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Dorothy Kamenshek

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Baseball Player

The Resume

    (December 21, 1925-May 17, 2010)
    Played for Rockford (Illinois) Peaches
    Seven time All-Star (1943, 1946-51)

Why she might be annoying:

    A men's minor league team offered to buy her contract, but her team turned it down (1950).
    She wore a back brace in her final season (1951).

Why she might not be annoying:

    She played in the all woman WW II baseball league, which was the basis for the movie 'A League of Their Own.'
    She was undoubtedly the best all-around player in the All-American Girls Baseball League.
    She is left handed.
    She struck out only 81 times in 3,737 at-bats (thats less than once every 46 at bats).
    She was a great bunter and did not mind sacrificing to advance the runners, even though she led the league in batting in 1946 and 1947.
    Her team won four championships during her ten year career.
    She was selected #100 by Sports Illustrated for Women's Century's Greatest Sportswomen.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 76 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 23 Votes: 30.43% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 138 Votes: 47.10% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 44 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 57 Votes: 36.84% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 134 Votes: 44.78% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 189 Votes: 39.68% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 257 Votes: 42.80% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 393 Votes: 55.98% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 418 Votes: 43.06% Annoying