Velma Abbott

{{Short description|Canadian baseball player}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name=Velma Abbott

| image=Velma Abbott.jpg

| image_size=175px

| caption=

| team=All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

| position=Second base / Third base

| birth_date={{birth date|1924|05|29|mf=y}}

| birth_place=Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

| death_date={{death date and age|1987|01|01|1924|05|29}}

| death_place=Fair Oaks, California, US

| bats=Right

| throws=Right

| teams=

• Kenosha Comets (1946)
• Peoria Redwings (1946)
• Rockford Peaches (1946)
• Fort Wayne Daisies (1947)

|highlights=

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

}}

Flora Velma Abbott (May 29, 1924 – January 1, 1987) was a utility infielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 2", 110 lb., she batted and threw right handed.{{cite web |url=http://www.aagpbl.org/profiles/flora-velma-abbott-abby/437|title= All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Flora Velma Abbott|access-date=2019-03-26}}

A native of Regina, Saskatchewan Abbott was one of the sixty eight girls from Canada who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during its 12-year history. A light-hitting reserve player, she was able to play at second base and third and showed speed on the bases, while playing for four different teams in a span of two years.{{cite web |url=http://www.aagpbl.org/history/league-history|title=All-American Girls Professional Baseball League History|access-date=2019-03-26}}

Before joining the league, Abbott played in California with the Alameda Girls, a twice World Champion in amateur softball. She entered the AAGPBL in 1946, dividing her playing time between the Kenosha Comets, Peoria Redwings and Rockford Peaches. She posted a collective .178 batting average in 52 games, driving in five runs while scoring 15 times.The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Softcover, 295 pp. Language: English. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-2263-0}}. {{OCLC|60387152}}

Abbott opened the 1947 season with the Fort Wayne Daisies, playing for them as a regular at third base. She hit .141 with 27 runs and 15 RBI, including 18 stolen bases and her only career home run.The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League