  lb ., ▁she ▁batt ed ▁and ▁threw ▁right - hand ed . ▁ ▁A ▁native ▁of ▁Detroit , ▁Michigan , ▁T ucker ▁received ▁an ▁inv itation ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 6 ▁to ▁particip ate ▁in ▁the ▁A AG P BL ▁spring ▁training ▁held ▁at ▁P asc ag ou la , ▁Mississippi . ▁After ▁making ▁the ▁league ▁try out , ▁she ▁was ▁allocated ▁to ▁the ▁Pe oria ▁Red w ings . ▁ ▁A ▁hard - th ro wer ▁under hand ▁pitch er , ▁T ucker ▁strugg led ▁through ▁the ▁many ▁stages ▁of ▁the ▁league , ▁including ▁sh ifting ▁from ▁under hand ▁( 1 9 4 6 ) ▁to ▁side arm ▁( 1 9 4 7 ) ▁to ▁over hand ▁( 1 9 4 8 ) ▁pitch ing , ▁although ▁she ▁hur led ▁on ▁awful ▁expansion ▁teams ▁that ▁did ▁not ▁give ▁her ▁much ▁run ▁support . ▁ ▁After ▁a ▁year ▁in ▁Pe oria , ▁T ucker ▁opened ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁with ▁the ▁Fort ▁Wayne ▁D ais ies ▁and ▁then ▁found ▁herself ▁on ▁the ▁move ▁again , ▁this ▁time ▁to ▁the ▁Rock ford ▁Pe aches ▁and ▁then ▁the ▁Grand ▁Rap ids ▁Ch icks . ▁The ▁next ▁year ▁she ▁joined ▁the ▁Chicago ▁Col le ens , ▁and ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁Red w ings ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 9 , ▁her ▁last ▁A AG P BL ▁season . ▁After ▁that , ▁T ucker ▁pitch ed ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 0 ▁for ▁the ▁Rock ola ▁Ch icks ▁of ▁the ▁rival ▁National ▁Girls ▁Baseball