Victoria Panos (March 20, 1920 – April 29, 1986)AAGPBL: Vickie Panos
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for two different teams in the

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. Listed at 5' 3", 120 lb., Panos batted left-handed and threw left-handed. Sometimes she is credited as ''Vicky Pano''.

Career

A native of

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parents, Panos is one of three descendants of Greek migrants to play in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, the others being

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and

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. Panos entered the AAGPBL in with the

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, playing for them in part of the season before joining the eventual league champion

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. She excelled as one of the team's top offensive stars, ranking near the top in several offensive categories. In her only season, Panos scored 84 runs with 141

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s in 115 games, both second-most in the league behind the speedy

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, who scored 87 times and set a league-record with 166 steals

Panos also hit a .263 batting average for sixth place and batted 106

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for the fifth, while posting a solid .367

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and a .978 fielding average. In the postseason, Panos hit .214 with five runs and seven stolen bases for the Chicks, who went on to win the AAGPBL title after beating the

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Milestone

*The AAGPBL folded in 1954, but there is now a permanent display at the

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since November 5, that honors those who were part of this unique experience. But like many of her AAGPBL colleagues, Vickie Panos was relatively unknown until the

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'' A League of Their Own'' by filmmaker

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was exhibited for the first time.

References

* ''All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book'' – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company. Format: Paperback, 294pp. Language: English.

External links

AAGPBL Official Site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Panos, Vickie 1920 births 1986 deaths All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players Baseball people from Saskatchewan Canadian baseball players Canadian people of Greek descent 20th-century American women Canadian expatriates in the United States Canadian expatriates in Australia

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