Barbara Sowers

Outfielder

Born: May 4, 1932
Detroit, Illinois

Died: October 19, 2012 (aged 80)
Port Charlotte, Florida

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

Teams

Muskegon Belles (1953)
Grand Rapids Chicks (1954)

Career highlights and awards

Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display
at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)

Barbara Jean Sowers (May 4, 1932 - October 19, 2012) was an All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player who played for the Muskegon Belles in 1953 and the Grand Rapids Chicks in 1954.

In 1953, the outfielder hit .205 with 34 hits in 70 games and the next year, she hit .284 with 56 hits and 34 RBI in 70 games. Overall, she hit .248 in 140 career games.^[1]

She was born in Detroit, Michigan and died in Port Charlotte, Florida at the age of 80.^[2] She was born May 4, 1932 in Detroit, Michigan to the late Carl and Luella (nee – LaRocque) Sowers. A career public educator and High School Counselor, Barbara moved with her longtime companion Shirley A. Weaver from their hometown of Livonia, Michigan, to Charlotte County Florida in 1989 following her retirement.

References

All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

Teams	Battle Creek Belles Chicago Colleens Fort Wayne Daisies Grand Rapids Chicks Kalamazoo Lassies Kenosha Comets Milwaukee Chicks Minneapolis Millerettes Muskegon Belles Muskegon Lassies Peoria Redwings Racine Belles Rockford Peaches South Bend Blue Sox Springfield Sallies

Seasons	1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954

Awards and recognition	All-Star Team Player of the Year Batting records Fielding records Pitching records

Related articles	List of managers List of players Rules of play A League of Their Own (film) A League of Their Own (TV series) Arthur Meyerhoff Philip K. Wrigley

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