Elizabeth Wicken

Elizabeth Ann Wicken [nee Berthiaume] (May 26, 1927 – April 25, 2011) was a Canadian outfielder who played from 1945 through 1946 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

[1][2] Elizabeth was one of the 68 players born in Canada to join the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in its twelve years history.

She was born in Regina, Saskatchewan to Emillien and Edith (Evans) Berthiaume, and married her childhood sweetheart, Bill Wicken, after he left the navy at the end of World War II.

[3][4] She entered the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1945 with the Grand Rapids Chicks, playing for them one and a half years before joining the Muskegon Lassies in the 1946 midseason.

[5] Following her baseball career, Elizabeth returned to Canada and worked as a newspaper office manager and a school secretary for many years.