Rita Ann Moelering

[pfairban]

That's my (great great?) aunt's name who played pro baseball during WWII.;)

Oops, I think it was Rita Marie Moellering.

[Brian McKenna]

Rita "Slats" Meyer (Moellering)

Tried out in Pascagoula, Mississippi and assigned to Peoria

good fielding SS - also pitched in 13 games in 1947

batted right and threw right

Peoria Redwings 1946-49

best year 1948 - .232 BA, 12 2B, 45 SB, 68 RBI

one of six children, married Robert Moellering 2/26/1949

hobbies - collecting emblems, poems and Dick Tracy comics

career batting - 399 G, .205 BA, 1382 AB, 284 H, 24 2B, 7 3B, 3 HR, 76 SB, 83 BB, 96 K, 121 R, 140 RBI

career pitching - 3-6 record, 75 IP, 3.12 ERA

Nicknamed after STL Cardinals shortstop Slats Marion

[pfairban]

The amazing coincidences:

My dad is a Marty Marion fan. (she's my mom's relative, and I guess actually is my second cousin, not great aunt).

Also, I live in Peoria and had no clue she played here.

[NotAboutEgo]

The amazing coincidences:

My dad is a Marty Marion fan. (she's my mom's relative, and I guess actually is my second cousin, not great aunt).

Also, I live in Peoria and had no clue she played here.

Just curious... not being familiar with either one of them, is there a connection between Marion and Moellering?

[Brian McKenna]

Just curious... not being familiar with either one of them, is there a connection between Marion and Moellering?

No - just given the nickname because someone said she reminded them of Marty Marion - quite a common way to get a nickname in sports