Kathryn Beare

Kathryn Beare
Kathryn Beare
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
	Catcher
	Born: November 7, 1917; Syracuse, New York
	Died: January 27, 1997 (aged 79); Syracuse, New York
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
Teams
	Fort Wayne Daisies (1946);
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

GP	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	TB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
24	45	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	5	6	3	.111	.220	.111

Fielding

GP	PO	A	E	TC	DP	FA
24	61	10	4	75	2	.947

^[1]^[4]

Sources

^ ^a ^b "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Kathryn Beare". Retrieved March 26, 2019.
^ The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Softcover, 295 pp. ISBN 978-0-7864-2263-0. OCLC 60387152
^ 1946 Fort Wayne Daisies. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
^ ^a ^b The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Softcover ISBN 978-0-7864-2263-0 OCLC 60387152

[AAGPBL-1] "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Kathryn Beare". Retrieved March 26, 2019.

[2] The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Softcover, 295 pp. ISBN 978-0-7864-2263-0. OCLC 60387152

[3] 1946 Fort Wayne Daisies. Retrieved 2019-03-26.

[Women-4] The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Softcover ISBN 978-0-7864-2263-0 OCLC 60387152

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