Betty Trezza
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Betty "Moe" Trezza (August 4, 1925 – January 16, 2007) was an American professional baseball player. An infield and outfield utility, she played from 1944 through 1950 for four different teams of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
Trezza was one of 25 players who made the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League clubs hailed from New York City and State, including
Her most productive season came in the 1946 Series for Racine, when she hit a single to drove in Sophie Kurys with the winning run to give the Belles their second Championship Title. Through the eyes of a fictional young girl, the children's book Dirt on Their Skirts tells the experiences of watching the 1946 championship game of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League as it goes into extra innings.
Following her baseball career, Trezza worked as a supervisor for data entry at
Trezza, who never married, died of a heart attack in her native
References
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
Sources
- Dirt on Their Skirts: The Story of the Young Women who Won the World Championship – Doreen Rappaport, Lyndall Callan, E. B. Lewis. Publisher: Penguin Group, 2000. Format: Hardcover, 32pp. Language: English. ISBN 978-0-8037-2042-8
- Superwomen: 100 Women-100 Sports – Jodi Buren, Donna A. Lopiano, Billie Jean King. Publisher: Bulfinch Press, 2004. Format: Paperback, 192pp. Language: English. ISBN 978-0-8212-2896-8
- The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary - W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Paperback, 295pp. Language: English. ISBN 0-7864-3747-2