Bernice Metesch

Bernice Metesch (born August 9, 1929) was an outfielder and pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 6, 132 lb., Metesch batted and threw right handed. She was dubbed 'Bernie' by her teammates.[1][2]

Bernice Metesch
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Outfield utility / Pitcher
Born: (1929-08-09) August 9, 1929
Joliet, Illinois, U.S.
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (unveiled in 1988)

Born in Joliet, Illinois, Metesch joined the All-American League in its 1948 season. She was assigned to the Rockford Peaches and was traded to the South Bend Blue Sox during the midseason. In a three-game career, Metesch went hitless in two at-bats and did not have a pitching record.[3] Afterwards, she returned to Joliet and pitched for an all-male fastpitch softball team.[2]

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. Bernie Metesch along with the rest of the girls and the league staff, is included at the display/exhibit.[4]

Sources
  1. Profile. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League website
  2. 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
  3. Madden, W. C. (2000) All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-0597-8
  4. Before A League of Their Own. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved on September 5, 2016.
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