Betty Trezza
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Betty Trezza (August 4, 1925 – January 16, 2007), nicknamed "Moe", was an American professional baseball player who played shortstop, second base and the outfield from 1944 until 1950 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, popularized in the movie A League of Their Own. She started with the Minneapolis Millerettes which were replaced by the Fort Wayne Daisies, and also played for part of the 1945 season with the South Bend Blue Sox. She played her final five seasons with the Racine Belles.[1]
Moe Trezza's biggest moment came in the sixth game of the 1946 championship series against the Rockford Peaches. Her single in the bottom of the 14th inning drove in Sophie Kurys (Player of the Year) to win the game and the title. The children's book Dirt on Their Skirts[2] tells the story of this historic game.
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[edit] Personal life
Never married, after her baseball career, Betty Trezza worked as a supervisor for data entry at Pfizer, Inc.
She died of a heart attack, aged 81.
[edit] References
- ^ Betty Trezza - BR Bullpen
- ^ Doreen Rappaport & Lyndall Callan, Dirt on Their Skirts: The Story of the Young Women Who Won the World Championship, 2000, ISBN 0-803-72042-4
[edit] Sources
- Donna Lopiano & Jodi Buren, Superwomen: 100 Women, 100 Sports, 2004, ISBN 0-82-122891-9
- An Anthropological Inquiry: Betty "Moe" Trezza [1]
