Yolande Teillet

Yolande Schick (née Teillet; September 28, 1927 - January 26, 2006), nicknamed Yo Yo, was a Métis-Canadian catcher who played for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She both batted and threw right-handed.[1][2]

Yolande Teillet
Born(1927-09-28)September 28, 1927
St. Vital, Winnipeg
DiedJanuary 26, 2006(2006-01-26) (aged 77)
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Other namesYolande Schick
Parent(s)Sara Riel and Camille Teillet
RelativesRoger Teillet (brother)
Baseball career
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Catcher
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Teams

Personal life

The daughter of Camille Teillet and Sara Riel, Yolande Teillet was the granddaughter of Joseph Riel, younger brother of Louis Riel. One of her brothers was Member of Parliament Roger Teillet.[3][4]

She was one of the first Métis players to ever play in the United States.[5]

She had 9 children and 21 grandchildren at the time of her death in 2006.[4]

Baseball career

She started off by playing for the St. Vital Tigerettes in the position of catcher in the early 1940s, where she was scouted to play in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She was soon after recruited to play for the Fort Wayne Daisies as an inaugural member of the team (in 1945), who came in second place that year to the Rockland Peaches. She also played for the Grand Rapids Chicks (in 1946), as well as the Kenosha Comets (in 1947), before returning home to play for the Tigerettes once again. Yolande was inducted as one of eleven female athletes from Manitoba who played in the All-American Girls league, into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1988, and Into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998.[6][7]

Batting record
YearGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBSOAVG
19451013230003022.231
194656-1-------.167
194723-1-------.333

Sources
  1. "Yolande Schick (Teillet) AAGPBL". AAGPBL. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  2. "Memorable Manitobans: Yolande Teillet Schick". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  3. "The Accomplished Teillet Family of St. Vital" (PDF). metismuseum.ca. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
  4. "SCHICK YOLANDE - Obituaries - Winnipeg Free Press Passages". passages.winnipegfreepress.com. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  5. "Yolande Teillet Schick. (1928-2006)". metismuseum.ca. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
  6. "Manitoban All-American Girls • Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame". Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  7. Barkwell, Lawrence. "Metis Museum - Yolande Teillet Schick" (PDF). Metis Museum. Retrieved August 22, 2022.


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