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right east greenville , pennsylvania all-american girls professional baseball league 234px pitcher 17 january 1925 jean faut-aagpbl . jpg jean faut
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jean faut

jean anna faut -lsb- winsch/eastman -rsb- -lrb- born november 17 , 1925 -rrb- is a former female starting pitcher who played from through in the all-american girls professional baseball league .
listed at , 137 lb. , she batted and threw right-handed .
jean faut is considered by baseball historians and researchers as the greatest overhand pitcher in aagpbl history .
from 1946 through 1953 , faut set several all-time and single-season records .
she compiled a lifetime record of 140 -- 64 with a 1.23 earned run average in 235 pitching appearances , registering the lowest career era for any pitcher in the league .
besides hurling two perfect games , her league achievements include pitching two no-hitters , twice winning the triple crown and collecting three 20-win seasons .
she also led in wins and strikeouts three times , set the league record for single-season winning percentage at .909 -lrb- 20 -- 2 -rrb- , and led the south bend blue sox to consecutive championships in 1951 and 1952 .
faut never had a losing season or an era above 1.51 , being surpassed only by helen nicol for the most career wins -lrb- 163 -rrb- .
a four-time member of the all-star team , faut was named player of the year in two out of eight possible seasons .
her baseball career , which spanned eight years , reflects the experiences of many girls who played in the competitive era of overhand pitching in the aagpbl .
but like several other players from the league , she coupled her professional playing career with a more traditional lifestyle as a wife and mother .
