Clara Cook

PBS Learning Media
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PBS Learning Media
Resource Type
Classroom Material
Keywords
sports baseball women's history Elmira Pine City New York State Baseball Hall of Fame Women's baseball All American Girls Professional League pitcher Rockford Peaches Cooperstown hall of fame diamond dreams Clara Cook Clara Babe Cook
Subjects
History-Social Science
Grade Levels
Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5
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Clara Cook

In order to keep the sport of professional baseball vibrant and in the public eye during WWII, executives formed a new league - The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Clara 'Babe' Cook was a fast pitch left-hander from Pine City, NY. In 1943 she played for the Rockford Peaches.
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PBS Learning Media

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