Jacquelyn Kelley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
Date of Birth: 11-Nov-1926
Place of Birth: Lansing, Michigan, United States
Date of Death: 12-May-1988
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Jacquelyn Kelley
- Jacquelyn Kelley [née Savage] (November 11, 1926 – May 12, 1988) was an American utility infielder/outfielder and pitcher who played from 1947 through 1953 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
- Listed at 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m), 140 lb., she batted and threw right-handed.Born in Lansing, Michigan, Jackie Kelley grew up in a household devoted to athletic activity.
- Notably, all four of her brothers were athletes and her mother was a star basketball player, while Jackie was a talented swimmer in pursuit of a professional career.
- On one occasion, her swimming skills led to saving two people from drowning.
- She also enjoyed all sports, particularly baseball, and had a strong interest in flying and photography.Kelley was a versatile and dependable performer during her seven years in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, being able to play infield, outfield, and pitch with a strong level of consistency. ?Scrounge,? or ?Babe,? as Kelley was usually called, was spotted by a AAGPBL scout while she was playing in her hometown.
- She attended the 1947 AAGPBL spring training held in Havana, Cuba, and made the trip along with her fellow neighbor and long-time friend Alice Pollitt.
- Kelley was relocated to the South Bend Blue Sox, while Pollitt joined the Rockford Peaches.Following her rookie season in 1947, Kelley was part of the expansion Chicago Colleens in 1948.
- She opened 1949 with the Peoria Redwings, but rejoined Pollitt on the Peaches in a moment of the season when the league shifted players as needed to help teams stay afloat.
- She played with the Peaches through 1953, her last year in the league.In 1950, Kelley was a member of the Rockford team that won the championship title and was selected to the All-Star team as a backup outfielder.
- Her most productive season came in 1951, when she posted career-numbers in games played (107), hits (85), extrabases (22), runs batted in (52) and stolen bases (31), while batting a .224 average and a .286 on-base percentage.
- In 1952 she enjoyed her best year as a pitcher, after going 12–11 with a 2.89 earned run average in 209 innings of work.After her baseball career was over, Kelley joined the United States Marine Corps and met her husband.
- Since 1988 she 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 to honor the entire All-American Girls Professional Baseball League rather than individual baseball personalities.Jacquelyn Kelley died of lung cancer in Lansing, Michigan, at the age of 61.
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