Joanna Marie Matuzewski (October 6, 1932 – August 4, 2004) was an All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player. She batted and threw right handed.[1][2]
| Joan Matuzewski | |
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| All-American Girls Professional Baseball League | |
| Outfield | |
| Born: October 6, 1932 | |
| Died: August 4, 2004 (aged 71) Farwell, Michigan | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
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Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Matuzewski joined the All American League in its 1953 season. She was assigned as a fourth outfielder for the South Bend Blue Sox.[2]
'Joan', as her teammates called her, posted a batting average of .162 (16-for-162) with 15 runs scored and two RBI in 28 games, including two doubles, one triple and three stolen bases.[3]
At outfield, she managed 32 putouts with an assist and committed five errors in 38 chances for a .868 fielding average.[3]
In 1988 was inaugurated a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York, that honors those who were part of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Joan Matuzewski, along with the rest of the girls and the league staff, is included at the display/exhibit.[4]
She died in 2004 in Farwell, Michigan, at the age of 71.[1]
Sources
edit- ^ a b Profile. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League website
- ^ a b Madden, W. C. (2005) The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-2263-0
- ^ a b Madden, W. C. (2000) All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-0597-8
- ^ Before A League of Their Own. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum