Geraldine "Jerry" Guest (September 24, 1913 – September 27, 2006) was an

outfielder An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball or softball, farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder. As an outfielder, their duty is to cat ...

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 ...

. She batted and threw right handed.Geraldine Hough
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''. Retrieved 2019-04-13. Born in

Flint, Michigan Flint is the largest city and seat of Genesee County, Michigan, United States. Located along the Flint River, northwest of Detroit, it is a principal city within the region known as Mid Michigan. At the 2020 census, Flint had a population of 8 ...

, Guest began playing

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at age 15. She worked at the AC Spark Plug Company based in Flint East before joining the All American League in its 1951 season. She was assigned to the

Peoria Redwings The Peoria Redwings was a women's professional baseball team who joined the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in the 1946 season and remained in the league through 1951. The team represented Peoria, Illinois, playing home games at ...

and appeared in 22 games for them. She posted a batting average of .119 with five

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and two

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while

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one base. At the outfield, she recorded 19

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s with two assists and turned one

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without errors for a 1.000 fielding average. In 1988 was inaugurated a permanent display at the

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, that honors those who were part of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Guest, along with the rest of the girls and the league staff, is included at the display/exhibit."Before A League of Their Own"
baseballhall.org; accessed July 3, 2020. She died in 2006 in

, just three days after her 93rd birthday.

Career statistics

Batting Fielding ''All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book'' – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2008. Format: Paperback, 302pp. Language: English.

References

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