Edith Barney

{{Short description|American baseball player}}

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| name = Edith Barney

| image = Edith Barney.jpg

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| team = All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

| position = Catcher

| birth_date= {{birth date|1923|02|03|mf=y}}

| birth_place= Bridgeport, Connecticut

| death_date= {{death date and age|2010|03|23|1923|02|03}}

| death_place= North Port, Florida

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

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• Grand Rapids Chicks {{Baseball year|1948}}

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Edith "Little Red" Barney (February 3, 1923 – March 23, 2010) was a female catcher who played for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the {{Baseball year|1948}} season. Listed at 5' 6", 136 lb., she batted and threw right-handed.[http://www.aagpbl.org/profiles/edith-barney-little-red/260 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Edith Barney]. Retrieved 2019-03-26.{{cite web |url=http://members.tripod.com/bb_catchers/catchers/aa_barney.htm |title= Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers}}[http://www.aagpbl.org/teams/grand-rapids-chicks/1948 1948 Grand Rapids Chicks]. Retrieved 2019-03-26.[http://www.aagpbl.org/association/news.cfm All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Players Association]

Barney is part of the AAGPBL permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York, opened in {{Baseball year|1988}}, which is dedicated to the entire league rather than any individual player. She died in North Port, Florida, at the age of 87.[http://www.aagpbl.org/history/league-history All-American Girls Professional Baseball League History]. Retrieved 2019-03-26.[http://www.tributes.com/show/Edith-Barney-88153925 Tributes.com – Obituary]