Lenora Mandella (4 May 1931 - 12 August 2005) played shortstop and pitcher in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League between 1949 and 1951.
Born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, Lenora became a pioneer in women's baseball, and was featured in the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY on November 6, 1988.
She worked for the Glasshouse in Glassport, Operating Engineers Local 66 Insurance Fund in Monroeville and Copperweld until she retired.
She died in Herminie, PA. Lenora first began her involvement in baseball when Philip K. Wrigley – owner of the Chicago Cubs – financed the league in the mid-1940s, when a lot of the men were called up to serve in World War II.
Lenora played for the Peoria Redwings (in 1951), the South Bend Blue Sox (in 1949), and the Springfield Sallies (in 1950).