Loretta Dwojak

Loretta Dwojak
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Third base / Right field
Born: (1925-12-19) December 19, 1925
Chicago, Illinois
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display
    at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)

Loretta Dwojak (born December 19, 1925) was an infielder and outfielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 5", 135 lb., she batted and threw right handed.[1]

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Loretta Dwojak played with two teams during the 1944 season.[2]

A classic line drive hitter, Dwojak was also a skillful bunter and a fast and smart runner. She started the season with the Minneapolis Millerettes, playing mainly at third base, but also appeared at shortstop and was often used in pinch-running duties.[3][4]

Traded to the South Bend Blue Sox during the midseason, she eventually replaced Rose Gacioch at right field when Gacioch was pitching. She posted a combined .201 batting average with 18 stolen bases in 63 games.[5][6]

She was not located after leaving the league in 1944.[1]

Dwojak received further recognition when she became part of Women in Baseball, a permanent display based at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, which was unveiled in 1988 to honor the entire All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

Career statistics

Batting

GPABRH2B3BHRRBISBTBBBSOBAOBPSLG
76 174 21 35 4 2 0 19 29 43 18 17 .201 .276 .247

Fielding

GPPOAETCDPFA
39 52 24 7 83 10 .916

[1][4]

Sources

  1. 1 2 3 "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League official website – Loretta Dwojak profile".
  2. ↑ The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Softcover, 295 pp. Language: English. ISBN 978-0-7864-2263-0. OCLC 60387152
  3. ↑ 1944 Minneapolis Millerettes
  4. 1 2 The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
  5. ↑ The South Bend Blue Sox: A History of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Team and Its Players, 1943-1954 – Jim Sargent and Robert M. Gorman. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2011. Format: Softcover, 302 pp. Language: English. ISBN 0-7864-4647-1
  6. ↑ 1944 South Bend Blue Sox
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