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{{Short description|Canadian baseball player}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
{{Infobox baseball biography
| name = Eleanor Callow
| name = Eleanor Callow
| image = Eleanor_Callow.jpg
| image =
| image_size =
| image_size = 175px
| caption =
| team = [[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League]]
| team = [[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League]]
| position = [[Left fielder]]
| position = [[Left fielder]]
| birth_date= {{birth date and age|1927|8|8|mf=y}}
| birth_date = August 8, 1927
| birth_place= [[Winnipeg, Manitoba]], [[Canada]]
| birth_place = [[Winnipeg, Manitoba]], Canada
| death_date=
| death_date = October 28, 1974
| death_place=
| death_place =[[Winnipeg, Manitoba]], Canada
| bats = Switch hitter
| bats = Switch hitter
| throws = Right
| throws = Right
| debutyear = {{Baseball year|1947}}
| debutyear = {{Baseball year|1947}}
| finalyear = {{Baseball year|1954}}
| finalyear = {{Baseball year|1954}}
| teams =<nowiki></nowiki>
| teams =
* [[Peoria Redwings]] (1947)
* [[Peoria Redwings]] (1947)
* [[Chicago Colleens]] (1948)
* [[Chicago Colleens]] (1948)
* [[Rockford Peaches]] (1948-1954)
* [[Rockford Peaches]] (1948–1954)
| highlights = <nowiki></nowiki>
| highlights =
* Three-time [[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League#League Champions|AAGPBL Championship]] (1948-1950)
* Three-time [[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League#League Champions|AAGPBL Championship]] (1948–1950)
* Four-time [[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League#League Champions|AAGPBL All-Star Team]] (1951-1954)
* Four-time [[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League All-Star Team|AAGPBL All-Star Team]] (1951–1954)
* All-time leader in [[home run]]s (55) and [[Triple (baseball)|triples]] (60)
* All-time leader in [[home run]]s (55) and [[Triple (baseball)|triples]] (60) in the regular season
* All-time leader in playoff [[Run batted in|RBIs]] (32), [[Double (baseball)|doubles]] (9), and [[Triple (baseball)|triples]] (3)
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*Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display<br>Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)
* Career batting average of .273 in the regular season and .322 in the playoffs
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*Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)
* [[Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame|Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame Induction]] (1998)
* [[Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame|Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame Induction]] (1998)
* [http://www.softball.mb.ca/ Manitoba Softball Hall of Fame Induction] (1998)
* [http://www.softball.mb.ca/ Manitoba Softball Hall of Fame Induction] (1998)
}}
}}


'''Eleanor Callow Squirt''' (born August 8, 1927) is a former [[Canada|Canadian]] female [[left fielder]] who played from {{Baseball year|1947}} through {{Baseball year|1954}} for three different teams of the [[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League]]. Callow was a [[switch-hitter]] and threw [[right-handed]]. She was born in [[Winnipeg, Manitoba|Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]].
'''Eleanor 'Squirt' Callow''' (August 8, 1927 – October 28, 1974) was a [[left fielder]] who played from {{Baseball year|1947}} through {{Baseball year|1954}} for three teams of the [[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League]]. Callow was a [[switch-hitter]] and threw [[right-handed]]. She was born in [[Winnipeg, Manitoba]].<ref name=AAGPBL>[http://www.aagpbl.org/profiles/eleanor-callow-squirt/225 Eleanor Callow]. ''[[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League]]''. Retrieved 2019-04-11.</ref>


==Women in baseball==
==Women in baseball==
Women have been playing professional baseball since the early 1930s, when [[Chattanooga Lookouts]] [[pitcher]] [[Jackie Mitchell (baseball)|Jackie Mitchell]] [[strikeout|struck out]] [[Babe Ruth]] and [[Lou Gehrig]] in succession, during an exhibition game against the [[New York Yankees]] in 1931.
Women have been playing professional baseball since the early 1930s, when [[Chattanooga Lookouts]] [[pitcher]] [[Jackie Mitchell (baseball)|Jackie Mitchell]] [[strikeout|struck out]] [[Babe Ruth]] and [[Lou Gehrig]] in succession, during an exhibition game against the [[New York Yankees]] in 1931.


