{{Short description|American baseball player}} {{Infobox baseball biography | name = Adeline Kerrar | image = Adeline_Kerrar.jpg | image_size = 175px | caption = | team = | position = Infielder / catcher | birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|08|31|mf=y}} | birth_place = Rockford, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1995|07|04|1924|08|31}} | death_place = Naples, Florida, U.S. | bats = Both | throws = Right | teams = *Rockford Peaches (1944) }}
'''Adeline Kerrar''' ("Addie") (August 31, 1924 – July 4, 1995) was an American infielder and catcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) during the {{baseball year|1944}} season. Listed at {{height|ft=5|in=2}}, 130 pounds, she was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed.<ref name=AAGPBL>{{cite news|url=https://www.aagpbl.org/profiles/adeline-kerrar-addie/104|title=Adeline Kerrar – Profile|work=All-American Girls Professional Baseball League|accessdate=2019-05-30}}</ref><ref name=Madden-AAGPBL-Players>''The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary'' – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Paperback, 295 pp. Language: English. {{ISBN|0-7864-3747-2}}</ref>
A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Kerrar entered the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1944 with the Rockford Peaches. A versatile utility, she caught and played at shortstop and third base. She had a brief career in the league because of assorted injuries.<ref name=Madden-AAGPBL-Players/><ref>''Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball'' – Leslie A. Heaphy, Mel Anthony May. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2006. Format: Paperback, 438pp. Language: English. {{ISBN|0-7864-2100-2}}</ref>
In one game, Kerrar scored the winning run for her team by stealing home plate, but because she was not told to steal home she was fined by Rockford's manager Jack Kloza. She connected three hits in eighteen at-bats for a .167 career average in eight games.<ref name=Madden-AAGPBL-Players/>
Following her baseball career, Kerrar went on to work as one of the first female postwomen in the United States. She later served as an area representative for the AAGPBL Players Association for a number of years.<ref name=Madden-AAGPBL-Players/>
Since 1988, Kerrar is part of ''Women in Baseball'', a permanent display based at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, which was unveiled to honor the entire All-American Girls Professional Baseball League rather than individual baseball personalities.<ref name=LeagueHistory>{{cite news|url=https://www.aagpbl.org/history/league-history|title=League History|work=All-American Girls Professional Baseball League|accessdate=2019-05-30}}</ref>
Kerrar was a long-time resident of Naples, Florida, where she died at the age of 70.<ref name=AAGPBL/><ref>[http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&qf=Adele+&qmi=&qn=Kerrar&qs=&searchform=name&trackit=74&focusfirst=0 Intelius.com – Adeline Kerrar/records nationwide]</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|2}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kerrar, Adeline}} Category:Rockford Peaches players Category:Baseball players from Milwaukee Category:1924 births Category:1995 deaths Category:20th-century American sportswomen