Jean Faut
Once upon a time, girls played professional baseball. And few—if any— were better than Jean Faut. A right-handed pitcher and third baseman, Jean was a four-time All-Star and a two-time Player of the Year in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She gave the South Bend Blue Sox, not to mention the loop’s fans, nine excellent seasons from 1946 through 1953.

Jean is regarded by many as the AAGPBL’s finest pitcher. She also typified the quality of athlete and the type of woman that helped make the Girls’ Pro League (as it was often called) successful during the 1940s and the early 1950s. Although no character based on her exploits appeared in A League of Their Own—Penny Marshall’s iconic 1992 film about the AAGPBL—Hollywood studio executives easily could have picked Jean for a starring role. Jim Sargent, co-author of McFarland & Co.’s 2012 book The South Bend Blue Sox, profiles Jean in this JockBio Legend.
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Anybody can be good when things are going good, but a real player steps up when it’s going bad.

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