Lillian DeCambra

Lillian DeCambra
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Infield Utility
Born: (1925-11-21)November 21, 1925 Somerset, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died: October 1, 2003(2003-10-01) (aged 77) Somerset, Massachusetts, U.S.
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Teams
Fort Wayne Daisies (1947)
Career highlights and awards
Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (since 1988)

Lillian DeCambra (November 21, 1925 – October 1, 2003) was an American infielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 2", 102 lb., DeCambra batted and threw right handed. Her eldest sister, Alice DeCambra, also played in the league.[1][2]

Born in Somerset, Massachusetts, DeCambra played basketball and ice skating at a young age,[3] and later she showed her interest in softball. She was assigned to the Fort Wayne Daisies in 1947, but never played a regular season game.[2]

Lillian joined her sister Alice at spring training games held at Havana, Cuba. Afterwards, she played in exhibition games with the Daisies before the start of the season.[1][2]

The AAGPBL folded in 1954, but there is a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York since November 5, 1988, that honors the entire league rather than any individual figure.[4]

Lillian DeCambra died in 2003 in Somerset, Massachusetts, at the age of 77.[1]

Sources

1. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Lillian Kelley. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
2. Madden, W. C. The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary (2005). ISBN 978-0-7864-2263-0
3. Heaphy, Leslie A.; May, Mel Anthony (2006). Encyclopedia of women and baseball. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-2100-8
4. Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Official Website