Eileen Albright, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Eileen Albright

All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player

Date of Birth: 25-Mar-1928

Date of Death: 09-May-2009

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Eileen Albright

  • Marie Eileen Albright [Lockhart] (March 25, 1928 – May 9, 2009) was an infielder and pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
  • Albright batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
  • She was born in Wollaston, Quincy, Massachusetts. Little is known about this player who appeared in a few games in an AAGPBL season.
  • Albright joined the league's traveling team in 1948 in order to develop her skills and be placed on one of the expansion teams for that season.
  • Basically, she played at second and third bases and pitched as well.
  • She obtained the job and was assigned to the Chicago Colleens, who along with the Springfield Sallies joined as expansion teams for the 1948 season. Albright pitched primarily for the Colleens and started four games, which were all losses.
  • As a hitter, she posted a .141 average. By the end of 1948, the Colleens and Sallies lost their franchises based on their awful debuts.
  • For the next two years the Colleens and Sallies became rookie training teams

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