Notable people · Athlete · Baseball · Women
Mary Weddle
Born in Woodsfield, Weddle grew up on a farm with thirteen siblings and pitched for the Fort Wayne Daisies in 1954, the last season of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
At a glance
- Born
- 1934-04-26
- Died
- 2021-10-31
- Known as
- Athlete, Baseball, Women
- Organizations
- Fort Wayne Daisies
Life story
Mary Weddle was born in 1934 in Woodsfield and grew up on a farm in a family of fourteen children. Her father pitched semi-professionally, and she started out as a shortstop on a boys' team in junior high.
In 1953 she played softball for the A-1 Queens in Phoenix, and in 1954 she joined the Fort Wayne Daisies of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. In that final league season she went 3-1 with a 3.83 ERA, including a complete-game one-hitter, and hit .216 in 76 games.
She married Lewis Hines in 1955 and had three children. She played softball for more than thirty years and coached high school and middle school teams for nine. She died in 2021 in Corbin, Kentucky.
Timeline
What Mary is known for
- Pitcher and infielder, AAGPBL 1954
- Honored in the Baseball Hall of Fame's Women in Baseball display
Honors and things named for them
- Baseball Hall of Fame 'Women in Baseball' display
Family
- husband: Lewis Hines
Ohio places
Where Mary Weddle was born, lived, worked and is remembered, with the ZIP code, town and county pages for each.
- Born: Woodsfield, Monroe County ZIP 43793 · Woodsfield · Monroe County
Further reading
Sources
Confidence. Medium: the main facts were confirmed, but some details (often an address or ZIP code) were not.
- Wikipedia: Mary Weddle career, family, honors
