Barbara Liebrich
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| Second base / Manager / Chaperone | |||
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Born: September 30, 1922 Providence, Rhode Island |
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Died: July 17, 2006 (aged 83) Port Charlotte, Florida |
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| 1948 | |||
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| 1954 | |||
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Barbara E. Liebrich [Bobbie] (September 30, 1922 – July 17, 2006) was an infielder, manager and chaperone in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the 1948 and 1954 seasons. She batted and threw right-handed.
The diligent and dedicated Barbara Liebrich gave seven years of good service in the All-American Girls Professional League through different facets. Liebrich did not get much playing time, but she became a manager of one of the traveling teams and also served as a chaperone.
Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Liebrich was the second girl of four children into the family of George and Lillian (Leicht) Liebrich. As a child, she grew up in a baseball household as his father was a semi-professional pitcher for many years, although she began playing softball with the Hudson Motor Car Company team after high school graduation in 1940, appearing in national tournaments in Detroit in 1941 and 1943.
A late bloomer, Liebrich did not start playing professionally until she joined the AAGPBL as a rookie 25-year-old in 1948. She spent the year with the Rockford Peaches and the Kenosha Comets, but did not get much playing time, batting a .250 average in three games as a replacement at second base.
Liebrich became a chaperone for the expansion Springfield Sallies in 1948. The team, managed by Carson Bigbee, finished in last place with a 41–84 record, 35 and a half games behind the Racine Belles in the Western Division. In 1949, the Sallies joined the Chicago Colleens as touring player development teams, while Leibrich replaced Bigbee as the team's manager.
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