Joanne Winter

All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

Pitcher

Born: November 24, 1924
Chicago, Illinois

Died: September 22, 1996 (aged 71)
Scottsdale, Arizona

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

Teams

Racine Belles (1943–1950)

Career highlights and awards

Three-time All-Star Team (1946–1948)
Two Playoff Championships (1943, 1946)
Four playoff appearances (1943, 1946–1948)
All-time leader in innings (2159) and pitching appearances (287)
All-time third in wins (133)
Season-record in wins (33, 1946)
Season-record in consecutive shutouts (six, 1946)
Season-record in consecutive scoreless innings (63, 1946)
Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display
at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)
National Women's Baseball Hall of Fame induction (2005)

Joanne Emily Winter [Jo] (November 24, 1924 – September 22, 1996) was a pitcher who played from 1943 through 1950 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m), 138 lb., she batted and threw right-handed.

Winter was one of the sixty original members of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. A three-time All-Star and twice a member of the Champion Team, she also posted several records over her eight-year career in the league. Winter is also one of seven pitchers with 100 or more wins in AAGPBL history, ranking in third place with 133 victories behind Helen Nicol (163) and Jean Faut (140). Following her baseball career, she excelled as a master teacher of golf for 30 years.

A native of Chicago, Illinois, Joanne Winter was the daughter of George Winter and Edith (née Watson) Winter, of German and Scottish origins, respectively. The young Winter attended Proviso Township High School in Chicago. Athletically inclined, she participated in basketball, soccer, swimming, volleyball, track and field, tennis, and handball as a youth near Chicago. At age 11, she joined the Oak Park Coeds softball team. In addition, she spent much of her free time training in a gymnasium owned by Jocko Conlan, a local hero and an umpire with Major League Baseball experience.

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