Annabelle Thompson, later McFarlane (November 22, 1924 – August 10, 1983), was a pitcher who played in the

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during the season. She batted and threw right handed. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Annie Thompson was one of the 68 players born in Canada to join the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in its twelve years history. She also became one of the sixty original players recruited by the league for its inaugural season. Thompson was assigned to the

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, a team managed by former big leaguer Johnny Gottselig, as part of a pitching staff headed by

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, Joanne Winter and Gloria Marks. In her only season she posted a team second-best 11

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and ranked among the top 10 pitchers of the league, ending eighth in

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(223) and ninth in earned run average (3.51), while tying for seventh for the most wins to help Racine win the championship. Thompson is part of ''Women in Baseball'', a permanent display based at the

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, which was unveiled in 1988 to honor the entire All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She also gained honorary induction into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998. She died in Edmonton in 1983.

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