Helen Ketola

Helen Julia Ketola [LaCamera] (September 30, 1931 – December 1, 2016) was an American All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player. Listed at 5' 4", 109 lb., Ketola batted and threw right handed. She was dubbed 'Pee Wee' by her teammates.

Born in Quincy, Massachusetts,

Pratt convinced Ketola and took her to an All American League tryout held in Everett, MA, where she competed with around 400 girls trying the join the league. She survived the final cut and was assigned to the Fort Wayne Daisies, which was managed by former big leaguer Max Carey. At third base, she recorded 20 putouts with 48 assists and turned six double plays, while committing eight errors in 76 total chances for a .895 fielding average. Helen enjoyed being behind the wheel of her car, and as her annual journey from Florida to Massachusetts to visit family and friends in the summer was a subject of much family debate. Notably, she would drive up north solo well into her seventies.

She died in 2016 in Edgewater, Florida, at the age of 85.