Clara Chiano
| Clara Chiano | |
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| Infielder | |
| Born: September 19, 1921 Arnold, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |
| Died: November 27, 2000 (aged 79) Orange City, Florida, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
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Clara Chiano (September 19, 1921 – November 27, 2000) was an American infielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Listed at 5' 0", 108 lb., Chiano batted and threw right handed. She was born in Arnold, Pennsylvania.[1][2]
The diminutive Clara Chiano played semiprofessional softball in Racine, Wisconsin and Boston in the early 1940s.[1] She joined the league with the Racine Belles club in its 1944 season.[1]
After baseball, Chiano worked as an associate for the electronics industry in Dorchester, Massachusetts. She retired in 1983 and moved to Orange City in Florida.[1]
The AAGPBL folded in 1954, but there is a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York, since November 5, 1988, that honors the entire league rather than any individual figure.[3]
Chiano was a long time resident of Orange City, Florida, where she died in 2000 at the age of 79.[1]
Sources
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Clara Chiano. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
- ↑ Madden, W. C. (2005) All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-2263-0
- ↑ Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Official Website