Jo Anne (also Joanne) Overleese (October 3, 1923 – May 15, 2017) was an infielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
In 1940, she graduated from Herbert Hoover High School in Glendale, California,[3] where she had the chance to play Amateur Athletic Union basketball and softball state tournaments.
[1] In 54 career games, Overleese batted .178 (31-for-174) with four doubles and one triple, driving in 15 runs and scoring 13 times, while stealing six bases.
[2] In between, she established a Medical Doctors Professional Association company in 1974, and opened offices in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[citation needed] and in Trenton, New Jersey,[6] where she performed minor surgery.
[2] The AAGPBL folded in 1954, but a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York was established November 5, 1988 that honors those who were part of this unique experience.