Gloria "Baby-Face" Ruiz (born June 25, 1928) is a former outfielder who played from 1948 through 1949 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
The other Cubanas who went on to play in the league were Isabel Alvarez (1949–1954), Isora del Castillo (1949–1951), Luisa Gallegos (1948–1949), Migdalia Pérez (1948–1954), Mirtha Marrero (1948–53) and Zonia Vialat (1948).
[2] The first AAGPBL spring training outside the United States was held in Cuba in 1947, as part of a plan to create an International League of Girls Baseball.
Both teams toured Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico and Venezuela, playing exhibition games with each other.
Another tribute to the AAGPBL players came with the 1992 film A League of Their Own, featuring Tom Hanks, Geena Davis and Madonna, and directed by filmmaker Penny Marshall.