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- Jean_Geissinger abstract "Jean Louise Geissinger-Harding (June 25, 1934 – June 8, 2014) was an infielder and outfielder who played from 1951 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League with the Fort Wayne Daisies (1951-1952[start], 1953–1954) and the Grand Rapids Chicks (1952[end]). Listed at 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m), 120 lb (54.4 k), she batted and threw right-handed.″Dutch″, as she was dubbed by teammates, was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania to Richard and Lillian (Fagan) Geissinger. She was a versatile ballplayer being able to play in an impeccable way at second base and in all three outfield positions, mainly at center field, serving also as an emergency relief pitcher. She has been considered as one of the top sluggers in AAGPBL history.Geissinger led the AAGPBL hitters in runs batted in in 1953 (81) and 1954 (91), while finishing second for the batting crown with a .337 average in 1954. Besides, she was selected for the All-Star Team in both 1953 and 1954. In the 1953 contest, she finished it in style hitting a walk-off home run.Though Geissinger played only four seasons, her .306 average ranks her third in the AAGPBL all-time list, being surpassed only by the sisters Joanne Weaver (.359) and Betty Weaver Foss (.342), while her 41 homers ranks her fourth behind Eleanor Callow (55), Wilma Briggs (43) and Dorothy Schroeder (42).When the league was unable to continue in 1955, Geissinger joined several other players selected by former Daisies manager Bill Allington to play in the national touring team known as the All-Americans All-Stars. The team played 100 games, each booked in a different town, against male teams, while traveling over 10,000 miles in the manager's station wagon and a Ford Country Sedan. Besides Geissinger, the Allington All-Stars included players as Joan Berger, Gloria Cordes, Jeanie Descombes, Gertrude Dunn, Betty Foss, Mary Froning, Katie Horstman, Maxine Kline, Dolores Lee, Magdalen Redman, Ruth Richard, Dorothy Schroeder, Jean Smith, Dolly Vanderlip and Joanne Weaver, among others.While playing baseball, Geissinger met her future husband Russell Harding. They were married in 1959 and had three daughters, Ann, Karla and Jana. Following her baseball career, she worked at the Branch Intermediate School District of Coldwater, Michigan, where she proudly worked with special needs children for many years. In addition, she joined a fast-pitch softball team, where she was known as ′′Dudley′′, and eventually stayed involved by coaching or umpiring games. She lived a very active life, playing sports into her fifties with her children. Widow after 54 years of marriage, she spent time with her daughters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.She is part of the AAGPBL permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York, opened in 1988, which is dedicated to the entire league rather than any individual player. After that, she gained induction into the Northeast Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005.Jean Geissinger-Harding died in 2014 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, 17 days before her 80th birthday.".
- Jean_Geissinger alias "Harding, Jean".
- Jean_Geissinger birthDate "1934-06-25".
- Jean_Geissinger birthPlace Huntingdon,_Pennsylvania.
- Jean_Geissinger birthYear "1934".
- Jean_Geissinger deathDate "2014-06-08".
- Jean_Geissinger deathPlace Kalamazoo,_Michigan.
- Jean_Geissinger deathYear "2014".
- Jean_Geissinger position Center_fielder.
- Jean_Geissinger position Infielder.
- Jean_Geissinger team All-American_Girls_Professional_Baseball_League.
- Jean_Geissinger wikiPageExternalLink www.aagpbl.org.
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- Jean_Geissinger wikiPageWikiLink Betty_Foss.
- Jean_Geissinger wikiPageWikiLink Bill_Allington.
- Jean_Geissinger wikiPageWikiLink Category:1934_births.
- Jean_Geissinger wikiPageWikiLink Category:2014_deaths.
- Jean_Geissinger wikiPageWikiLink Category:All-American_Girls_Professional_Baseball_League_players.
- Jean_Geissinger wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_people_of_German_descent.
- Jean_Geissinger wikiPageWikiLink Category:Baseball_players_from_Pennsylvania.
- Jean_Geissinger wikiPageWikiLink Category:People_from_Coldwater,_Michigan.
- Jean_Geissinger wikiPageWikiLink Category:People_from_Huntingdon,_Pennsylvania.
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- Jean_Geissinger wikiPageWikiLink Cooperstown,_New_York.
- Jean_Geissinger wikiPageWikiLink Dolly_Vanderlip.
- Jean_Geissinger wikiPageWikiLink Dolores_Lee.
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- Jean_Geissinger wikiPageWikiLink Jean_Smith_(baseball).
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- Jean_Geissinger wikiPageWikiLink Joanne_Weaver.
- Jean_Geissinger wikiPageWikiLink Kalamazoo,_Michigan.
- Jean_Geissinger wikiPageWikiLink Katie_Horstman.
- Jean_Geissinger wikiPageWikiLink List_of_Major_League_Baseball_career_total_bases_leaders.
- Jean_Geissinger wikiPageWikiLink Magdalen_Redman.
- Jean_Geissinger wikiPageWikiLink Mary_Froning.
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- Jean_Geissinger wikiPageWikiLink National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum.
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- Jean_Geissinger wikiPageWikiLink Run_(baseball).
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- Jean_Geissinger wikiPageWikiLink Ruth_Richard.
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- Jean_Geissinger wikiPageWikiLink Slugging_percentage.
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- Jean_Geissinger wikiPageWikiLink Stolen_base.
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- Jean_Geissinger wikiPageWikiLink Triple_(baseball).
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- Jean_Geissinger wikiPageWikiLinkText "Jean Geissinger".
- Jean_Geissinger alternativeNames "Harding, Jean".
- Jean_Geissinger bats "Right".
- Jean_Geissinger birthDate "1934-06-25".
- Jean_Geissinger birthPlace Huntingdon,_Pennsylvania.
- Jean_Geissinger dateOfBirth "1934-06-25".
- Jean_Geissinger dateOfDeath "2014-06-08".
- Jean_Geissinger deathDate "2014-06-08".
- Jean_Geissinger deathPlace Kalamazoo,_Michigan.
- Jean_Geissinger ft "5".
- Jean_Geissinger highlights "*Two-time All-Star Team *Two-time runs batted in leader *Northeast Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame *Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display".
- Jean_Geissinger highlights "at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum".
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- Jean_Geissinger name "Geissinger, Jean".
- Jean_Geissinger name "Jean Geissinger".
- Jean_Geissinger placeOfBirth Huntingdon,_Pennsylvania.
- Jean_Geissinger placeOfDeath Kalamazoo,_Michigan.
- Jean_Geissinger position Center_fielder.
- Jean_Geissinger position Infielder.
- Jean_Geissinger shortDescription "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player".
- Jean_Geissinger team All-American_Girls_Professional_Baseball_League.