Louise Lucelia Clapp (May 12, 1934 – October 17, 1967) was a

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

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. Little is known about this player who saw action in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the 1954 season. Clapp split the year between the

Fort Wayne Daisies The Fort Wayne Daisies were a women's professional baseball team based in Fort Wayne, Indiana that played from through as members of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. History The Daisies represented Fort Wayne, Indiana, and ...

and South Bend Blue Sox teams. She hurled five

innings An innings is one of the divisions of a cricket match during which one team takes its turn to bat. Innings also means the period in which an individual player bats (acts as either striker or nonstriker). Innings, in cricket, and rounders, is bot ...

of ball in three pitching appearances. The league folded at the end of the season. Clapp was not located after that. She is part of ''Women in Baseball'', a permanent display based at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in

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, which was unveiled in 1988 to honor the entire All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Clapp, Louise All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players Fort Wayne Daisies players South Bend Blue Sox players Baseball players from Cleveland People from Harrod, Ohio 1934 births 1967 deaths 20th-century American women 20th-century American people