
she is also part of the aagpbl permanent display at the baseball hall of fame and museum at cooperstown , new york , opened in , which is dedicated to the entire league rather than any individual player .
doris tetzlaff died in iola , wisconsin , at the age of 77 .
