Rita Keller(January 21, 1933 – August 9, 2005) was an Americanshortstopwho played in theAll-American Girls Professional Baseball League.Listed at 5' 3 ", 115 lb., Keller batted and threw right handed. She was born inKalamazoo, Michigan.[1][2]

Rita Keller
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Shortstop
Born:(1933-01-21)January 21, 1933
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Died:August 9, 2005(2005-08-09)(aged 72)
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Batted:Right
Threw:Right
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (since 1988)

Keller was assigned to her home team, theKalamazoo Lassies,duringits 1951 season.Additional information is incomplete because there are no records available at the time of the request.[1][2]

The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League folded in 1954, but there is now a permanent display at theBaseball Hall of Fame and MuseumatCooperstown, New Yorksince November 5, 1988 that honors those who were part of the league. Rita, along with the rest of the girls and the league staff, is included at the display/exhibit.[3]

Sources

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  1. ^ab"Rita Keller – Profile".All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.Retrieved2019-05-29.
  2. ^abMadden, W. C.(2000)All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book.McFarland & Company.ISBN978-0-7864-0597-8
  3. ^Before A League of Their Own.National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.Retrieved on September 5, 2016.