Helen Westerman

Helen Louise Westerman [Austin] (September 10, 1926 – November 4, 2006) was a catcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

[1] Helen Westerman was one of the original Kenosha Comets founding members of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in its 1943 inaugural season.

A graduate from Feitshans High School, she started practicing baseball with her two older brothers in a male team at age 14, where she earned the nickname ״Pee Wee״ because she was too small to compete.

[3] The next year she joined an organized girls softball league, where she developed her ability to both receive and call games while catching for the Madison Furniture Company team.

She also finished second for the most assists (60) and double plays (8), being surpassed only by South Bend Blue Sox's Mary Baker (72) and Racine Belles' Dorothy Maguire (9), respectively.