The AAGPBL was a league that began to operate in 1943 in cities located on or near [[Lake Michigan]]. The main promoter was [[Philip K. Wrigley]], owner of the [[Chicago Cubs]], who worried about the viability of male professional [[baseball]] players during [[World War II]] decided to establlish an alternate attraction. The league folded after the end of the 1954 season. Over the years the rules, equipment, and style of play in the league changed from [[softball]] to baseball (''e.g.'', the size of the ball at the beginning was 12" in circumference, but at the end it was 9 1/4"). Eleven girls from Manitoba played in the league, including Callow. All of them received honorary inductions into the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] (1988), the [[Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame]] (1998), and the [http://www.softball.mb.ca/ Manitoba Softball Hall of Fame] (1998).
The AAGPBL was a league that began to operate in 1943 in cities located on or near [[Lake Michigan]]. The main promoter was [[Philip K. Wrigley]], owner of the [[Chicago Cubs]], who worried about the viability of male professional baseball players during [[World War II]] decided to establish an alternate attraction. The league folded after the end of the 1954 season. Over the years the rules, equipment, and style of play in the league changed from [[softball]] to baseball (''e.g.'', the size of the ball at the beginning was 12" in circumference, but at the end it was 9{{fraction|1|4}}"). Eleven girls from Manitoba played in the league, including Callow. All of them received honorary inductions into the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] (1988), the [[Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame]] (1998), and the [http://www.softball.mb.ca/ Manitoba Softball Hall of Fame] (1998).


==Overview profile==
==Overview profile==
During her career, Callow was among the most feared [[slugging percentage|sluggers]] of the AAGPBL. A four-time All-Star, she was the [[Babe Ruth]] equivalent of the AAGPBL, accumulating more [[home run]]s and [[triple]]s than any other player in league history. A rare combination of power, speed, patience [[Catchers box|at the plate]] and [[fielder|fielding]] in a multiskilled package, she also overwhelm opposite teams with her speed, by drawing [[base on balls|walks]], [[stolen base|stealing]] bases, and catching difficult [[putout|fly balls]].
During her career, Callow was among the most feared [[slugging percentage|sluggers]] of the AAGPBL. A four-time All-Star, she was the [[Babe Ruth]] or [[Tris Speaker]] equivalent of the AAGPBL, accumulating more [[home run]]s and [[triple (baseball)|triple]]s than any other player in league history. A rare combination of power, speed, patience [[Catchers box|at the plate]] and [[Outfielder|fielding]] in a multiskilled package, she also overwhelmed opposite teams with her speed, by drawing [[base on balls|walks]], [[stolen base|stealing]] bases, and catching difficult [[putout|fly balls]].


==AAGPBL career==
==AAGPBL career==
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Beginning in 1948, Callow led the league in triples for four straight years and ended up with 60 in her career. She started off slow in the home run category with none during her rookie season, but by the rest of her eight years career she belted 55 to top the all-time list.
Beginning in 1948, Callow led the league in triples for four straight years and ended up with 60 in her career. She started off slow in the home run category with none during her rookie season, but by the rest of her eight years career she belted 55 to top the all-time list.


In 1948, Callow ended with a .251 [[batting average]], but tied for second in home runs (6) and led for the first time the league in triples (15). She repeated as the leader in triples in 1949 (11) and 1950 (11). In 1951 she gained her first selection for the [[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League All-Star Team|All-Star Team]], after recording career-highs in average (.326), [[run (baseball)|runs]] (66), [[runs batted in]] (84), [[hit (baseball)|hits]] (124), [[double (baseball)|doubles]] (16), [[stolen base]]s (40), [[total bases]] (172) and [[base on balls|walks]] (49); claimed her fourth triple title in a row, had the best [[fielding percentage]] of any outfielder, and tied with [[Fort Wayne Daisies]]' [[Betty Foss]] and fellow teammate [[Alice Pollitt]] in home runs (4).
In 1948, Callow ended with a .251 [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]], but tied for second in home runs (6) and led for the first time the league in triples (15). She repeated as the leader in triples in 1949 (11) and 1950 (11). In 1951 she gained her first selection for the [[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League All-Star Team|All-Star Team]], after recording career-highs in average (.326), [[run (baseball)|runs]] (66), [[runs batted in]] (84), [[hit (baseball)|hits]] (124), [[double (baseball)|doubles]] (16), [[stolen base]]s (40), [[total bases]] (172) and [[base on balls|walks]] (49); claimed her fourth triple title in a row, had the best [[fielding percentage]] of any outfielder, and tied with [[Fort Wayne Daisies]]' [[Betty Foss]] and teammate [[Alice Pollitt]] in home runs (4).


In 1952 Callow was unable to repeat the success of the previous season. Nevertheless, she finished third in home runs (8), fourth in triples (6), fifth in total bases (151), eight in runs (56), ninth in RBI (49), and still made the All-Star Team. But she rebounded in 1953, hitting .303 (3rd league-best) with eight home runs (2nd) and 58 RBI (7th). She also scored 58 runs (8th) and stole 37 bases (8th), while making the All-Star Team for the third time.
In 1952 Callow was unable to repeat the success of the previous season. Nevertheless, she finished third in home runs (8), fourth in triples (6), fifth in total bases (151), eight in runs (56), ninth in RBI (49), and still made the All-Star Team. But she rebounded in 1953, hitting .303 (3rd league-best) with eight home runs (2nd) and 58 RBI (7th). She also scored 58 runs (8th) and stole 37 bases (8th), while making the All-Star Team for the third time.


