Shirley Elizabeth Danz is a former infielder and outfielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 4", 130 lb., she batted and threw right handed. Shirley Danz played during two seasons in the league before directing her abilities toward bowling as a competitor and instructor, touring on the Brunswick circuit for many years. Born in Oak Park, Illinois, Danz started playing amateur softball in the nearby city of Forest Park at the age of thirteen. She began to play at professional level with the Cardinals team of the Chicago National Girls Baseball League, where she was spotted by an AAGPBL talent scout who invited her to a try out and was assigned to the Chicago Colleens rookie touring team for the 1949 season. Danz played at second base and shortstop for the Colleens, and gained a promotion to the Racine Belles in 1950. She was converted into an outfielder, but her season ended abruptly when she injured herself, tripping over first base after hitting a single. She did not return to the league in 1951, and decided to coach a girl's softball team. 

August 16th, 1926 in   /  Died:   May 9th, 2018