About Joyce Barnes
Lived 1925 – 2017 (aged 91). Joyce Barnes was a baseball player.
Joyce Barnes [McCoy] (October 18, 1925 – July 22, 2017) was a former pitcher in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Listed at 5' 8", 125 lb., she batted and threw right-handed.
Born in Hutchinson, Kansas, She was one of the sixty founding members of the AAGPBL for its inaugural season in 1943.
Barnes joined the Kenosha Comets club when she was only 17 years old, She continued to play softball and also took up golf after retiring,
Banes died July 22, 2017, in Hutchinson, Kansas.
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Who was Joyce Barnes?
baseball player (1925-)
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Joyce Barnes was born on 18 October 1925 in Hutchinson.
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Joyce Barnes died on 22 July 2017 in Hutchinson, Kansas.
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Joyce Barnes was a baseball player.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Joyce Barnes. https://biography.guide/joyce-barnes/
MLA: "Joyce Barnes." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/joyce-barnes/.
Chicago: "Joyce Barnes." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/joyce-barnes/.
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