Clara Chiano (September 19, 1921 – November 27, 2000) was an

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who played in the

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 ...

. Listed at 5' 0", 108 lb., Chiano batted and threw right handed. She was born in Arnold, Pennsylvania.All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Clara Chiano
Retrieved 2019-03-28. The diminutive Clara Chiano played semiprofessional softball in

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and Boston in the early 1940s. She joined the league with the

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club in its 1944 season. After baseball, Chiano worked as an associate for the electronics industry in

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. She retired in 1983 and moved to Orange City in Florida. The AAGPBL folded in 1954, but there is a permanent display at the

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since November 5, 1988, that honors the entire league rather than any individual figure.Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Official Website
/ref> Chiano was a long time resident of Orange City, Florida, where she died in 2000 at the age of 79.

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