Doris Jones (baseball)

Doris Jones
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Born: 1924 (1924) Sellersburg, Indiana, U.S.
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Teams
South Bend Blue Sox (1945)
Career highlights and awards
Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (since 1988)

Doris Jones (born 1924) was a member of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). She was born in Sellersburg, Indiana. In 1945, she played for the South Bend Blue Sox, in South Bend, Indiana.[1] Doris only played for one season and was simultaneously enrolled at Georgetown College, majoring in Art. Her ambition was to become a professional cartoonist.[2]

References

1. "Doris Jones – Profile". All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
2. "South Bend Blue Sox 1945 Yearbook," South Bend Girls Professional Baseball League, Unpublished, The History Museum Archives