Shirley Crites

Shirley Crites
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Infielder
Born: (1934-08-21)August 21, 1934 Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Died: December 28, 1990(1990-12-28) (aged 56) Phoenix, Arizona
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Teams
Fort Wayne Daisies (1953)
Career highlights and awards
Postseason appearance (1953) Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)

Shirley L. Crites (August 21, 1934 – December 28, 1990) was an infielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the 1953 season. Crites batted and threw right-handed. She was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.^[1]

״Squirrely״, as her teammates nicknamed her, played briefly for the 1953 pennant-winning Fort Wayne Daisies. She hit a .129 average in 47 games, appearing mainly at third base as a backup to incumbent Catherine Horstman, which gave manager Bill Allington the chance to use Hortsman more as a pitcher.

Fort Wayne clinched the title with a 66–39 record, 4½ games ahead of the Grand Rapids Chicks, but lost to the Kalamazoo Lassies in the first round series. Crites went 0-for-3 in a playoff game.^[2][3]

Crites is part of Women in Baseball, a permanent display based at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, which was unveiled in 1988 to honor the entire All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

She died in 1990 in Phoenix, Arizona, at the age of 56.^[4]

Career statistics

Batting

Fielding

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