Barbara Ann Galdonik (October 26, 1934 – December 1, 2003) was an

All-American Girls Professional Baseball League The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) was a professional women's baseball league founded by Philip K. Wrigley which existed from 1943 to 1954. The AAGPBL is the forerunner of women's professional league sports in the Uni ...

player. Listed at 5' 5", 130 lb., she batted and threw right handed.Barbara Galdonik Profile
''All-American Girls Professional Baseball League''. Retrieved 2019-04-07. Born in

Kenosha, Wisconsin Kenosha () is a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the seat of Kenosha County. Per the 2020 census, the population was 99,986 which made it the fourth-largest city in Wisconsin. Situated on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan, Kenos ...

, Galdonik played at

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for the

Kenosha Comets Based in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the Kenosha Comets were a women's professional baseball team that played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. The team played their home games at List of defunct amusement parks#Wisc ...

and Battle Creek Belles clubs in a span of two seasons from 1950 to 1951. She did not have individual records or additional information was incomplete at the time of the request. She died in 2003 in

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, at the age of 69. The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League folded in 1954, but there is a permanent display at the

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since 1988 that honors the entire league rather than any individual figure.Before A League of Their Own
''National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum''

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