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This has resulted in greater diversity of player heights despite the league maintaining a generally constant average height, while the average player weight has generally decreased. [43] The average height of an NHL player is just over 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) tall. Zdeno Chára, at 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m), is the tallest player ever to play in the NHL.
Ila Jane Borders (born February 18, 1975) is an American former left-handed pitcher in college and independent professional baseball player. As a female pitcher in men's leagues, Borders achieved numerous baseball milestones at the college and professional levels, including being the first female pitcher to start and win a men's professional baseball game.
She won the silver medal at the 2014 Women's Baseball World Cup and the gold medal in the 2015 Pan American Games. [1] Whitmore also participated in the 2018 Women's Baseball World Cup, as the United States finished in fourth place. [7] Playing for the national team from 2014 through 2019, she had a 1.35 earned run average as a pitcher. [8]
Traditionally, statistics such as batting average (the number of hits divided by the number of at bats) and earned run average (the average number of runs allowed by a pitcher per nine innings, less errors and other events out of the pitcher's control) have dominated attention in the statistical world of baseball.
She was the first woman selected to the Baseball Victoria under-16 team, and was the first female pitcher for the Victorian Summer Baseball League; [3] she pitched to a 0.00 earned run average in the under-16 tournament, [5] which consisted of the best 200 players in Australia. [2] She played in the 2019 Australian Youth Championships. [5]
Eri Yoshida (吉田 えり, Yoshida Eri, born January 17, 1992) is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Japan Islanders of the Empire Professional Baseball League. She plays as a sidearm knuckleball pitcher. In 2008, at the age of 16, she became the first woman drafted by a Japanese men's professional baseball team. [1]
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In 1992 Major League Baseball lifted a ban on the signing of women to contracts, a ban that had begun in 1952. [39] In the 1993 MLB draft, the Chicago White Sox drafted left handed pitcher Carey Schueler in the 43rd round. She was the first woman ever drafted by a Major League Baseball team. [41]