Barbara Anne Davis (October 9, 1930 – March 2, 2008) was an

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player. Davis was a member of the

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and

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clubs during the 1949 season. She played in the Chicago Girls Baseball League for the North Town Co-Eds team before joining the AAGPBL. Davis is also credited with having won an

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medal in

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and a

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tournament in

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. After baseball, Davis attended Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences (now

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), where she earned a degree, and later graduated in

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from

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. Following graduation, Davis worked as supervisor in the immunology department of

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, retiring after 25 years of service. Afterwards, Davis moved to

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, where she directed educational travel tours programs for the Kilauea Lighthouse and Wild Life Refuge, the

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, and Na 'Aina Kai Botanical Gardens and Sculptural Park. At the same time, Davis volunteered for the

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and was a docent at the

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. The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League folded in 1954, but there is now a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at

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since November 5, 1988 that honors those who were part of this experience. Barbara Anne Davis, along with the rest of the league's girls and staff, is included at the display/exhibit.Before A League of Their Own
''National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum''. Retrieved September 5, 2016. Davis died in 2008 at her home of Lihue, Hawaii at the age of 77, following a long illness.

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