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- Lois_Barker abstract "Lois Anna Barker [״Tommie״] (born April 7, 1923) is a former utility player who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the 1950 season. Listed at 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m), 130 lb, she batted and threw right-handed.Born in Dover, New Jersey, Barker was one of seven girls in a nine-sibling family. While growing up in Chester Borough, she used to watch her father coach baseball teams and her brother's career as an Olympic track athlete.In an interview, Barker recalled catching batting practice for a local men's team when she was eight years old. She admitted to growing up \"more boy than girl\". The reason, she explained matter-of-factly, stems from the nickname she received as an infant – Tommie. In fact, her family thought she would be a boy and had a name all picked out, Thomas Henry. As she told the story, her brothers and sisters, when passing her crib, would exclaim, \"There’s our Tommie!\", and the name stuck.Barker graduated from Roxbury High School, where she played softball, and started to play in organized leagues and tournaments in 1947 with the Chester Farmerettes, being able to play all positions except catcher. In one game, she turned an unassisted triple play while playing at shortstop. After making the league at tryouts held in Irvington, she signed a contract and went to the AAGPBL rookie camp in South Bend, Indiana.Barker entered the league in 1950 with the Grand Rapids Chicks, being used primarily in the outfield and at third base. Making the AAGPBL at age 27 as a rookie, was the fulfillment of a lifelong dream. Grand Rapids, managed by Johnny Rawlings, took fourth place with a 59–53 record and advanced to the postseason, but lost in the first round of the best-of-five series to the Fort Wayne Daisies. Baker was a .125 hitter in 32 games and received a contract for the 1951 season, but she was unable to play due to family commitments.Following her baseball career, Barker took a job in a company connected with the aerospace industry, working at all the way from entry level to supervisor during 40 years, until her retirement in 1990. She also played softball for about ten years after she obtained permission to play amateur sports again.Asked about her most exciting memories while playing in the AAGPBL, Barker explained that it was A childhood dream being fulfilled and really coming true; To be a part of something really neat and to be part of the war effort in some small way; Being paid for playing the game you loved to play; Many friendships that are very special even today, and making the playoffs after losing the first 20 games. She also describes the first AAGPBL game in which she played, a night game no less, when she felt pretty nervous…lost a fly ball in the lights and it hit me on the head! She claimed not feeling badly about that now, especially after seeing José Canseco lost a fly ball (hit by Carlos Martínez) that bounced off Canseco's head and over the wall for a home run. It was a few years ago (1993)), she added. At the time that it happened to her, though, all she wanted to do was catch the next train back to New Jersey.Barker is part of Women in Baseball, a permanent display based at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, which was unveiled in 1988 to honor the entire All-American Girls Professional Baseball League rather than any individual personality. She also was honored by the Chester Historical Society in 1999, during the Chester Township’s Bicentennial Parade celebration.After retirement, Barker focused much of her time and energy visiting friends and family and traveling to reunions of the AAGPBL Players Association. Besides this, she spent countless hours responding to request for autographs and corresponding with young athletes interested in hearing of her days in the league.Barker currently lives in Chester, New Jersey, and loves to watch baseball and travel.".
- Lois_Barker birthDate "1923-04-07".
- Lois_Barker birthPlace Dover,_New_Jersey.
- Lois_Barker birthYear "1923".
- Lois_Barker position Right_fielder.
- Lois_Barker position Third_baseman.
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- Lois_Barker wikiPageWikiLinkText "Lois Barker".
- Lois_Barker bats "Right".
- Lois_Barker birthDate "1923-04-07".
- Lois_Barker birthPlace Dover,_New_Jersey.
- Lois_Barker dateOfBirth "1923-04-07".
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- Lois_Barker highlights "*Playoff appearance".
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- Lois_Barker name "Barker, Lois".
- Lois_Barker name "Lois Barker".
- Lois_Barker placeOfBirth Dover,_New_Jersey.
- Lois_Barker position Right_fielder.
- Lois_Barker position Third_baseman.
- Lois_Barker shortDescription "American baseball player".
- Lois_Barker team All-American_Girls_Professional_Baseball_League.
- Lois_Barker teams "*Grand Rapids Chicks".
- Lois_Barker throws "Right".
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- Lois_Barker description "American baseball player".
- Lois_Barker description "American baseball player".
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