Kay Heim

Who is Kay Heim?

Kay Heim [McDaniel] is a former catcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 6", 125 lb., Heim batted and threw right handed. She was nicknamed ״Heime״ by her teammates.

Born in Athabasca, Alberta, Kay Heim was one of the 57 players born in Canada to join the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in its twelve years history. She also became one of the original 60 founding members of the league in its 1943 inaugural season.

While she was a light-hitting catcher, Heim highlighted as a defensive specialist with good pitch-calling skills and possessed a strong, accurate throwing arm. She helped the Kenosha Comets win the pennant title the first year, though the team lost to the Racine Belles in the best-of-five Championship Round. The next year, she fractured an ankle during the midseason and missed the rest of the season.

She then returned home, married Ray McDaniel and decided not to return for the 1945 season. The couple had two sons, Raymond and Roberts. She moved with the family to the United States and became a citizen in 1948.