Joyce Elaine Westerman (née Hill; December 29, 1925 – January 18, 2021) was a catcher who played from 1945 through 1952 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
[1] Nevertheless, Hill was traded six times in a span of eight years because each season the league would move players to try to keep teams competitive.
So, in 1946, she divided her playing time between the South Bend Blue Sox and the Fort Wayne Daisies, before stabilizing with the Peoria Redwings the next year.
While she turned in a good defensive performance, she also showed a strong throwing arm and the ability to get the most out of a pitching staff.
The Blue Sox relied on their ace pitcher, Jean Faut, to finish off Grand Rapids in the first round of the playoffs, and win the championship title against the Rockford Peaches.
[8] Hill retired after 1952 to become a mother and raise a family of two daughters, Janet and Judy, both of whom became ball players.