By the time of her last season, Callow said goodbye in a really meaningful way by hitting .324 with 20 home runs, 58 RBI and 23 stolen bases in limited playing time. In addition, she joined [[Joanne Weaver]] as the only two AAGPBL players to reach the 20 home runs and 20 stolen bases plateaus in the same season. She is also one of five players to collect 400 or more career-RBI, ranking third (407) behind [[Dorothy Schroeder]] (431) and [[Inez Voyce]] (422), and over [[Elizabeth Mahon]] and [[Pepper Paire]] (400 each).
By the time of her last season, Callow said goodbye in a really meaningful way by hitting .324 with 20 home runs, 58 RBI and 23 stolen bases in 273 at-bats. In addition, she joined [[Joanne Weaver]] as the only two AAGPBL players to reach the 20 home runs and 20 stolen bases plateaus in the same season.


She is also one of five players to collect 400 or more career-RBIs, ranking third (407) behind [[Dorothy Schroeder]] (431) and [[Inez Voyce]] (422). [[Elizabeth Mahon]] and [[Pepper Paire]] recorded exactly 400 RBIs. The league ceased operations shortly after Callow's 27th birthday. Considering she had only 2,765 at-bats in her abbreviated career (Schroeder had 4,129 at-bats), Callow may have been the greatest clutch hitter in AAGPBL history.
==Statistics==

==Career statistics==
===Batting===
===Batting===
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![[Games played|GP]]!![[At bat|AB]]!![[Run (baseball)|R]]!![[Hit (baseball)|H]]!![[Double (baseball)|2B]]!![[Triple (baseball)|3B]]!![[Home run|HR]]!![[Run batted in|RBI]]!![[Stolen base|SB]]!![[Total bases|TB]]!![[Base on balls|BB]]!![[Strikeout|SO]]!![[Batting average (baseball)|BA]]!![[On-base percentage|OBP]] || [[Slugging percentage|SLG]] || [[On-base plus slugging|OPS]]
|- style="text-align:center; background:#f2f2f2;"
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![[Games played|GP]]!![[At bat|AB]]!![[Run (baseball)|R]]!![[Hit (baseball)|H]]!![[Double (baseball)|2B]]!![[Triple (baseball)|3B]]!![[Home run|HR]]!![[Run batted in|RBI]]!![[Stolen base|SB]]!![[Base on balls|BB]]!![[Strikeout|SO]]!![[Batting average|BA]]!![[On-base percentage|OBP]] || [[Slugging percentage|SLG]] || [[On-base plus slugging|OPS]]
|- align=center
|- align=center
| 778 || 2765 || 391 || 756 || 88 || 60 || 55 || 407 || 214 || 147 || 192 || .273 || .310 || .408 || .718
| 778 || 2765 || 381 || 756 || 88 || 60 || 55 || 407 || 214 || 1129 || 147 || 192 || .273 || .310 || .408 || .718
|}
|}


===Fielding===
===Fielding===
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#f2f2f2;"
⚫
![[Put-out|PO]]!![[Assist (baseball)|A]]!![[Error (baseball)|E]]!![[Total chances|TC]]!![[Double play|DP]]!![[Fielding percentage|FA]]
|- align=center
|- align=center
| 1316 || 87 || 60 || 1463 || 19 || .960
| 754 || 1316 || 87 || 60 || 1463 || 19 || .960
|}
|}


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==Sources==
==Sources==
* ''Encyclopedia of women and baseball'' - Leslie A. Heaphy, Mel Anthony May. Publisher: McFarland and Co., 2006. Format: Paperback, 438pp. Language: English. ISBN 978-0-7864-2100-8
* ''Encyclopedia of women and baseball'' - Leslie A. Heaphy, Mel Anthony May. Publisher: McFarland and Co., 2006. Format: Paperback, 438pp. Language: English. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-2100-8}}
* ''The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary'' - W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland and Company, 2005. Format: Paperback, 295 pp.&nbsp;Language: English. ISBN 978-0-7864-3747-4
* ''The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary'' - W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland and Company, 2005. Format: Paperback, 295 pp.&nbsp;Language: English. {{ISBN|0-7864-2263-7}}

==References==
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.aagpbl.org/ All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120118014313/http://www.aagpbl.org/ All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Website]
* [https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/eleanor-callow/ Eleanor Callow] at [[Society for American Baseball Research|SABR]] (Baseball BioProject)


{{All-American Girls Professional Baseball League}}

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Latest revision as of 00:25, 15 November 2024

Eleanor Callow
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Left fielder
Born: August 8, 1927
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Died: October 28, 1974
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Batted: Switch hitter
Threw: Right
debut
1947
Last appearance
1954
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Eleanor 'Squirt' Callow (August 8, 1927 – October 28, 1974) was a left fielder who played from 1947 through 1954 for three teams of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Callow was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. She was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba.[1]

Women in baseball

[edit]

Women have been playing professional baseball since the early 1930s, when Chattanooga Lookouts pitcher Jackie Mitchell struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in succession, during an exhibition game against the New York Yankees in 1931.

