Shirley Jameson

Shirley Jameson (March 29, 1918 – December 29, 1993) was an American center fielder who played from 1943 through 1946 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 4 ft 10+3⁄4 in (1.492 m), 104 pounds (47 kg), Jameson batted right-handed and threw left-handed. She was born in Maywood, Illinois.

Jameson was born in Maywood, Illinois. There she attended Proviso Township High School, graduating in 1935. In high school, Jameson was a superb athlete, who by her junior year was manager of the GAA's softball team. During the 1930s she became one of the elite speed skaters in the country, winning the Silver Skates in 1939, and the Illinois women's state titles in 1939 and 1940. At the same time she was competing in the flourishing Chicago amateur softball scene. After 1940, she dropped speed skating and focused on softball.