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Sophie Kurys

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Baseball Player

The Resume

    (May 14, 1925-February 17, 2013)
    Born in Flint, Michigan
    Played second base for the Racine/Battle Creek Belles (1943-52) of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL)
    .260 career batting average
    1,114 stolen bases
    Four-time all-star (1946-49)
    AAGPBL Player of the Year (1946)
    Nicknamed 'the Flint Flash'

Why she might be annoying:

    She recalled, 'My sisters would complain to my mother about me playing baseball with the boys. They wanted to know why they had to do the dishes and I didn't.'
    She was unaware of the tryouts for the AAGPBL until two girls she played softball with told her about them.
    He reaction on finding out which team she would play for was 'Racine? God, where's Racine?'
    Her hefty stolen base totals were helped by the fact that the distance between bases in the AAGPBL was only 72 feet, compared to 90 feet in the Major League.

Why she might not be annoying:

    At 14, she set a record for her age group in the pentathlon and was MVP of the Michigan State Basketball Tournament.
    She stole 201 bases in 1946, 71 more than Rickey Henderson's Major League record for a season.
    She set those stolen base records despite having to play in a skirt that afforded little protection while sliding into base.
    'Total Baseball' named her one of the twenty best players in AAGPBL history, noting 'Sophie Kurys was nothing short of sensational in getting on base, stealing bases, and scoring runs.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 96 Votes: 54.17% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 120 Votes: 65.00% Annoying