Shirley L. Crites was an infielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the 1953 season. Crites batted and threw right-handed.  She was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

"Squirrely," as her teammates nicknamed her, played briefly for the 1953 pennant-winning Fort Wayne Daisies.  She hit a .129 average in 47 games, appearing mainly at third base as a backup to incumbent Catherine Horstman, which gave manager Bill Allington the chance to use Horstman more as a pitcher.  

Fort Wayne clinched the title with a 66-39 record, 4 1/2 games ahead of the Grand Rapids Chicks, but lost to the Kalamazoo Lassies in the first playoff round series.  Crites went 0-3 in a playoff game.

Crites 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.

She died  December 28, 1990  in Phoenix, Arizona at the age of 56.