Helen Julia Ketola [LaCamera] (September 30, 1931 – December 1, 2016) was an American All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player.
She survived the final cut and was assigned to the Fort Wayne Daisies, which was managed by former big leaguer Max Carey.
[2][3] Helen was slated at third base and played on a regular basis, until outstanding Betty Foss arrived with her powerful bat and capable defensive skills and she was relegated to the bench.
[4] At third base, she recorded 20 putouts with 48 assists and turned six double plays, while committing eight errors in 76 total chances for a .895 fielding average.
[4] Nevertheless, the team sent her a contract the next season, but she did not return because she met her future husband, Joseph LaCamera, and stayed in Massachusetts instead.