Norm Derringer

Norm Derringer
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Manager
Born: February 4, 1914 Racine, Wisconsin
Died: October 5, 1997(1997-10-05) (aged 83)
Bats: N/A	Throws: N/A
Teams
Racine Belles (1950)
Career highlights and awards

Norman W. Dieringer [Nummy], surname more commonly spelled Derringer (February 4, 1914 – October 5, 1997), was a softball player and a baseball manager.^[1]

Born in Racine, Wisconsin, Derringer played on ten state championship softball teams from 1934 through 1946. A seven-time All-Star shortstop between 1934 and 1942, he was named Most Valuable Player in the 1934 ASA National Tournament while playing for the for the Ke-Nash-A's team.^[2]

As a member of Racine, Derringer helped his team to clinch the 1948 championship title of the National Fast Pitch League. He also was chosen All-Star shortstop of the league in 1948 and 1949.^[2]

Derringer joined the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1950, scouting for the league and managing the Racine Belles in their final year of existence.^[3][4]

In 1986 Derringer was inducted in the Wisconsin ASA Hall of Fame. He is also part of Women in Baseball, a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York. This exhibition was unveiled in 1988 to honor the entire AAGPBL rather individual baseball personalities.^[2][3]

Sources

1. ^ Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball – Leslie A. Heaphy, Mel Anthony May. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2006. Format: Paperback, 438pp. Language: English. ISBN 0786421002
2. ^ ^{a b c} "History of the Wisconsin ASA Hall of Fame". http://www.wisconsin-asa.org/pdf/WASA%20Hall%20of%20Fame.pdf. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League History". http://www.aagpbl.org/league/history.cfm. 
4. ^ 1950 Racine Belles

 

 

Persondata
Name	Derringer, Norm
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	February 4, 1914
Place of birth	Racine, Wisconsin
Date of death	October 5, 1997
Place of death