Bernice Metesch

Bernice Metesch or Metesh[1][2] (born August 9, 1929) was an outfielder and pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 6" and 132 lb, Metesch batted and threw right-handed. She was dubbed 'Bernie' by her teammates.[1][3]

Bernice Metesch
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Outfield utility / Pitcher
Born: (1929-08-09) August 9, 1929
Joliet, Illinois, U.S.
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (unveiled in 1988)

Born in Joliet, Illinois, Metesch joined the All-American League in its 1948 season. She was assigned to the Rockford Peaches and was traded to the South Bend Blue Sox during the midseason. In a three-game career, Metesch went hitless in two at-bats and did not have a pitching record.[4] Afterwards, she returned to Joliet and pitched for an all-male fastpitch softball team.[3]

In 1988 was inaugurated a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York, that honors those who were part of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Bernie Metesch along with the rest of the girls and the league staff, is included at the display/exhibit.[5]

Sources
  1. Profile. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League website
  2. Heaphy, Leslie A.; Mel Anthony May, eds. (2016). Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball, p. 188. McFarland, Incorporated. ISBN 9781476665948, 147666594X. Google Books. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  3. Madden, W. C. (2005) The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-2263-0
  4. Madden, W. C. (2000) All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-0597-8
  5. Before A League of Their Own. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved on September 5, 2016.
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