Betty Rusynyk

Pitcher

Born: October 22, 1924

Died: April 7, 2013 (aged 88)

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

Teams

South Bend Blue Sox (1943)

Career highlights and awards

Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display
at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)

Betty Jean Rusynyk (October 22, 1924 – April 7, 2013), née McFadden, was an All-American Girls Professional Baseball League pitcher who played for the South Bend Blue Sox in 1943. She was right-handed and her nickname was "Mac".

She later spent eight seasons with the Savanna, Illinois All-Star team and 5 years with the Lakewood, Ohio Rangers.^[1]

External links

AAGPBL obituary

References

↑ AAGPBL page

All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

Teams	Battle Creek Belles Chicago Colleens Fort Wayne Daisies Grand Rapids Chicks Kalamazoo Lassies Kenosha Comets Milwaukee Chicks Minneapolis Millerettes Muskegon Belles Muskegon Lassies Peoria Redwings Racine Belles Rockford Peaches South Bend Blue Sox Springfield Sallies

Seasons	1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954

Awards and recognition	All-Star Team Player of the Year Batting records Fielding records Pitching records

Related articles	List of managers List of players Rules of play A League of Their Own (film) A League of Their Own (TV series) Arthur Meyerhoff Philip K. Wrigley

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