Philomena Theresa Gianfrancisco (later Zale; April 20, 1923 – January 18, 1992) was an outfielder who played from 1945 through 1948 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

[2] Her most productive season came in 1946, when she posted a career-best .226 batting average in 98 games, ranking eighth in runs batted in (53) and ninth in doubles (9), while tying for sixth in home runs (2).

In 1948 she came back and helped Racine to reach the postseason, appearing in a career-high 114 games while batting .204 with four homers and 45 RBI.

[citation needed] Two years later, in 1949, she left the league to become boxer Tony Zale's manager and booking agent.

She worked as a physical education teacher for more than 25 years and specialized in teaching the hearing impaired at St. Francis De Sales Catholic High School in Chicago and for the Chicago Park District.