Abstract	Louise Sauer was interviewed by Clement C. GrawOzburn on March 30, 2003, for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League oral history collection. In her three year career, Louise "Lou" Sauer was a member of two champion teams and was on the All-Star team two times. Louise was born in Whitehall, WI. While helping out on a nearby team, a manager suggested her name to the AAGPBL and she was invited to try out. Louise was signed with the Racine Belles part way through the 1948 season. She started the 1949 season with the Rockford Peaches and was part of the pitching rotation. As a rookie she made $55.00 per week plus a $5.00 a day food allowance. The next year, after signing with the Rockford Peaches for another season, her salary went up to $70.00 per week, plus bonuses for shutouts. Louise retired from baseball for personal reasons after the 1950 season. She married Burt Sauer from Arcadia, WI, in 1950 and became a housewife. Louise coached softball in her hometown of Arcadia. In 1988, Louise Erickson Sauer was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Mrs. Sauer has visited Cooperstown to walk through the displays and re-visit the three years of her life she will never forget.
Interviewee	Sauer, Louise Erickson
Interviewer	GrawOzburn, Clement C.
Owner	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Type of resource	text
Genre	index
Genre authority	marcgt
Publisher name	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Oral History Program
Place of publication	La Crosse, Wisconsin
Date published	2003-03-30
Date captured	2023-05-25
Language	eng
Width	8.5
Height	10.99
Subject topic	Sauer, Louise Erickson, 1929- -- Interviews Authority: LCSH
Subject topic	All-American Girls Professional Baseball League -- History Authority: LCSH
Subject topic	Racine Belles (Baseball team) -- History Authority: LCSH
Subject topic	Oral history Authority: LCSH
Subject topic	Baseball for women -- United States -- History -- 20th century Authority: LCSH
Subject topic	Women baseball players -- United States -- Biography Authority: LCSH
Subject topic	Baseball -- History Authority: LCSH
Subject topic	Rockford Peaches (Baseball team) -- History Authority: LCSH
Source note	This interview is part of the UW-La Crosse Oral History Program’s All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) Collection.
Source note	The interviewee played in the AAGPBL for three seasons: with the Racine Belles (1948) and the Rockford Peaches (1949-1950).
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Collection	UWL Oral History Program Collection / All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) Collection
ID	db52c5e1-644f-4d39-abba-c9d26049e87a/wlacu000/00000018/00000315
Doi	18-0315
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