Abstract	Joyce Westerman was interviewed by Clement C. GrawOzburn on August 20, 2003, for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League oral history collection. Joyce entered the league in 1945 as a softball pitcher and shortstop for the Nash Company team in Kenosha. However, she was converted into a catcher, and she became a full-time worker in that department for the Redwings. Joyce eventually landed with Racine and became a force behind the plate and at the plate with her ability to hit the long ball. Joyce played until 1952. Joyce continued to work for the Nash Company during the off-season. She had a hobby of collecting clippings from her games and putting them in scrapbooks. When the 1992 film A League of Their Own was filmed at Cooperstown, she was one of the women who appeared for the last segment of the movie. Joyce continues to live in Kenosha where she raised her family. Joyce Westerman's career in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League included: Grand Rapids Chicks (1945), Fort Wayne Daisies (1946), Peoria Redwings (1947, 1948, 1950, 1951), Racine Belles (1948, 1949), South Bend Blue Sox (1946, 1952).
Interviewee	Westerman, Joyce Hill
Interviewer	GrawOzburn, Clement C.
Owner	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Type of resource	text
Genre	index
Genre authority	marcgt
Publisher name	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Oral History Program
Place of publication	La Crosse, Wisconsin
Date published	2003-08-20
Date captured	2023-05-25
Language	eng
Width	8.5
Height	10.99
Subject topic	Westerman, Joyce, 1925- -- Interviews Authority: LCSH
Subject topic	All-American Girls Professional Baseball League -- History Authority: LCSH
Subject topic	Fort Wayne Daisies (Baseball team) -- History Authority: LCSH
Subject topic	Oral history Authority: LCSH
Subject topic	Baseball for women -- United States -- History -- 20th century Authority: LCSH
Subject topic	Women baseball players -- United States -- Biography Authority: LCSH
Subject topic	Baseball -- History Authority: LCSH
Subject topic	Grand Rapids Chicks (Baseball team) -- History Authority: LCSH
Subject topic	Peoria Redwings (Baseball team) -- History. Authority: LCSH
Subject topic	Racine Belles (Baseball team) -- History Authority: LCSH
Subject topic	South Bend Blue Sox (Baseball team) -- History Authority: LCSH
Source note	This interview is part of the UW-La Crosse Oral History Program’s All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) Collection.
Source note	The interviewee played in the AAGPBL for eight seasons: with the Grand Rapids Chicks (1945), Fort Wayne Daisies (1946), South Bend Blue Sox (1946, 1952), Peoria Redwings (1947-1948, 1950-1951), and Racine Belles (1948-1949).
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Collection	UWL Oral History Program Collection / All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) Collection
ID	db52c5e1-644f-4d39-abba-c9d26049e87a/wlacu000/00000018/00000316
Doi	18-0316
Related items	Oral history interview with Joyce (Hill) Westerman / interviewed by Clement C. GrawOzburn