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Geraldine Lee Bureker () (December 18, 1924 – January 29, 2009) was an outfielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 2", 125 lb., she batted and threw right handed.〔''The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary'' – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Softcover, 295 pp. ISBN 978-0-7864-2263-0, 〕 Born in Portland, Oregon, the diminutive Geraldine Bureker played for the Tonseth Flowers team that clinched the Oregon State Championship in 1945.〔''The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary'' – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Softcover ISBN 978-0-7864-2263-0 〕 She later saw action in the Chicago softball circuits before joining the AAGPBL with the Racine Belles in the 1948 season.〔(1948 Racine Belles )〕 Bureker batted a .140 average in 28 games for the Belles and posted a perfect 1.000 percentage in nine fielding chances. In November 1988, Bureker, along with her former teammates and opponents, received their long overdue recognition, when the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum dedicated a permanent display to the All American Girls Professional Baseball League in Cooperstown, New York. ==Career statistics== Batting Fielding 〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Geraldine Bureker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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