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All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
Betty Jane Fritz
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All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
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Female
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Place of birth
Oshkosh, USA
Death
11 August 1994 (aged 69 years)
People who died on this day
Place of death
Solon Springs, USA
Age
69 years
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Biography
Betty Jane Fritz (October 14, 1924 – August 11, 1994) was a center fielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the 1943 season. Listed at 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m), 130 lb., she batted and threw right-handed.
Born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Fritz was one of the sixty original founding members of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. A good-hitting outfielder, she played one season for the Rockford Peaches, a team managed by Eddie Stumpf. She batted a .210 average and tied for eighth in the league for the most runs batted in (43). Besides this, she tied Betsy Jochum of the South Bend Blue Sox for the most outfield assists (17), being surpassed only by Racine Belles' Eleanor Dapkus (19).
Career statistics
Batting
| GP | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | TB | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98 | 348 | 38 | 73 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 29 | 79 | 9 | 16 | .210 | .230 | .227 |
Fielding
| GP | PO | A | E | TC | DP | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98 | 152 | 17 | 9 | 178 | 4 | .949 |
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All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players
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Baseball players from Wisconsin
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Rockford Peaches players
Sportspeople from Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Sportspeople from Oshkosh, Wisconsin
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