The AAGPBL was a league that began to operate in 1943 in cities located on or near Lake Michigan. The main promoter was Philip K. Wrigley, owner of the Chicago Cubs, who worried about the viability of male professional baseball players during World War II decided to establish an alternate attraction. The league folded after the end of the 1954 season. Over the years the rules, equipment, and style of play in the league changed from softball to baseball (e.g., the size of the ball at the beginning was 12" in circumference, but at the end it was 91⁄4"). Eleven girls from Manitoba played in the league, including Callow. All of them received honorary inductions into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988), the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame (1998), and the Manitoba Softball Hall of Fame (1998).

Overview profile

[edit]

During her career, Callow was among the most feared sluggers of the AAGPBL. A four-time All-Star, she was the Babe Ruth or Tris Speaker equivalent of the AAGPBL, accumulating more home runs and triples than any other player in league history. A rare combination of power, speed, patience at the plate and fielding in a multiskilled package, she also overwhelmed opposite teams with her speed, by drawing walks, stealing bases, and catching difficult fly balls.

AAGPBL career

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Callow entered the AAGPBL in 1947 with the Peoria Redwings, playing for them during her rookie season before joining the Chicago Colleens expansion team for a small time in 1948. She was traded to the Rockford Peaches during the midseason and remained with them for the rest of her career, including in three consecutive championship titles (1948-'50) and also in the team's last ever game in 1954.

Beginning in 1948, Callow led the league in triples for four straight years and ended up with 60 in her career. She started off slow in the home run category with none during her rookie season, but by the rest of her eight years career she belted 55 to top the all-time list.

In 1948, Callow ended with a .251 batting average, but tied for second in home runs (6) and led for the first time the league in triples (15). She repeated as the leader in triples in 1949 (11) and 1950 (11). In 1951 she gained her first selection for the All-Star Team, after recording career-highs in average (.326), runs (66), runs batted in (84), hits (124), doubles (16), stolen bases (40), total bases (172) and walks (49); claimed her fourth triple title in a row, had the best fielding percentage of any outfielder, and tied with Fort Wayne Daisies' Betty Foss and teammate Alice Pollitt in home runs (4).

In 1952 Callow was unable to repeat the success of the previous season. Nevertheless, she finished third in home runs (8), fourth in triples (6), fifth in total bases (151), eight in runs (56), ninth in RBI (49), and still made the All-Star Team. But she rebounded in 1953, hitting .303 (3rd league-best) with eight home runs (2nd) and 58 RBI (7th). She also scored 58 runs (8th) and stole 37 bases (8th), while making the All-Star Team for the third time.

By the time of her last season, Callow said goodbye in a really meaningful way by hitting .324 with 20 home runs, 58 RBI and 23 stolen bases in 273 at-bats. In addition, she joined Joanne Weaver as the only two AAGPBL players to reach the 20 home runs and 20 stolen bases plateaus in the same season.

She is also one of five players to collect 400 or more career-RBIs, ranking third (407) behind Dorothy Schroeder (431) and Inez Voyce (422). Elizabeth Mahon and Pepper Paire recorded exactly 400 RBIs. The league ceased operations shortly after Callow's 27th birthday. Considering she had only 2,765 at-bats in her abbreviated career (Schroeder had 4,129 at-bats), Callow may have been the greatest clutch hitter in AAGPBL history.

Career statistics

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Batting

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GP AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB TB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
778 2765 381 756 88 60 55 407 214 1129 147 192 .273 .310 .408 .718

Fielding

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GP PO A E TC DP FA
754 1316 87 60 1463 19 .960

Fact

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Sources

[edit]
  • Encyclopedia of women and baseball - Leslie A. Heaphy, Mel Anthony May. Publisher: McFarland and Co., 2006. Format: Paperback, 438pp. Language: English. ISBN 978-0-7864-2100-8
  • The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary - W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland and Company, 2005. Format: Paperback, 295 pp. Language: English. ISBN 0-7864-2263-7

References

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  1. ^ Eleanor Callow. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
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