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Oral history interview with Joyce (Hill) Westerman
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Joyce Westerman was interviewed by Clement C. GrawOzburn on August 20, 2003, for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League oral history collection. Joyce entered the league in 1945 as a s...
Joyce Westerman was interviewed by Clement C. GrawOzburn on August 20, 2003, for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League oral history collection. Joyce entered the league in 1945 as a softball pitcher and shortstop for the Nash Company team in Kenosha. However, she was converted into a catcher, and she became a full-time worker in that department for the Redwings. Joyce eventually landed with Racine and became a force behind the plate and at the plate with her ability to hit the long ball. Joyce played until 1952. Joyce continued to work for the Nash Company during the off-season. She had a hobby of collecting clippings from her games and putting them in scrapbooks. When the 1992 film A League of Their Own was filmed at Cooperstown, she was one of the women who appeared for the last segment of the movie. Joyce continues to live in Kenosha where she raised her family.
Joyce Westerman's career in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League included: Grand Rapids Chicks (1945), Fort Wayne Daisies (1946), Peoria Redwings (1947, 1948, 1950, 1951), Racine Belles (1948, 1949), South Bend Blue Sox (1946, 1952).
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- Creator
- interviewed by Clement C. GrawOzburn
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- Sound Recordings
- Language
- English
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- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], August 20, 2003
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- 1 audiocassette (approximately 60 min.) + 1 CD-ROM (sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.)
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- ocn792930196
- All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Oral History Collection.
- 1. Personal history -- 2. Childhood, athletics -- 3. Reactions, family -- 4. Gender roles -- 5. Baseball background -- 6. Introduction to the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) -- 7. Try-outs -- 8. Players: Batikis, Annastasia "Stash" -- 9. War work -- 10. Salary -- 11. Positions: catcher -- 12. Charm school -- 13. Appearance -- 14. Opinions, uniforms -- 15. Player behavior -- 16. Community interaction -- 17. Opinions, fellow players -- 18. Teams -- 19. Experiences, boarding -- 20. Chaperones -- 21. Managers -- 22. Spring training -- 23. Hotels -- 24. Transportation -- 25. Singing -- 26. Leaving the AAGPBL -- 27. Managers: Winsch, Karl -- 28. Opinions, end of the League -- 29. Baseball Hall of Fame Induction, 1988 -- 30. Opinions, AAGPBL legacy -- 31. Opinions, sports and life
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- Westerman, Joyce, 1925-
- All-American Girls Professional Baseball League -- History.
- Fort Wayne Daisies (Baseball team) -- History.
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- Grand Rapids Chicks (Baseball team) -- History.
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- Peoria Redwings (Baseball team) -- History.
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- Racine Belles (Baseball team) -- History.
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- South Bend Blue Sox (Baseball team) -- History.
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- Oral history.
- Baseball for women -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Women baseball players -- United States -- Biography.
- Baseball -- History.
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