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{{Short description|American baseball player}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
'''Beverly Volkert (Hatzell)''' (February 19, 1929 - August 28, 2005) held the position of pitcher for the [[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League]] between 1949 and 1951. She both batted and threw [[right-handed]].
| name = Beverly Hatzell
| image =
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| team = [[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League]]
| position = [[Pitcher]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|02|19}}
| birth_place = [[Redkey, Indiana]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|08|28|1929|02|19}}
| death_place = [[Hicksville, Ohio]]
| bats = Right
| throws = Right
| teams =
*[[Chicago Colleens]] (1949)
*[[Racine Belles]] (1950)
*[[Battle Creek Belles]] (1951)
*[[Peoria Redwings]] (1951)
| highlights =
*Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)
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Beverly Hatzell played for three different teams of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: the [[Battle Creek Belles]], the [[Chicago Colleens]], [[Peoria Redwings]] and the [[Racine Belles]].
'''Beverly Hatzell''' (later '''Volkert'''; February 19, 1929 – August 28, 2005) was an American pitcher for the [[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League]] between 1949 and 1951. She both batted and threw [[right-handed]].<ref name=AAGPBL>[http://www.aagpbl.org/profiles/beverly-hatzell-volkert/564 Beverly Volkert – Profile/Obituary]. ''[[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League]]''; retrieved 2019-04-14.</ref>


Born in [[Redkey, Indiana]], Beverly was the second of five children born to Gerald and Velma Hatzell.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} She played for four teams of the [[All-American Girls Professional Baseball League]]: the [[Battle Creek Belles]], the [[Chicago Colleens]], [[Peoria Redwings]] and the [[Racine Belles]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Heaphy |first1=Leslie A. |last2=May |first2=Mel Anthony |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YDSCAAAAMAAJ |title=Encyclopedia of Women And Baseball |publisher=McFarland & Company |isbn=978-0786421008 |accessdate=2014-07-23 |year=2006 }}</ref>
Born in [[Redkey]], [[Indiana]], she was the youngest of four children (there were two older brothers, George and Richard, and one older sister, Wanda). Her parents were Gerald and Velma who were aged 32 and 33 respectively at the time of Beverly's birth. When she passed away in 2005, she left husband Jerry, her five children, nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. She was 76 years old.


Beverly Hatzell Volkert died in 2005, aged 76, in [[Hicksville, Ohio]]. She is survived by her husband, Mervin Volkert. The couple had no children.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
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==Career Statistics==


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==Career statistics==
'''Seasonal Pitching Records'''
'''Seasonal Pitching Records'''
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! [[Games pitched|GP]]!![[Innings pitched|IP]]!![[Run (baseball)|RA]]!![[Earned run average|ER]]!![[Earned run average|ERA]]!![[Base on balls|BB]]!![[Strikeout|SO]]!![[Hit by pitch|HBP]]!![[Wild pitch|WP]]!![[Win–loss record (pitching)|W]]!![[Win–loss record (pitching)|L]]!![[Win–loss record (pitching)|W-L%]]
|-
|-align=center
! '''Year''' !! '''G''' !! '''IP''' !! '''R''' !! '''ER''' !! '''ERA''' !! BB !! '''SO''' !! '''HB''' !! '''WP''' !! '''W''' !! '''L''' !! '''PCT'''
|-
| 1949 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| 1949 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-align=center
|-
| 1950 || 19 || 102 || 72 || 55 || 4.85 || 83 || 35 || 8 || 0 || 4 || 7 || .364
| 1950 || 19 || 102 || 72 || 55 || 4.85 || 83 || 35 || 8 || 0 || 4 || 7 || .364
|-align=center
|-
| 1951 || 20 || 105 || 103 || 66 || 5.66 || 97 || 38 || 14 || 5 || 1 || 14 || .067
| 1951 || 20 || 105 || 103 || 66 || 5.66 || 97 || 38 || 14 || 5 || 1 || 14 || .067
|}
|}
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'''Seasonal Batting Records'''
'''Seasonal Batting Records'''
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !![[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 average|SLG]] || [[On-base plus slugging|OPS]]
|-
|-align=center
! '''Year''' !! '''G''' !! '''AB''' !! '''R''' !! '''H''' !! '''2B''' !! '''3B''' !! '''HR''' !! '''RBI''' !! '''SB''' !! BB !! SO !! '''AVG''' !!
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| 1949 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
|-align=center
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| 1949 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
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| 1950 || 26 || 37 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 6 || 13 || .081 || .209 || .081 || .290
|-
|-align=center
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| 1950 || 26 || 37 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 6 || 13 || .081
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| 1951 || 24 || 35 || 4 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 5 || 9 || .057 || .175 || .057 || .232
|-
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| 1951 || 24 || 35 || 4 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 5 || 9 || .057
|}
|}


==Sources==
==References==
{{reflist}}
1. AAGPBL

==External links==
*[https://collection.baseballhall.org/PASTIME/chicago-colleens-players-tour-photograph-1949-0 Chicago Colleens Players on Tour Photograph, 1949]. ''[[National Baseball Hall of Fame]]''. Retrieved 2019-04-14.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hatzell, Beverly}}
[[Category:1929 births]]
[[Category:2005 deaths]]
[[Category:All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players]]
[[Category:Chicago Colleens players]]
[[Category:Racine Belles (1943–1950) players]]
[[Category:Battle Creek Belles players]]
[[Category:Peoria Redwings players]]
[[Category:Baseball players from Indiana]]
[[Category:People from Jay County, Indiana]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportswomen]]
[[Category:21st-century American women]]

Latest revision as of 11:50, 29 October 2024

Beverly Hatzell
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Pitcher
Born: (1929-02-19)February 19, 1929
Redkey, Indiana
Died: August 28, 2005(2005-08-28) (aged 76)
Hicksville, Ohio
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)

Beverly Hatzell (later Volkert; February 19, 1929 – August 28, 2005) was an American pitcher for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League between 1949 and 1951. She both batted and threw right-handed.[1]

Born in Redkey, Indiana, Beverly was the second of five children born to Gerald and Velma Hatzell.[citation needed] She played for four teams of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: the Battle Creek Belles, the Chicago Colleens, Peoria Redwings and the Racine Belles.[2]

Beverly Hatzell Volkert died in 2005, aged 76, in Hicksville, Ohio. She is survived by her husband, Mervin Volkert. The couple had no children.[citation needed]

Career statistics

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Seasonal Pitching Records

Year GP IP RA ER ERA BB SO HBP WP W L W-L%
1949 - - - - - - - - - - - -
1950 19 102 72 55 4.85 83 35 8 0 4 7 .364
1951 20 105 103 66 5.66 97 38 14 5 1 14 .067

Seasonal Batting Records

Year GP AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB TB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
1949 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1950 26 37 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 13 .081 .209 .081 .290
1951 24 35 4 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 5 9 .057 .175 .057 .232

References

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  1. ^ Beverly Volkert – Profile/Obituary. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League; retrieved 2019-04-14.
  2. ^ Heaphy, Leslie A.; May, Mel Anthony (2006). Encyclopedia of Women And Baseball. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0786421008. Retrieved 2014-07-23.
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