Elaine Roth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetElaine Roth
American baseball player
Date of Birth: 17-Jan-1929
Place of Birth: Michigan City, Indiana, United States
Date of Death: 25-May-2007
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Elaine Roth
- Elaine Roth [E] (January 17, 1929 – May 25, 2007) was a female pitcher and outfielder who played from 1948 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
- She batted and threw right-handed.A native of Michigan City, Indiana, Elaine Roth joined the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League with her twin sister Eilaine in 1948, and they played together for three seasons as the dynamic duo (E and I).Roth spent her career as a pitcher, playing for the Peoria Redwings for two years, before joining the South Bend Blue Sox (1950) and Kalamazoo Lassies (1951–1954).
- A spot starter and dependable reliever, she posted a career record of 45–69 and was a member of the Champion Team during what turned out to be the league's final 1954 season.In the first round of the playoffs, fourth-place Kalamazoo surprised second-place South Bend in three games.
- Pitcher Gloria Cordes hurled and lost the opener, but Nancy Warren and Roth won games two and three, respectively.
- In the final series, the inspired Lassies defeated the favored Fort Wayne Daisies in five games.
- Roth was a key contributor in Game 2, pitching 8? innings of relief.Roth died in Springfield, Michigan, at the age of 78.
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