Edna Scheer

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| name=Edna Scheer

| image=Edna Scheer.jpg

| image_size=175px

| caption=

| team=All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

| position=Pitcher

| birth_date= {{birth_date|1926|11|04|mf=y}}

| birth_place=Cedarburg, Wisconsin

| death_date={{death_date and age|2000|04|25|1926|11|04}}

| death_place=Cedarburg, Wisconsin

| bats=Right

| throws=Right

| teams =

|highlights=

  • Championship team (1950)
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display
    at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)

}}

Edna H. Scheer (November 4, 1926 – April 25, 2000) was a pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at {{height|ft=5|in=5}}, 104 lb., Scheer batted and threw right-handed. She was born in Cedarburg, Wisconsin.{{cite web |url=http://www.aagpbl.org/index.cfm/profiles/scheer-edna/487 |title= All-American Girls Professional Baseball League official website – Edna Scheer profile}}The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical DictionaryW. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Softcover, 295 pp. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-2263-0}}

Edna Scheer played briefly for the Rockford Peaches during the 1950 season.

״Bunny״, as her teammates called her, collected a 3–1 record in 71 innings of work as a reliever and spot starter, helping her team win the pennant and championship title. A highly disciplined hitter as well, she posted a slash line (BA/OBP/SLG) of .286/.375/.321.All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record BookW. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2000. Format: Hardcover, 294pp. {{ISBN|0-7864-0597-X}}

After her baseball days, Scheer became an owner/partner in restaurant business.The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

Since 1988 she is part of Women in Baseball, a permanent display based at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, which was unveiled to honor the entire All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

Scheer died in her hometown of Cedarburg at the age of 73. She is buried at Zur Ruhe Cemetery in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin.{{Cite web |url=http://www.vorpahlfamily.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I9845&tree=1 |title=Edna H. Scheer obituary |access-date=2012-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320061622/http://www.vorpahlfamily.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I9845&tree=1 |archive-date=2016-03-20 |url-status=dead }}

Career statistics

Pitching

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31.7505.587163524466211.82

Batting

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!GP!!AB!!R!!H!!2B!!3B!!HR!!RBI!!SB!!TB!!BB!!SO!!BA!!OBP!!SLG

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2858100109411.286.375.321

Fielding

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2153200.842

All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book

Sources