Gloria June Schweigerdt [?Tippy?] was an American pitcher who played from 1950 through 1952 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 4 in, 120 lb, she batted and threw right-handed. Born in Chicago, Illinois, to Emily and Gottlieb Schweigerdt, Gloria Schweigerdt started playing sandlot ball with her brother and the boys of her neighborhood at age seven. When she turned fifteen, she went to a league tryout held at Thillens Stadium in Skokie. In 1950, she was assigned to the Chicago Colleens/Springfield Sallies rookie touring teams. She traveled all over the country and posted an 8?7 record while pitching for the Colleens. During the trip, she hurled a no-hitter at the old Yankee Stadium. "No other woman had ever pitched off that mound before me", she recalled in an interview. Schweigerdt was promoted to the Grand Rapids Chicks in the 1951 season and ended up pitching for the Battle Creek Belles during the midseason. In all, Schweigerdt went 3?4 with a 2.72 earned run average in 14 games. She recalled winning a pitching duel against Jean Faut of the South Bend Blue Sox in the course of the year. 

June 10th, 1934 in   /  Died:   Jul 10th, 2014