Catherine Bennett

Catherine Bennett (born September 4, 1920) was a Canadian pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Listed at 5' 5", 120 lb., she batted and threw right-handed.

A native of Regina, Saskatchewan Bennett was one of the original players to join the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League for its inaugural season.

The league started in 1943 with four teams: the Kenosha Comets, Racine Belles, Rockford Peaches and South Bend Blue Sox. Each team was made up of fifteen girls. Bennett survived the final cut and was assigned to Kenosha.

The league folded in . It was a neglected chapter of sports history, at least until , when a permanent display was inaugurated at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York, which is dedicated to the entire league rather than any individual figure.

Bennett and 63 other girls who represented Canada in the AAGPBL form part of the aforementioned display at Cooperstown. They also gained induction into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in .