Lillian Luckey
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Pitcher
Born: (1919-07-09)July 9, 1919
South Bend, Indiana, U.S.
Died: December 13, 2021(2021-12-13) (aged 102)
Niles, Michigan, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (unveiled in 1988)

Lillian Ann Luckey (July 9, 1919 – December 13, 2021) was an American baseball pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m), 126 lb (57 kg), she batted and threw right handed.[1][2]

Born in South Bend, Indiana on July 9, 1919,[3] Luckey joined the All American League in its 1946 season. She was assigned to the South Bend Blue Sox club and appeared in eight games for them.[2]

She posted a 2–4 record with a 3.44 ERA, allowing 37 runs - 21 earned - on 51 hits and 48 walks, while striking out 10 through 54 innings of work.[4] As a hitter, she went 2 for 15 for a .133 batting average.[4]

The All American League folded in 1954, but there is a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York since 1988 that honors the entire league rather than any individual figure.[5]

In July 2008, it was reported that Luckey still played golf twice a week at the age of 89.[6] She died in Niles, Michigan, on December 13, 2021, at the age of 102.[3]

Sources

  1. ↑ . All-American Girls Professional Baseball League website
  2. 1 2 Madden, W. C. (2005) The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-2263-0
  3. 1 2 "Lillian Ann Luckey, of Niles". Leader Publications. December 16, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
  4. 1 2 Madden, W. C. (2000) All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-0597-8
  5. ↑ Before A League of Their Own. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
  6. ↑ Luckey played pro baseball in South Bend
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