Muriel Bevis

Muriel Bevis
Muriel Bevis
Muriel Bevis.jpg
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Outfielder/Pitcher
Born: October 7, 1928(1928-10-07)
Corona, Queens, New York City
Died: October 7, 2002(2002-10-07) (aged 74)
Mount Juliet, Tennessee
Bats: Left Throws: Left
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Playoff appearance

Muriel Bevis [″Breezy″] (October 7, 1928 - October 7, 2002) was a female outfielder and pitcher who played in All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the 1950 season. Bevis batted and threw left-handed. She was born in Corona, Queens, New York City.[1]

By 1943 a new All-American Girls Softball League was formed. Started largely to provide entertainment for baseball fans whose beloved heroes had gone off to World War II, the league would eventually shift gears and become the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which was dissolved at the end of the 1954 season.

Muriel Bevis was one of 25 players who made the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League clubs hailed from New York City and State, including Gloria Cordes, Mildred Deegan, Nancy Mudge, Betty Trezza and Margaret Wigiser. Bevis grew up in Westhampton Beach and often found herself playing softball at Cedarhurst Stadium, where she was approached by a talent scout who offered her a contract to play in the AAGPBL.[2][3]

Bevis entered the league in 1950 with the Kenosha Comets, and was used at outfield and as an emergency pitcher. She was a steady performer during her only season, ranking between the top ten in home runs (5), runs batted in (43) and stolen bases (38), helping Kenosha reach the playoffs, though the team lost in the first round of post-season action.[4]

Bevis was a long time resident of Kerrville, Texas,[5][6] and later moved to Mount Juliet, Tennessee, where she died at the age of 74.[7]

Batting statistics

GP AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG
56 165 46 35 4 1 5 43 38 13 13 .212 .270 .340

Pitching statistics

GP W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER BB SO WHIP
7 1 2 .333 6.83 29 30 27 22 25 5 1.896

[8]

Fact

The AAGPBL Players Association movement helped to bring the league story to the public eye. The association was largely responsible for the opening of a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York since November 5, 1988 that honors those who were part of this unique experience.

Sources

  1. ^ All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Player page
  2. ^ All-American Girls Professional Baseball League All-Time Players Roster
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ 1950 Kenosha Comets
  5. ^ The San Angelo Standard - Times Online
  6. ^ Open-Jurist.com
  7. ^ The Celebrity Black Book – Jordan McAuley. Publisher: Mega Niche Media, 2007. Format:Paperback, 768pp. Language: English. ISBN 0970709587
  8. ^ The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League



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