Lillian DeCambra (November 21, 1925 – October 1, 2003) 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' 2", 102 lb., DeCambra batted and threw right handed. Her eldest sister, Alice DeCambra, also played in the league.All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Lillian Kelley
Retrieved 2019-03-30.Madden, W. C. ''The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary'' (2005). Born in

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, DeCambra played

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and

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at a young age, and later she showed her interest in

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. She was assigned to the

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in 1947, but never played a regular season game. Lillian joined her sister Alice at spring training games held at Havana, Cuba. Afterwards, she played in exhibition games with the Daisies before the start of the season. 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> Lillian DeCambra died in 2003 in Somerset, Massachusetts, at the age of 77.

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