South Bend Blue Sox Baseball Dress, worn by Betsy Jochum
date: label: date made
content: 1943 - 1948
name: label: wearer
content: Jochum, Betsy
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Betsy Jochum was one of the original sixty members of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, founded in 1943. Jochum played the entirety of her six year career (1943-1948) with the South Bend (Indiana) Blue Sox.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Jochum was a speedy outfielder with the ability to put the bat on the ball. Often leading off for the Blue Sox, she amassed 354 stolen bases, including seven in one game, and led the league in hits twice (1943, 1944.)
label: Description (Brief)
content: Jochum retired in 1948, staying in South Bend to become a teacher. The AAGPBL ceased operations in 1954.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: used
content: United States: Indiana, South Bend
topic: label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: level of sport
content: All American Girls Baseball League
label: web subject
content: Women
label: name of sport or game
content: Baseball
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Highlights from the Culture and the Arts Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Betsy Jochum
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0183.01
label: accession number
content: 1983.0183
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0183.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dress, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 1/2 in x 26 1/2 in; 87.63 cm x 67.31 cm