Abstract	Ruth Ries Zillmer was interviewed by Charles Lee on January 18, 2004, for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League oral history collection. Ruth was raised on a farm in Wisconsin, one of seven girls. She had an unknown number of brothers who were older . At age six she began to play baseball with her brothers . All the girls learned to play the game and joined in with the boys regularly. Ruth was a right-handed pitcher for the Rockford Peaches in 1952, and this was the only team she ever played for in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Ruth went by the nickname "Boots". She went on to coach softball and baseball teams for many years, in Walworth, Wis., her place of residence until her death in 2010.
Interviewee	Zillmer, Ruth Ries
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	2004-01-18
Date captured	2023-05-25
Language	eng
Width	8.5
Height	10.99
Subject topic	Zillmer, Ruth, 1933-2010 -- Interviews Authority: LCSH
Subject topic	All-American Girls Professional Baseball League -- History Authority: LCSH
Subject topic	Rockford Peaches (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
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 one season: with the Rockford Peaches in 1952.
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Collection	UWL Oral History Program Collection / All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) Collection
ID	db52c5e1-644f-4d39-abba-c9d26049e87a/wlacu000/00000018/00000317
Doi	18-0317
Related items	Oral history interview with Ruth (Ries) Zillmer / interviewed by Clement C. GrawOzburn