Luisa Gallegos [ga-yeh'-gos] (born April 12, 1929) is a former pitcher and infielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in the 1947 season.
[3] Besides Gallegos, other Cubanas who played in the AAGPBL were Isabel Alvarez, Isora del Castillo, Mirtha Marrero, Migdalia Pérez, Gloria Ruiz and Zonia Vialat.
[5] Gallegos was assigned to the Peoria Redwings, playing for them the first half of the season before joining the South Bend Blue Sox.
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.
The next year, she and her AAGPBL teammates from Cuba were honored by having their names and photos presented at a ceremony in New York City.