Alta Weiss
| Alta Weiss | |
|---|---|
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| Pitcher | |
| Born: February 9, 1890 Berlin, Holmes County, Ohio | |
| Died: February 12, 1964 (aged 74) Ragersville, Ohio | |
Threw: right | |
| debut | |
| 1907, for the Vermilion Independents | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1922[1], for the Weiss All Stars | |
| Teams | |
Alta Weiss Hisrich (February 9, 1890 – February 12, 1964), born Alta Weiss, was an American minor league baseball pitcher from Ohio who drew large crowds to exhibition games at minor league and major league venues in the US state of Ohio and Kentucky. She was a semiprofessional female baseball player who went on to become a physician.
Early life[edit]
Born in 1890 in Berlin, Holmes County, Ohio, she was the daughter of Dr. George and Lucinda Zehnder Weiss.[1][2] When she was five years old the family moved to Ragersville.[1][3]
Later career[edit]
She was the only female to graduate Starling Medical College with the class of 1914.[1][2][4]
Weiss married John E. Hisrich in 1926; they separated in 1944.[5] She died in 1964 in Ragersville, Ohio, just three days after her 74th birthday.[6]
Honors[edit]
A picture-story book for children Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings, by Deborah Hopkinson, with illustrations by Terry Widener, was published in 2003 (ISBN 0-689-83300-8).[7][8] On October 20, 2004, she was inducted into the Ragersville Hall of Fame.[1] Her uniform was sent to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York for exhibition in a Women's baseball exhibit that opened in 2005.[1]
See also[edit]
- Jackie Mitchell – pitched for the Chattanooga Lookouts briefly in 1931, then later with the House of David
- Mamie Johnson – pitched for the Indianapolis Clowns in the 1953–1955 seasons
- Ila Borders – pitched for the St. Paul Saints starting in 1997 then several other teams and retired from minor league baseball in 2000
- Eri Yoshida – pitched for the Kobe 9 Cruise of the Kansai Independent Baseball League starting in the 2009 season and the Chico Outlaws in the 2010 season
- Tiffany Brooks
- Connie Morgan
- Toni Stone
- Women in baseball
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f Eberle, Maxine Renner (October 20, 2004). "Ragersville Hall of Fame to induct Alta Weiss as first female semi-pro baseball player". Retrieved September 26, 2009.
- ^ a b "You Cant Play Ball In A Skirt: The Alta Weiss Story". Ragersville Historical Society. February 3, 2009. Retrieved September 26, 2009.
- ^ Ragersville, in Tuscarawas County, is south-southeast of Sugarcreek, Ohio and east-northeast of Baltic.
- ^ Ward, Geoffrey C.; Ken Burns (13 August 1996). Baseball An Illustrated History. A.A. Knopf. ISBN 0-679-76541-7.
- ^ "Files for Divorce." Coshocton (OH) Tribune, August 7, 1946, p. 2.
- ^ "Alta W. Hisrich Dies at Dover." Coshocton (OH) Tribune, February 13, 1964, p. 13.
- ^ Hopkinson, Deborah. "Deborah Hopkinson – Girl Wonder". Archived from the original on April 18, 2010. Retrieved September 28, 2009.
- ^ The book was awarded a Jan Addams honor award for illustration in 2004. See "Jane Addams Peace Association – Previous Winners of the Jane Addams Children's Book Awards Listed by Year". Archived from the original on 2008-05-16. Retrieved September 27, 2009.
| International | |
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- 1890 births
- 1964 deaths
- 20th-century American women physicians
- 20th-century American physicians
- Baseball pitchers
- American female baseball players
- People from Berlin, Holmes County, Ohio
- People from Huron County, Ohio
- People from Tuscarawas County, Ohio
- Baseball players from Ohio
- Physicians from Ohio
- Ohio State University College of Medicine alumni
- 20th-century American women scientists