June Emerson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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baseball player (1924-1990)
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Place of Birth: Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
About June Emerson
- June Emerson (June 4, 1924 – October 1, 1990) was a Canadian ballplayer who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
- Listed at 5' 5", 135 lb., Emerson batted left handed and threw right handed.
- She was nicknamed Venus.Born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, June Emerson was one of the 57 players born in Canada to join the AAGPBL in its twelve-year history.Emerson worked as a reporter at the Toronto Star newspaper before joining the league with the Springfield Sallies in its 1948 season, then was dealt to the Peoria Redwings in 1949.
- During the offseason, she wrote for the newspaper and kept herself in good physical shape swimming and playing basketball.In a two-season career, Emerson posted a batting average of .139 (26-for-159) with a .300 on-base percentage, driving in five runs and scoring 11 times, while hitting two doubles with seven stolen bases in 68 games.Afterwards, Emerson served as a director of the Hyde Park YMCA in Chicago.
- In addition, she worked for an airline during 37 years.Emerson died in 1990 in Saskatchewan, Canada, at the age of 66.The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League 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.
- In 1998, June Emerson and all Canadian AAGPBL players gained honorary induction into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.
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