Doris Tetzlaff
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Doris Tetzlaff |
| image | Doris_Tetzlaff.jpg |
| image_size | 200px |
| position | Third base / Utility / Chaperone / Coach |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Watertown, Wisconsin |
| death_date | |
| death_place | Iola, Wisconsin |
| bats | Right |
| throws | Right |
| :: |
| name = Doris Tetzlaff | image = Doris_Tetzlaff.jpg | image_size = 200px | position = Third base / Utility / Chaperone / Coach | birth_date= | birth_place= Watertown, Wisconsin | death_date= | death_place= Iola, Wisconsin | bats = Right | throws = Right | teams =
- Milwaukee Chicks (1944)
- Grand Rapids Chicks (1945–1947)
- Chicago Colleens (1948)
- Fort Wayne Daisies (1948)
- Muskegon Lassies (1949)
- Fort Wayne Daisies (1950–1953) | highlights =
- Two-time Championship Team (1944, 1947)
Doris Tetzlaff [″Tetz″] (January 1, 1921 – April 11, 1998) was an infielder and chaperone in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Listed at 5'5", 155 lb., she batted and threw right-handed.
Little is known about this woman who played different roles during ten years in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. A native of Watertown, Wisconsin, Tetzlaff came from a family of German origin. She was a valuable utility, playing mainly at third base for five different teams from through .
Tetzlaff entered the league in 1944 with the Milwaukee Chicks, playing for them one year before joining the Grand Rapids Chicks (1945–1947), Chicago Colleens (1948), Fort Wayne Daisies (1948) and Muskegon Lassies (1949). She returned to the Daisies in , serving as a chaperone and assistant coach for managers Jimmie Foxx and Bill Allington until the season.
Tetzlaff also went to the playoffs in all of her ten seasons in the league, being a member of two champion teams in 1944 and 1947. She is also part of the AAGPBL permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York, opened in , which is dedicated to the entire league rather than any individual player.
Doris Tetzlaff died in Iola, Wisconsin, at the age of 77.
Batting statistics
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| GP | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | TB | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 625 | 2065 | 267 | 391 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 161 | 284 | 462 | 399 | 262 | .190 | .322 | .225 |
| :: |
Sources
References
- link. (June 15, 2011)
- link. (April 26, 2011)
- [http://www.aagpbl.org/teams.cfm?ID=13 1945 Grand Rapids Chicks]
- [http://www.aagpbl.org/teams.cfm?ID=18 1946 Grand Rapids Chicks]
- link. (April 30, 2011)
- [http://www.aagpbl.org/teams.cfm?ID=45 1948 Chicago Colleens]
- [http://www.aagpbl.org/teams.cfm?ID=44 1948 Fort Wayne Daisies]
- link. (September 17, 2010)
- [http://www.aagpbl.org/teams.cfm?ID=56 1950 Ft Wayne Daisies]
- [http://www.aagpbl.org/teams.cfm?ID=89 1951 Ft Wayne Daisies]
- [http://www.aagpbl.org/teams.cfm?ID=34 1952 Ft Wayne Daisies]
- [http://www.aagpbl.org/teams.cfm?ID=77 1953 Ft Wayne Daisies]
- [http://www.aagpbl.org/league/history.cfm All-American Girls Professional Baseball League History] {{webarchive. link. (August 28, 2009)
- [http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Doris&qmi=&qn=Tetzlaff&qcs=&focusfirst=1 Intelius.com – Report for Doris Tetzlaff in Iola, Wisconsin]
- ''All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book'' – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2000. Format: Paperback, 294pp. Language: English. {{ISBN. 0-7864-3747-2
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