Shirley Crites

Shirley Crites
Shirley Crites
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
	Infielder
	Born: August 21, 1934; Cape Girardeau, Missouri
	Died: December 28, 1990 (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 Horstman 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

GP	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	TB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
47	132	15	17	3	1	0	11	7	22	15	17	.129	.218	.145

Fielding

GP	PO	A	E	TC	DP	FA
20	41	92	11	144	5	.924

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Sources

^ ^a ^b "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Shirley Crites". Retrieved 2019-03-29.
^ 1953 Fort Wayne Daisies. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
^ All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2000. Format: Softcover, 294pp. Language: English. ISBN 978-0-7864-3747-4
^ Bollinger County, Missouri Genealogy – Shirley L. Crites entry
^ All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book

[AAGPBL-1] "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Shirley Crites". Retrieved 2019-03-29.

[2] 1953 Fort Wayne Daisies. Retrieved 2019-03-29.

[3] All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2000. Format: Softcover, 294pp. Language: English. ISBN 978-0-7864-3747-4

[4] Bollinger County, Missouri Genealogy – Shirley L. Crites entry

[RecordBook-5] All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book

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