Beverly Hatzell

Beverly Hatzell
Pitcher
Born: (1929-02-19)February 19, 1929
Redkey, Indiana, U.S.
Died: August 28, 2005(2005-08-28) (aged 76)
Hicksville, Ohio, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
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Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)

Beverly Hatzell (later Volkert; February 19, 1929 – August 28, 2005) was an American pitcher for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League between 1949 and 1951. She both batted and threw right-handed.

Born in Redkey, Indiana, Volkert was one of five children born to Gerald and Velma Hatzell. She played for four teams of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: the Battle Creek Belles, the Chicago Colleens, Peoria Redwings and the Racine Belles. She married Mervin Volkert in February 1959, and they remained married until her death.

Volkert died in 2005, aged 76, in Hicksville, Ohio.

Career statistics

Seasonal Pitching Records

YearGPIPRAERERABBSOHBPWPWLW-L%
1949------------
19501910272554.8583358047.364
195120105103665.669738145114.067

Seasonal Batting Records

YearGPABRH2B3BHRRBISBTBBBSOBAOBPSLGOPS
1949----------------
1950263733000103613.081.209.081.290
195124354200021259.057.175.057.232

References

  1. 1 2 Beverly Volkert – Profile/Obituary. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League; retrieved 2019-04-14.
  2. 1 2 Derringer, Jenny (September 29, 2011). "Vernon Greutman". The Crescent-News. Retrieved October 5, 2026.
  3. ↑ Heaphy, Leslie A.; May, Mel Anthony (2006). Encyclopedia of Women And Baseball. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0786421008. Retrieved 2014-07-23.