Jean Havlish
Jean Ann Havlish ["Grasshopper"] (born November 23, 1935) is a former female shortstop who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 6", 130 lb., Havlish batted and threw right-handed. She was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Brief profile A slick-fielding shortstop, Jean Havlish joined the Fort Wayne Daisies during the last three seasons of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She posted a modest .218 batting average in 193 games, but provided outstanding defense with a strong and secure throwing arm. After the league disbanded in 1954, Havlish played elite fast-pitch softball and competed successfully in bowling for over three decades, leading the WIBC Top Twenty Year Average list for many years. Early life Havlish was one of five siblings of Howard Havlish, a full-time worker for the Great Northern Railroad, and Mary (Sheskern) Havlish, who labored part-time for the Internal Revenue Service. At age eight, Havlish was watching the older girls play when the shortstop got hurt. She was given an opportunity to play, and after that she played all the time. "I can't even remember not playing baseball", she recalled in an interview. Havlish added that she started playing baseball in an