Betsy Jochum Autographs

Betsy "Sockum" Jochum (born February 8, 1921) is a former outfielder and pitcher who played from 1943 through 1948 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 7", 140 lb., she batted and threw right-handed.
A native of Cincinnati, Jochum was one of the sixty original founding members of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. An ideal leadoff hitter, she was one of the fastest runners in the early years of the league and rarely struck out, fanning only 104 times in 2,401 plate appearances, which combined with a stellar defense and a strong and secure throwing arm. In addition, she was an All-Star, won a batting title, collected 354 stolen bases, and pitched a full season during her six seasons in the league.
Philip K. Wrigley decided, in 1942, to start a women's professional baseball league, concerned that the 1943 Major League Baseball season might be canceled because of World War II. Since the only organized ball for women in the country was softball, the league created a hybrid game which included both softball and baseball. Wrigley had scouts all over the United States, Canada and even Cuba signing girls for tryouts. About 500 girls attended the call. Of these, only 280 were invited to the final try-outs in Chicago, where 60 of them were chosen to become the first women to ever play professional baseball. The girls were placed on the rosters of four fifteen-player teams: Kenosha Comets, Racine Belles, Rockford Peaches and South Bend Blue Sox. The first spring training was set for May 17, 1943, at Wrigley Field. Of the six girls from Ohio who went to Chicago, Betsy Jochum and Dorothy Kamenshek were selected for the new league. Jochum was allocated to the Blue Sox and Kamenshek joined the Peaches.
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Traded items with a signature of Betsy Jochum

The most expensive item with a signature of Betsy Jochum (AAGPBL Betsy Jochum SIGNED CUSTOM CARD A League Of Their Own AUTOGRAPHED) was sold in October 2022 for $44.99 while the cheapest item (Betsy Jochum Baseball HOF AAGPBL Signed 3x5 Card C1328) found a new owner for $0.99 in July 2011. The month with the most items sold (2) was June 2009 with an average selling price of $8.50 for an autographed item of Betsy Jochum. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2022 with $44.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was April 2010. In average, an autographed item from Betsy Jochum is worth $10.00.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Betsy Jochum were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	2?Betsy Jochum #94 signed autograph auto Fritsch AAGPBL Baseball Trading Card 3	$24.99
	AAGPBL Betsy Jochum Autograph Signed Cut League of Their Own	$3.99
	AAGPBL BETSY JOCHUM SIGNED BASEBALL CARD	$4.26
	AAGPBL Betsy Jochum SIGNED CUSTOM CARD A League Of Their Own AUTOGRAPHED	$44.99
	Betsy Jochum #94 signed autograph auto 1995 Fritsch AAGPBL Baseball Card	$34.99
	Betsy Jochum AAGPBL signed CARD A League Of Their Own	$10.00
	Betsy Jochum signed AAGPBL trading card	$7.00
	Betsy Jochum signed All-American Girls Baseball Photo	$19.99
	Betsy Jochum signed autograph auto 2x3.5 card AAGPBL Baseball Player AA076	$12.50
	Betsy Jochum signed autographed AAGPBL Card # 94	$10.00
	BETSY JOCHUM SIGNED CUSTOM HOMEMADE AAGPBL BASEBALL CARD GENUINE AUTOGRAPH AUTO	$16.49
	BETSY JOCHUM SIGNED CUSTOM HOMEMADE AAGPBL BASEBALL CARD GENUINE AUTOGRAPH AUTO	$16.49
	Betsy Jochum Signed Photo Uninscribed With Two AAGPBL Baseball Note Sheets	$12.50
	Betsy Jochum, AAGPBL Professional Baseball Player, Signed Trading Card, COA	$39.99
	Grand Rapids Chicks Betsy Jochum Signed Baseball	$0.99