Lillian Luckey (1919-2021) American Baseball Player

Lillian Luckey (1919-2021) American Baseball Player dies at 13 December 2021 (102 year)

Name	Lillian Luckey
Full Name	Lillian Ann Luckey
Age	102 Years
Birth	9 July 1919
Birthplace	South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States
Death	13 December 2021
Deathplace	Niles, Berrien County, Michigan, United States
Profession	Baseball Pitcher
Burial
Nationality	American

Lillian Luckey American Baseball Player (1919-2021)

She played for one season, (1946) with the South Bend Blue Sox as a pitcher in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). She was a right handed pitcher in only eight games that year posting a 2-4 win-loss record with a 3.44 ERA. Along with the entire league in 1988 they were honored in the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

Lillian Luckey Biography

Lillian Ann Luckey  was an American baseball pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m), 126 lb (57 kg), she batted and threw right handed.

Born in South Bend, Indiana on July 9, 1919, Luckey joined the All American League in its 1946 season. She was assigned to the South Bend Blue Sox club and appeared in eight games for them.

She posted a 2–4 record with a 3.44 ERA, allowing 37 runs – 21 earned – on 51 hits and 48 walks, while striking out 10 through 54 innings of work. As a hitter, she went 2 for 15 for a .133 batting average.

The All American League folded in 1954, but there is a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York since 1988 that honors the entire league rather than any individual figure.

In July 2008, it was reported that Luckey still played golf twice a week at the age of 89.

Lillian Luckey death

She died in Niles, Michigan, on December 13, 2021, at the age of 102.