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Donna Cook

Donna Cook

Donna Cook

Donna Cook

Donna Cook

Profile Information

  • Maiden Name:
  • Nickname: "Cookie"
  • Hometown: Muskegon, MI (US)
  • Throwing Hand: Left
  • Batting Hand: Right
  • Born: May 24, 1928
  • Died: October 16, 2006

Donna CookHistory

Team Position Uniform #
1946 Muskegon Lassies Outfield 8
1947 Muskegon Lassies Outfield & Pitcher 3
1948 Chicago Colleens Outfield & Pitcher 14
1948 Fort Wayne Daisies Outfield & Pitcher Unknown
1948 Muskegon Lassies Outfield & Pitcher Unknown
1949 Fort Wayne Daisies Pitcher 7
1950 Grand Rapids Chicks Pitcher 20
1951 Battle Creek Belles Pitcher & Outfield 7
1952 Battle Creek Belles Outfield 7
1953 Muskegon Belles Outfield 7
1953 South Bend Blue Sox Pitcher & Outfield Unknown
1954 Rockford Peaches Outfield 7

Donna Jean “Cookie” Cook passed away at Hillcrest Nursing Center on October 16, 2006 at the age of 78.  Donna was born in Muskegon, MI on May 24, 1928 to Sidney M. and Daisy (Johnson) Cook.  She retired from Comerica Bank after 25 years of service as a bank teller.  Donna played professional baseball for eight years in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, joining the Muskegon Lassies in 1947.  She ended her career with the Rockford Peaches in 1954 when the league folded.  Her name is among the AAGPBL players listed in the Women in Baseball Exhibit at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY, and she was inducted into the Muskegon and Grand Rapids Halls of Fame.  Donna was named the top girl athlete of her graduating class of Muskegon Heights High School in 1947 and was also well known in the local bowling association.  Donna was one of twelve children.

Donna played rightfield for her hometown Lassies and even came into games for the Lassies as a relief pitcher and later as a starting pitcher. Her sister Doris also played in the league.


LeagueBatting Record

Year Ga AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG
1946 78 231 18 36 2 3 0 14 4 20 16 .156
1947 48 134 6 23 1 0 0 7 4 4 8 .172
1948 41 81 8 10 0 0 0 6 6 14 13 .123
1949 30 67 7 13 3 1 0 5 3 12 5 .194
1950 11 19 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 .211
1951 102 358 18 67 6 1 0 17 11 20 18 .187
1952 62 207 27 51 5 3 0 11 13 9 16 .246
1953 53 131 12 26 2 0 0 10 6 14 5 .198
1954 55 152 10 33 4 0 2 11 2 14 9 .217

LeaguePitching Record

Year G IP R ER ERA BB SO HB WP W L PCT
1947 25 178 49 28 1.42 58 54 13 1 14 8 .636
1948 20 116 64 52 4.03 107 67 10 6 4 9 .308
1949 22 153 55 33 1.94 99 75 0 4 9 9 .500
1950 4 18 25 20 10.00 20 9 0 1 0 2 .000
1951 17 78 53 38 4.38 66 13 5 2 1 7 .125
1953 7 16 35 23 12.94 33 5 1 3 0 2 .000
1954 4 7 - - - - - - - 0 0 .000

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