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Doris Barr

Doris Barr

Doris Barr

Doris Barr

Doris Barr

Profile Information

  • Maiden Name:
  • Nickname: "Dodie"
  • Hometown: Winnipeg, MB (CANADA)
  • Throwing Hand: Left
  • Batting Hand: Left
  • Born: August 26, 1921
  • Died: July 12, 2009

Doris BarrHistory

Team Position Uniform #
1943 South Bend Blue Sox Pitcher 4
1944 South Bend Blue Sox Pitcher 4
1945 Racine Belles Pitcher 11 - after Menheer was cut 6-8-1945
1945 South Bend Blue Sox Pitcher 4
1946 Racine Belles Pitcher 11
1947 Racine Belles Pitcher 11
1948 Springfield Sallies Outfield 28
1949 Muskegon Lassies Pitcher 15
1950 Kalamazoo Lassies Pitcher 15
1950 Peoria Redwings Pitcher Unknown

"Dodie played eight seasons in the AAGPBL.  Her 20-win season in 1945 was highlighted by Racine's first no-hit, no-run game against Fort Wayne on July 1.  A member of Racine's 1946 championship team, Doris won the game that put them in the playoffs.  As a pitcher and outfielder, Doris had a career fielding percentage of .932.  The 5'6" southpaw notched 79 wins in her AAGPBL career.

See "Related Article" above "Player/Profile Search" for Dodie's obituary.

MARY (DORIS) BARR died peacefully on July 12, 2009 at Kildonan Personal Care Centre, Doris passed away at the age of 88.

Doris was the daughter of Malcolm and Susan Barr, formerly of Starbuck and Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was predeceased by sister Marjorie O'Neill and three brothers, John, Harold and Ernest.  Doris leaves many friends in the baseball communities of Canada and the USA.

She started her baseball career as pitcher with the Winnipeg Ramblers and Regina Army and Navy Bombers, then went on to a nine year career in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (A League of Their Own) in the USA. Doris was recognized by the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, inducted into the Canadian Hall of Fame in St. Mary's, Ontario, the Manitoba Hall of Fame in Brandon and the Softball Association in Winnipeg.

Doris loved getting out on the golf course and her favourite pastime was family get togethers where she could joke with and tease her many nieces and nephews. Doris worked several years in the accounting departments at Manitoba Health Sciences Centre and Grace Hospital, where she made many friends. Doris was interned at the Lasting Tribute Chapel.

Author: Matt Preprost, Winnipeg Free Press, Manitoba, Canada

Contributed By: Merrie Fidler

Copyright: Winnipeg Free Press (Manitoba, Canada)


LeagueBatting Record

Year Ga AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG
1943 65 134 14 36 7 1 0 18 8 16 11 .269
1944 32 55 3 7 0 0 0 6 4 6 15 .127
1945 44 104 8 23 1 0 0 5 2 9 11 .221
1946 21 39 6 5 0 0 0 1 1 6 9 .128
1947 33 60 7 10 1 2 0 4 0 20 14 .167
1948 73 174 14 40 4 5 0 10 6 28 20 .230
1949 40 70 6 5 0 0 0 3 2 16 23 .071
1950 30 41 3 10 2 0 0 3 0 3 6 .244

LeaguePitching Record

Year G IP R ER ERA BB SO HB WP W L PCT
1943 32 254+ 123 2.9 2.90 151 63 4 34 15 13 .536
1944 29 148 61 2.98 2.98 141 62 2 18 8 11 .421
1945 31 252 68 1.71 1.71 188 104 3 38 20 8 .714
1946 21 119 73 3.86 3.86 109 53 4 19 6 9 .400
1947 30 219 73 2.26 2.26 91 96 8 7 14 12 .538
1948 30 208 104 2.68 2.68 113 116 8 7 7 19 .269
1949 27 191 82 2.40 2.40 108 53 6 2 8 13 .381
1950 18 83 73 6.51 6.51 78 25 6 2 1 11 .083

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