Darlene Mickelsen

Darlene Mickelsen
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Outfield
Born: Kenosha, Wisconsin
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display
    at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)

Darlene Mickelsen was a fourth outfielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in parts of two seasons spanning 1943-1945. Michelsen batted and threw right-handed. She was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin.[1]

Darlene Mickelsen was one of the original Kenosha Comets founding members of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in its 1943 inaugural season.

״Mickey״, as her teammates called her, served primarily as backup outfielder for Shirley Jameson, Phyllis Koehn and Audrey Wagner, and was also the only Kenosha native to play for her hometown Comets.[2]

She hit a .199 batting average in 47 games, driving in 29 runs while scoring 20 times. Kenosha, managed by Josh Billings, placed last in the four-team league with a 43–65 record.[1]

Mickelsen did not play the next year, but did suit up for three games for the South Bend Blue Sox in the 1945 season and went 1-for-4. She was not located after leaving the league during the midseason.[1][3]

Darlene Mickelsen received further recognition in 1988 when she became part of 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.

Career statistics

Batting

GPABRH2B3BHRRBISBTBBBSOBAOBPSLG
50 165 20 33 1 2 0 29 10 TB=38 BB=19 18 .200 .283 .230

Fielding

GPPOAETCDPFA
43 34 3 4 41 0 .902

[1][4]

Sources

  1. 1 2 3 4 "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League official website – Darlene Mickelsen profile".
  2. ↑ 1943 Kenosha Comets
  3. ↑ 1945 South Bend Blue Sox
  4. ↑ All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2000. Format: Hardcover, 294pp. Language: English. ISBN 0-7864-0597-X
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