{{Short description|Canadian baseball player}} {{Infobox baseball biography | name=Janet Anderson | image=Janet Anderson Perkin.jpg | image_size=200px | team= | position=Pitcher/Outfield | birth_date={{birth date|1921|11|21}} | birth_place=Montreal, Quebec, Canada | death_date={{death date and age|2012|03|30|1921|11|21}} | death_place=Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada | bats=Right | throws=Right | teams= *Kenosha Comets (1946) |highlights= *Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame honorary induction (1998) *Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988) }}
'''Janet Margaret Anderson''' (later '''Perkin'''; November 21, 1921 – March 30, 2012) was a Canadian pitcher and outfielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) during the 1946 season. She batted and threw right handed.<ref name=AAGPBL>[http://www.aagpbl.org/profiles/janet-anderson-perkin/132 Janet Perkin – Profile/Obituary], ''All-American Girls Professional Baseball League''; retrieved 2019-04-11.</ref> Anderson was one of the 68 players born in Canada to join the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in its twelve years history.<ref>[http://www.aagpbl.org/history/league-history All-American Girls Professional Baseball League History]; retrieved 2019-03-25.</ref>
Born in Montreal, Quebec,<ref name=OBIT>{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/leaderpost/obituary.aspx?n=janet-perkin&pid=156847325 |title=Legacy.com – Leader-Post Obituary: Perkin, Janet Anderson (11/21/1921 - 3/30/2012)|website=Legacy.com }}</ref> Janet was the daughter of Tom and Mary Anderson. She grew up in Bethune, Saskatchewan, where she went on to become a teacher. She was spotted by an AAGPBL scout who signed her to a contract. She later attended the spring training camp held at Pascagoula, Mississippi, and was assigned to the Kenosha Comets. She had an unfortunate career in the league, posting a 0–6 record in 10 pitching appearances while connecting a .173 batting average in 36 games.<ref name=AAGPBL/><ref name=Women>Madden, W.C. ''The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary'', McFarland & Company, 2005; {{ISBN|978-0-7864-2263-0}}</ref><ref>[http://www.aagpbl.org/teams/kenosha-comets/1946 1946 Kenosha Comets]; retrieved 2019-03-25.</ref>
After baseball, she worked for Allied Van Lines moving company and in her spare time enjoyed bowling. She married Max Perkin, and they had two children, Jean and Thomas. She also was a member of the 1954 Regina Govins softball club.<ref name=OBIT/><ref name=ReginaSHoF>{{cite web|url=http://www.reginasportshalloffame.com/inductees.htm|title=Regina Sports Hall of Fame – 2008 Inductees|access-date=July 3, 2020|archive-date=September 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904192033/https://www.reginasportshalloffame.com/inductees.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=Women/>
A long time resident of Regina, she curled under her married name of Janet Perkin. As a skip, she could be counted on to guide her rink in style, winning the first Western Canada Women's Curling Championship in 1953, and three provincial champion teams in 1953, 1959 and {{STOH|1964}}.<ref name=OBIT/>
For her accomplishments, she was elected to several Halls of Fame: Canadian Baseball (1998),<ref>[http://baseballhalloffame.ca/museum/inductees/aagbpl/ Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame – AAGPBL 1998 Induction] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301200758/http://new.baseballhalloffame.ca/museum/inductees/aagbpl|date=2012-03-01}}</ref> Saskatchewan Curling Association (2004),<ref>[http://www.saskcurl.com/sca/honourroll/curlers.htm Saskatchewan Curling Association Hall of Fame – Janet Perkin Team (1953), Inducted May 2004] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924094400/http://www.saskcurl.com/sca/honourroll/curlers.htm |date=2015-09-24 }}</ref> Saskatchewan Sports (curling, 2005)<ref>[http://sasksportshalloffame.com/inductees/1953-janet-perkin-curling-team/ Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame – 1953 Janet Perkin Curling Team - 2005 Induction]</ref> and Regina Sports (softball, 2008).<ref name=ReginaSHoF/>
In addition, she received life membership in the Saskatchewan Ladies Curling Association in 1992. Then, in 2004 her 1953 team was named to the Saskatchewan Legends of Curling Honour Roll.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120710093038/http://www.leaderpost.com/sports/Memorial+service+today+Perkin/6413386/story.html Leader-Post.com – Memorial service today for Perkin]</ref> In 1988, she received further recognition when she became 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 honour the entire All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Janet Anderson Perkin died in Regina, Saskatchewan, at the age of 90.<ref name=OBIT/>
==Career statistics== '''Batting''' {| class="wikitable" !GP!!AB!!R!!H!!2B!!3B!!HR!!RBI!!SB!!TB!!BB!!SO!!BA!!OBP!!SLG |-align=center | 36 || 75 || 5 || 13 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 17 || 10 || 12 || .173 || .271 || .227 |}<ref>Madden, W.C. ''All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book'', McFarland & Company, 2000; {{ISBN|0-7864-3747-2}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson Perkin, Janet}} Category:1921 births Category:2012 deaths Category:Kenosha Comets players Category:Anglophone Quebec people Category:Baseball players from Regina, Saskatchewan Category:Baseball players from Montreal Category:Sportswomen from Quebec Category:Canadian expatriate baseball players in the United States Category:Canadian women curlers Category:Curlers from Regina, Saskatchewan Category:Curlers from Quebec Category:20th-century Canadian sportswomen Category:Baseball pitchers Category:Baseball outfielders