Alice Hoover (October 27, 1928 – December 10, 2014) was an American backup infielder who played in the

All-American Girls Professional Baseball League The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) was a professional women's baseball league founded by Philip K. Wrigley, which existed from 1943 to 1954. The AAGPBL is the forerunner of women's professional league sports in the Uni ...

. Listed at 4’ 11”, 105 lb., Hoover batted and threw right-handed. She was dubbed ''Pee Wee'' or ''Sniffle''. Born in

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, the diminutive Alice Hoover started playing organized softball at age 14 with the local Kaufmann Maids team. Madden, W. C. (2005) ''The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary''. McFarland & Company. She was signed by the league before the 1948 season and was assigned to the

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, where she did not see much action. She appeared in just six games and went hitless in four at-bats. In 1949, Hoover decided not to go back to the league. Instead, she went to work in a shirt factory production line for the next 33 years. Afterwards, she switched careers and worked for

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, the primary supplier to

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, for nearly 16 years. She retired in 1993. Following her retirement, Hoover actively participated in a number of events coordinated by the AAGPBL Players Association. She was among those present in November 1988, when the

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inaugurated a permanent display at

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, that honors the league's girls as well as the entire staff.Before A League of Their Own
''National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum''. Retrieved on September 5, 2016. Alice Hoover died in 2014 at the age of 86 in her home in Reading, Pennsylvania.

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