Jerre DeNoble (June 11, 1923 – January 18, 2011) was an American

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who played part of a season in the

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''. Retrieved 2019-04-11. Born in

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, Jerre DeNoble started to play baseball when she was 14 years old. She joined the league with the

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in the 1947 season, after attending the first AAGPBL

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outside the United States which was held in

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. DeNoble was regarded as a solid outfielder and for her flashy speed on the basepaths, but she did not have many opportunities to show off her qualities after sustaining assorted injuries to her shoulder, a leg and a broken finger. She contributed to the Redwings first victory that year by scoring the winning run in the 12th inning of a game against the

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. During her brief stint with Peoria, she posted a .107 batting average and stole 11 bases in 21 game appearances. Following her baseball career, DeNoble worked at the

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for 40 years, retiring in 1981. Since 1988 she is part of ''Women in Baseball'', a permanent display based at the

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, which was unveiled to honor the entire All-American Girls Professional Baseball League rather than individual baseball personalities. DeNoble was a longtime resident of San Lorenzo, California, where she died at the age of 89.

Career statistics

Batting Fielding ''All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book''

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