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Alice Hohlmayer (later Naughton; January 19, 1925 – March 25, 2017) was an American first sacker and
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who played from through in the
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. Listed at 5' 6" , 160 lb. , she batted and threw left-handed. Madden, W. C. (2000) ''All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book''. McFarland & Company. Born in
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, Alice Hohlmayer was the daughter of Carl Hohlmayer, a milkman and
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owner, and Marguerite (née Waggaman) Hohlmayer, a housewife. Alice played
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at age five with her brothers and later served as a
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and player for the Finke and Herne club, which toured across Ohio, being selected at first base for the All-Star team in the 1937 State's Tournament. Nicknamed ״Lefty״ from school days, she also played
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,
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,
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and
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.Porter, David L. (2000) ''Biographical Dictionary of American Sports'' Greenwood Press. Hohlmayer graduated from Springfield High School in 1942. The next year she entered
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, where she had a chance to show her athletic talent. Then, she was discovered by an AAGPBL
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in 1945 while playing during a tournament in
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, and later was contacted by the league's president
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. Following a tryout at
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, Hohlmayer entered the league in 1946 with the
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, playing for them three years before joining the
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(1949),
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(1950) and
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(1950–1951). She opened at first base, then gradually started to pitch until becoming a full-time pitcher, showing good batting skills and a hard throwing arm. The versatile Hohlmayer hurled 42 consecutive scoreless
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in 1950, and also made 21
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s at first base in a regular game. Her most productive season came in 1951, when she posted a 15–11 record with a 2.02
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and 209 innings of work in 29 pitching appearances. Besides this, she gained notoriety for having a hit against legendary pitcher
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during an All-Star exhibition game. In a six-year career, Hohlmayer was a .203 hitter and posted a pitching record of 33–32 with a 2.58 ERA. In seven postseason games, she hit .136 (3-for-22) and had a 1.29 ERA in seven innings without a decision. Hohlmayer continued studying while playing baseball, graduating in 1949 from Ohio State with bachelor's degrees in physical education and health. After the 1951 season she returned home to help save the family laundromat business. Later she married William McNaughton and moved to
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, where she taught at school and worked 17 years for the local finance department and recreation services, while coaching
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. In 1988, Alice became part of ''Women in Baseball'', a permanent display based at the
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in
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, which was unveiled to honor the entire All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Afterwards, she was nominated and inducted into the Women's Hall of Fame in 2005 for the title of Spirit Of The Women's Hall Of Fame. The annual Women's Hall of Fame induction is co-hosted by Women's Museum of California (located in San Diego), Commission on the Status of Women, UC San Diego Women's Center, and San Diego State Women's Studies. Alice Hohlmayer McNaughton was a longtime resident of
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, where she died in 2017 at the age of 92.


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