Kathryn Beare

Kathryn Beare
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Catcher
Born: (1917-11-07)November 7, 1917
Syracuse, New York
Died: January 27, 1997(1997-01-27) (aged 79)
Syracuse, New York
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display
    at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)

Kathryn Beare (November 7, 1917 – January 27, 1997) was a catcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 7", 170 lb., she batted and threw right handed.[1][2]

Born in Syracuse, New York, the stocky Katie Beare played with the Fort Wayne Daisies in part of the 1946 season, batting a .111 average in 24 games while sharing catching duties with Kathryn Vonderau.[3]

Following her brief stint in the league she returned to Syracuse, where she played softball for many years.[4]

In 1988, Beare received further recognition when she became part of Women in Baseball, a permanent display based at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, which was unveiled to honor the entire All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

Career statistics

Batting

GPABRH2B3BHRRBISBTBBBSOBAOBPSLG
24 45 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 5 6 3 .111 .220 .111

Fielding

GPPOAETCDPFA
24 61 10 4 75 2 .947

[1][4]

Sources

  1. 1 2 "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League official website – Kathryn Beare profile".
  2. The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical DictionaryW. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Softcover, 295 pp. ISBN 978-0-7864-2263-0. OCLC 60387152
  3. 1946 Fort Wayne Daisies
  4. 1 2 The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical DictionaryW. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Softcover ISBN 978-0-7864-2263-0 OCLC 60387152
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