Sylvia Wronski

Sylvia Wronski [Straka] (December 2, 1924 – November 28, 1997) was a pitcher who played for parts of two seasons in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

At an early age, Sylvia accustomed to play football with her three older brothers, taking the arms, legs and heads off her dolls, in order to use the body as a kickball.

[3][5] The Milwaukee team, managed by experienced Max Carey, had a strong pitching rotation headed by Josephine Kabick, Viola Thompson and Connie Wisniewski.

[6] Wronski made her AAGPBL debut, pitching a scoreless final inning during an 8–2 loss to the Racine Belles at Borchert Field.

״Ronie״, as her teammates nicknamed her, finished with a 4–2 record and a 3.06 earned run average in 13 pitching appearances, including four complete games and 53 innings of work.

After retiring the first two Belles hitters in their last at-bat, she allowed a single to Edythe Perlick, who eventually scored an unearned run following two fielding errors.

In fact, the Chicks were forced to play all seven games of the series at Kenosha's Lake Front Stadium, because the Brewers were using Borchert Field for their league playoffs.

[3][5] After retiring in 1990, she stayed physically fit later in life, playing bowling in two leagues, walking daily, and participating in water aerobics.

Sylvia, whose childhood home was only nine blocks from Borchert Field, added that Whoever would have guessed that a grubby kid from Hubbard Street would end up at Cooperstown?