Betty Petryna or Doreen Allen (November 26, 1930 – September 4, 2020) played in the
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) was a professional women's baseball league founded by Philip K. Wrigley which existed from 1943 to 1954. The AAGPBL is the forerunner of women's professional league sports in the Uni ...
. She both threw and batted
right-handed.
Professional baseball career
Betty was described as "a rock-solid player at third base." She had never even played that position, but was told by the teacher in the first game that she had to play in
third base
A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in baseball or softball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run. In the scoring system us ...
. After that she said she wanted second as it was a closer throw but was told she had to be third as she was 'good and could throw the ball to first." She played for both the
Fort Wayne Daisies (1949), Grand Rapids Chicks (1948). In her first year she earned $75 a week and in her second, $125.
Betty also got an AAGPBL all-time record of 12 assists in one game. She made a solid contribution to her team in its 1948 win of the Eastern Division Championship.
Born in
Regina, Saskatchewan
Regina () is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province, after Saskatoon, and is a commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. As of the 2021 C ...
, Canada, Betty retired from playing professional baseball in 1950. She just missed her husband too much so she quit.
Career statistics
Seasonal batting record
References
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All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players
American baseball players
1930 births
2020 deaths
Canadian baseball players
Baseball players from Regina, Saskatchewan
Baseball third basemen
21st-century Canadian sportswomen