over-all series, beating Grand Rapids and Racine twice each and winning four straight before the Belles finally stopped her in the final game. The Belles moved from Racine, Wisconsin to Battle Creek, Michigan before the 1951 season. As a result, Hickson, Kurys, Dapkus, English, Perlick and Winter were emotionally disappointed and rejected the move. During eight years, the Belles were a close-knit team, always like a family away from home. The girls thought that all would be different, like a new team, maybe a new manager and, specially, a new location. A longtime resident of Racine, Hickson decided to stay close to home and played one more season with Kenosha. Life after baseball Following her baseball career, Hickson ran a restaurant called Home Plate. Then she worked during 22 years for the Zayre department store chain. Irene Hickson is part of Women in Baseball, a permanent display based at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. The exhibition was unveiled on November 5, , in honor of the entire All-American Girls Professional Baseball League rather than individual baseball personalities. After that, filmmaker Penny Marshall premiered her 1992 film A League of Their Own, a fictional history centered in the first season of the AAGPBL, which brought a rejuvenated interest to the historic girls league. Hickson died of natural causes at her home in Racine at the age of 80. Career statistics Batting Fielding Sources All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players Racine Belles (1943–1950) players Kenosha Comets players Baseball players from Tennessee Sportspeople from Racine, Wisconsin 1915 births 1995 deaths Textile workers 20th-century American women 20th-century American people