Chris Ballingall

{{Short description|American baseball player (1932–2025)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

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| position = Catcher

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|5|17}}

| birth_place = Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|5|11|1932|5|17}}

| death_place = Texas Township, Michigan, U.S.

| bats = Left

| throws = Right

| debutleague = AAGPBL

| debutyear = 1953

| debutteam = Muskegon Belles

| finalleague = AAGPBL

| finalyear = 1954

| finalteam = Kalamazoo Lassies

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• Muskegon Belles (1953)
• Kalamazoo Lassies (1953–1954)

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• AAGPBL Championship (1954)

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Christina Ballingall (May 17, 1932 – May 11, 2025) was an American professional baseball catcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) in 1953 and 1954. Listed at {{convert|5|ft|6|in}} and {{convert|145|lb|kg}}, she batted left-handed and threw right-handed.{{cite web|url=http://www.aagpbl.org/profiles/chris-ballingall/265|title=All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Chris Ballingall|accessdate=2019-03-26|archive-date=2019-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326073853/http://www.aagpbl.org/profiles/chris-ballingall/265|url-status=live}}

A native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Ballingall learned to play baseball while catching for her twin brother. She had originally been offered a contract at the age of 15 to play in the AAGPBL, but her father did not want her to play then. She had to wait six years before being signed in 1953. She entered the league with the Muskegon Belles, and was traded to the Kalamazoo Lassies during the midseason. She also appeared in a few games at first base and outfield.

In 1954, Ballingall posted a .242 batting average with 17 home runs and 40 runs batted in in 90 games. In the playoffs, she hit .444 with eight RBI and two home runs, including one grand slam, to help the Lassies clinch the AAGPBL last championship title. She and her teammate Carol Habben, who hit a total of 16 homers (one in postseason), were dubbed the "Home Run Twins" by terrorizing opponents with their bats all the way through the lineup.

Ballingall died on May 11, 2025, at the age of 92.{{Cite news |url=https://obits.mlive.com/us/obituaries/kalamazoo/name/christina-ballingall-obituary?id=58392681 |title=Christina Ballingall |newspaper=Kalamazoo Gazette |date=May 14, 2025 |access-date=May 17, 2025}} She had been living in Mattawan, Michigan, until the time of her death.