Charlotte Armstrong (baseball)
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Born: June 17, 1924 Dallas, Texas |
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Died: November 24, 2008 (aged 84) Phoenix, Arizona |
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| Career statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 39–37 | ||
| Earned run average | 1.74 | ||
| Games pitched | 87 | ||
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Charlotte T. Armstrong (née Lubman) (June 17, 1924 – November 24, 2008) was a pitcher who played from 1944 through 1945 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m), 145 lb., Armstrong batted and threw right-handed. She was affectionately nicknamed Skipper.
A hard fastball pitcher, Armstrong was one of the top starters in the AAGPBL for two years before jumping to a rival professional league.
A native of Dallas, Texas, Armstrong was one of two girls in the family of Wilhelm Lubman and Gladyse (née: Nicholson) Lubman. She was two years old when her parents moved to Phoenix, Arizona, and she lost her sister, Elizabeth, and her father at an early age.
Armstrong grew up in Phoenix, playing sandlot ball with the boys of her neighborhood when she was a little girl. "They stuck me in the outfield, so l had to learn to throw", she recalled. As a youngster, she was befriended by local big leaguer Hank Leiber, who taught her to pitch.
At the age of 14, Armstrong was scouted by the Phoenix professional softball team, the A-1 Queens, and began her sports career. Armstrong developed into a record-breaking pitcher as she toured with the Queens throughout the West, as well as Madison Square Garden and international tours to Mexico and Canada. Later, during World War II, she was recruited by Philip K. Wrigley to join the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League for the 1944 season.
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