- Marge Villa
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Marge Villa 
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Born: December 21, 1924
Montebello, CaliforniaBats: Right Throws: Right Teams - Kenosha Comets (1946-1950)
Career highlights and awards - Set all-time records for the most runs batted in
and total bases in a single game (1946) - Three playoff appearances (1948-1950)
Margaret Villa [Cryan] (born December 21, 1924) is a former utility player who played from 1946 through 1950 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 2", 115 lb., Villa batted and threw right handed. She was born in Montebello, California.[1][2]
A very versatile player, Marge Villa was one of the 39 players born in California to join the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in its twelve years history. She entered the AAGPBL in 1946 with the Kenosha Comets, playing for them during her five years in the league, being used as a catcher, at second base and third base, as well as in the outfield corners, even though she claimed notoriety in a game during her rookie season.[1][3]
On June 9, 1946, Villa made history in her own right, when she drove in nine runs and collected eleven total bases in a contest, setting two single-game league records that never would be surpassed.[4]
In 1947, Villa had the chance to join the touring AAGPBL teams that traveled to Central and South America. After retirement, she focused much of her time and energy visiting friends and family and traveling to reunions of the AAGPBL Players Association.[5][6]
Since 1988 Villa 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 to honor the entire All-American Girls Professional Baseball League rather than individual baseball personalities. Besides this, she spent countless hours responding to request for autographs and corresponding with young athletes interested in hearing of her days in the league.[6][7]
Career statistics
Batting
GP AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP 537 1832 249 382 32 21 5 168 200 302 151 .209 .321 Fielding
GP PO A E TC DP FA 615 1407 800 131 2338 88 .944 Sources
- ^ a b "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League website – Marge Villa entry". http://www.aagpbl.org/players/index.cfm?do=player.details&playerid=238.
- ^ The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Paperback, 295 pp. Language: English. ISBN 0786437472
- ^ All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Players Roster
- ^ All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2000. Format: Paperback, 294pp. Language: English. ISBN 0786437472
- ^ Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball – Leslie A. Heaphy, Mel Anthony May. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2006. Format: Paperback, 438pp. Language: English. ISBN 0786421002
- ^ a b "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League History". http://www.aagpbl.org/league/history.cfm.
- ^ YouTube.com – Marge Villa-Cryan interview during AAGPBL Baseball Expo 2011
- ^ All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Teams Battle Creek Belles • Chicago Colleens • Fort Wayne Daisies • Grand Rapids Chicks • Kalamazoo Lassies • Kenosha Comets • Milwaukee Chicks • Minneapolis Millerettes
• Muskegon Belles • Muskegon Lassies • Peoria Redwings • Racine Belles • Rockford Peaches • South Bend Blue Sox • Springfield SalliesAwards and Recognitions All-Star Team • Player of the Year • Batting records • Pitching records
Articles related A League of Their Own • List of managers • Arthur Meyerhoff • Philip K. Wrigley
Categories:- All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players
- American baseball players
- Baseball players from California
- People from Montebello, California
- 1924 births
- Living people
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