Dorice Reid (baseball)

Dorice Reid
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Outfield
Born: February 26, 1919 Superior, Wisconsin
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Teams
Chicago Colleens (1948) Grand Rapids Chicks (1949–1951)
Career highlights and awards
Three postseason appearances (1949–1951) Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)

Dorice Reid (born February 26, 1929) is a former outfielder who played from 1948 through 1951 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m), 140 lb., Reid batted and threw right-handed. She was born in Superior, Wisconsin.^[1]

Nicknamed ״Dorrie״, Reid was a light-hitting outfielder during her four years in the AAGPBL. She entered the circuit in 1948 with the expansion Chicago Colleens, playing for them one year before joining the Grand Rapids Chicks (1949–1951).^[2]

Her most productive came in 1950, when she hit a .199 batting average with 78 hits and 43 stolen bases in 107 gsmes, all career numbers.^[3]

Following her baseball career, Reid settled in Vista, California.^[4]

In 1988, Dorice Reid became part of Women in Baseball, a permanent display based at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, which was unveiled to honor the entire All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

Career statistics

Batting

GP	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	TB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
323	1026	108	170	11	5	0	60	69	191	130	145	.166	.260	.186

Fielding

GP	PO	A	E	TC	DP	FA
320	1017	288	40	1345	19	.970

^[3]

Sources

1. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League website – Dorice Reid entry
2. The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Paperback, 295 pp. Language: English. ISBN 0-7864-3747-2
3. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book
4. The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League