Died: May 30, 2005(2005-05-30) (aged 87) Los Osos, California
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
debut
1944
Last appearance
1954
Teams
Milwaukee Chicks (1944)
Grand Rapids Chicks (1945–'54)
Career highlights and awards
Player of the Year Award (1950)
Four-time All-Star Team (1950, 1952–1954)
Pitcher of the Year (1950)
Three championship teams (1944, 1947, 1953)
Eleven playoffs appearances (1944–1954)
Single-season leader in fielding percentage (1947-'48) walks received (1948) winning percentage (1950) earned run average (1951)
Official team's captain and interim manager
Alma Ziegler (January 9, 1918 – May 30, 2005) was an infielder and pitcher who played from 1944 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m), 125 lb., Ziegler batted and threw right-handed.[1][2][3]
Alma Ziegler was one of the best all-around players in the early years of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Noted for her enthusiastic, high-spirited personality and great knowledge of the game, Ziegler excelled at second base, where her range and acrobatic plays impressed baseball fanatics and experts. In addition, she later developed as a leading overhand pitcher. A member of three championship teams and three all-star squads, she spent 11 years in the circuit, being named to the Player of the Year and Pitching Champion awards in the same season. Regarded as a disciplined hitter and a daring base runner, she posted a career 2.57 walk-to-strikeout ratio (641-to-249) and utilized her stunning speed to snatch 387 stolen bases. As a pitcher, she had a 42–21 record for a .667 percentage and collected a solid 1.32 earned run average.[1][4][5]
^ ab"All-American Girls Professional Baseball League - Alma Ziegler entry".
^"The Forgotten Champs: The 1944 Milwaukee Chicks – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Oral History Project - Interview with Alma Ziegler by Kathleen E. Coughlin".
^Biographical Dictionary of American Sports – David L. Porter. Publisher: Greenwood Press, 2000. Format: Hardcover, 2064pp. Language: English. ISBN 978-0-313-29884-4
^"Baseball Historian - Women in Baseball".
^"All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Records".
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