Career
Listed at 5" 2", 110 pounds, she batted and threw right handed. A native of Regina, Saskatchewan Abbott was one of the fifty seven girls from Canada who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during its 12-year history. A light-hitting reserve player, she was able to play at second base and third and showed speed on the bases, while playing for four different teams in a span of two years.
She entered the AAGPBL in 1946, dividing her playing time between the Kenosha Comets, Peoria Redwings and Rockford Peaches.
She posted a collective.178 batting average in 52 games, driving in five runs while scoring 15 times. Abbott opened the 1947 season with the Fort Wayne Daisies, playing for them as a regular at third base.
She hit.141 with 27 runs and 15 Reserve Bank of India, including 18 stolen bases and her only career home run.
