Kay Heim Kenosha Comets 1943-44 AAGPBL Signed OML Baseball COA DECEASED

Description: Kay Heim Kenosha Comets 1943-44 OML Allan H. Selig Baseball Autographed April 29, 2006, w/ COA Single signed baseball by former Kenosha Comet...Kay Heim. Kay began her career in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League with the Kenosha Comets in 1943. She played two seasons for the Comets 1943-44. During her, she played in 58 games and knocked out 28 hits (including 1 triple and 1 HR) in 182 at bats (.154 batting average), stole 25 bases, recorded 8 walks, scored 17 runs, and had 16 RBI's. Kay signed the sweet spot of this OML Allan H. Selig baseball with a blue ballpoint pen on Saturday April 29, 2006. She also inscribed, "Kenosha Comets 1943-44", underneath her name. SELDOM SEEN only for the SERIOUS Rockford Peaches and/or AAGPBL fan. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia... Katherine Ann Heim (later McDaniel; August 21, 1917 – May 11, 2015) was a catcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 6", 125 lb., Heim batted and threw right handed. She was nicknamed ״Heime״ by her teammates.[1]Born in Athabasca, Alberta, Kay Heim was one of the 68 players born in Canada to join the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in its twelve years history. She also became one of the original 60 founding members of the league in its 1943 inaugural season.[2]While she was a light-hitting catcher, Heim highlighted as a defensive specialist with good pitch-calling skills and possessed a strong, accurate throwing arm. She helped the Kenosha Comets win the pennant title the first year, though the team lost to the Racine Belles in the best-of-five Championship Round. The next year, she fractured an ankle during the midseason and missed the rest of the season.[3][4]She then returned home, married Ray McDaniel and decided not to return for the 1945 season. The couple had two sons, Raymond and Robert along with two children from her previous marriage, Robert and Katherine. She moved with the family to the United States and became a citizen in 1948. Besides this, she was employed in a glass company based in Minnesota and started to play bowling and coached softball while their boys grew up.[4]Heim gained honorary inductions into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 1987 and the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998. She received further recognition in 1988 when she joined a group of Canadian ballplayers at Women in Baseball, a permanent display based at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, which was unveiled to honor the entire All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.[4]In 1992, Heim, along with Jean Havlish and Nancy Mudge, two other Minnesota residents and former AAGPBL players, were invited to throw out the first pitch in a game Angels-Twins played at the Metrodome. The trio also was honored by the Colorado Silver Bullets all-female baseball team in their 1994 inaugural season, in which they threw out the first ball pitch of a game celebrated in Saint Paul.[5] She died at the age of 97 in 2015 in Rosemount, Minnesota, where she lived.[6] What you see is what you get...this is the baseball that you are bidding on. Lifetime guarantee in regards to this autographed baseball which also comes with a COA from Gearhart Enterprises, Inc. Member of the UACC. UACC Registered Dealer #RD189. Be sure to check out our other auctions. Thanks for bidding and enjoy! Winning bidder to pay thru PayPal. Payment must be received ten days from the end of the auction, or negative feedback will be left. To all winning bidders, positive feedback will be given shortly after receiving payment. Thanks!! On June-9-24 at 01:46:47 PDT, seller added the following information:

Price: 175 USD

Location: Rockford, Illinois

End Time: 2024-10-09T12:20:54.000Z

Shipping Cost: 14 USD