Babe Dahlgren Babe Dahlgren Ellsworth Tenney "Babe" Dahlgren (June 15, 1912 – September 4, 1996) was an American professional baseball infielder. He played twelve seasons in Major League Baseball from 1935 to 1946 for the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Browns, Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, and Pittsburgh Pirates. Dahlgren replaced Lou Gehrig in the line up on May 2, 1939, ending Gehrig's 14-year, 2,130 consecutive game streak. Dahlgren had a homer and double‚ as the Yankees routed Detroit 22-2. He went on to hit 15 home runs and drive in 89 runs for the season
Ruth Mason (baseball) 1953 seasons. In between, she played for the Miami Beach Belles of the International Professional Softball League in 1952. The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League folded in 1954, but there is a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York since 1988 that honors the entire league rather than any individual figure. Then in 1998, Ruth Mason and all Canadian AAGPBL players also gained honorary induction into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. Ruth Mason (baseball) Ruth Mason was a Canadian outfielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Born in Moose