Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Jean Louise Geissinger-Harding [″Dutch″] (born June 25, 1934) is a former infielder and outfielder who played from 1951 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League for the Fort Wayne Daisies (1951-1952[start], 1953–1954) and Grand Rapids Chicks (1952[end]). Listed at 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m), 120 lb, she batted and threw right-handed. A native of Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, Geissinger was a versatile player being able to play in an impeccable way at second base and in all three outfield positions, mainly at center field, serving also as an emergency relief pitcher. She has been considered as one of the top sluggers in AAGPBL history.Geissinger led the AAGPBL hitters in runs batted in in 1953 (81) and 1954 (91), while finishing second for the batting crown with a .337 average in 1954. She was selected for the All-Star Team in both 1953 and 1954. In the 1953 contest, she finished it in style hitting a walk-off home run.Though Geissinger played only four seasons, her .306 average ranks her third in the AAGPBL all-time list, being surpassed only by the sisters Joanne Weaver (.359) and Betty Weaver Foss (.342), while her 41 homers ranks her fourth behind Eleanor Callow (55), Wilma Briggs (43) and Dorothy Schroeder (42).When the league was unable to continue in 1955, Geissinger joined several other players selected by former Daisies manager Bill Allington to play in the national touring team known as the All-Americans All-Stars. The team played 100 games, each booked in a different town, against male teams, while traveling over 10,000 miles in the manager's station wagon and a Ford Country Sedan. Besides Geissinger, the Allington All-Stars included players as Joan Berger, Gloria Cordes, Jeanie Descombes, Gertrude Dunn, Betty Foss, Mary Froning, Katie Horstman, Maxine Kline, Dolores Lee, Magdalen Redman, Ruth Richard, Dorothy Schroeder, Jean Smith, Dolly Vanderlip and Joanne Weaver, among others.Geissinger is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum since 1988, when the entire All-American Girls Professional Baseball League were inducted into the hall rather than any individual player. After that, she gained induction into the Northeast Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005.Geissinger is currently living in the Coldwater, Michigan area.. }
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- Jean_Geissinger abstract "Jean Louise Geissinger-Harding [″Dutch″] (born June 25, 1934) is a former infielder and outfielder who played from 1951 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League for the Fort Wayne Daisies (1951-1952[start], 1953–1954) and Grand Rapids Chicks (1952[end]). Listed at 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m), 120 lb, she batted and threw right-handed. A native of Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, Geissinger was a versatile player being able to play in an impeccable way at second base and in all three outfield positions, mainly at center field, serving also as an emergency relief pitcher. She has been considered as one of the top sluggers in AAGPBL history.Geissinger led the AAGPBL hitters in runs batted in in 1953 (81) and 1954 (91), while finishing second for the batting crown with a .337 average in 1954. She was selected for the All-Star Team in both 1953 and 1954. In the 1953 contest, she finished it in style hitting a walk-off home run.Though Geissinger played only four seasons, her .306 average ranks her third in the AAGPBL all-time list, being surpassed only by the sisters Joanne Weaver (.359) and Betty Weaver Foss (.342), while her 41 homers ranks her fourth behind Eleanor Callow (55), Wilma Briggs (43) and Dorothy Schroeder (42).When the league was unable to continue in 1955, Geissinger joined several other players selected by former Daisies manager Bill Allington to play in the national touring team known as the All-Americans All-Stars. The team played 100 games, each booked in a different town, against male teams, while traveling over 10,000 miles in the manager's station wagon and a Ford Country Sedan. Besides Geissinger, the Allington All-Stars included players as Joan Berger, Gloria Cordes, Jeanie Descombes, Gertrude Dunn, Betty Foss, Mary Froning, Katie Horstman, Maxine Kline, Dolores Lee, Magdalen Redman, Ruth Richard, Dorothy Schroeder, Jean Smith, Dolly Vanderlip and Joanne Weaver, among others.Geissinger is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum since 1988, when the entire All-American Girls Professional Baseball League were inducted into the hall rather than any individual player. After that, she gained induction into the Northeast Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005.Geissinger is currently living in the Coldwater, Michigan area.".