Lenna Arnold

Who is Lenna Arnold?

Lenna Arnold was a pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 7", 135 lb., she batted and threw right handed.

Lenna Arnold was an outstanding softball pitcher before joining the AAGPBL with her hometown Fort Wayne Daisies in the 1946 season.

Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Lenna was the only daughter of two children born to John E., Sr. and Marie Arnold. She was a 1939 graduate of Central High School, Ball State University and Indiana University. An all-around athlete, she excelled at softball with the Uhligs Machine Shop and also played basketball for the City Light squad, while participating in golf, skiing and bowling.

״Sis״, as her Daisies teammates called her, had a modest career during her only season in the league, ending with a 2-4 record in just six pitching appearances. As a hitter, she went 3-for-14 for a .214 batting average.

After that, she labored as a teacher during 35 years for Fort Wayne Community Schools, teaching at Central and Northrop high schools, before retiring in 1978.