Bernice Metesch

{{Short description|American baseball player (born 1929)}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name= Bernice Metesh

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| team= All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

| position= Outfield utility / Pitcher

| birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1929|8|9}}

| birth_place= Joliet, Illinois, U.S.

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| bats= Right

| throws= Right

| teams=

• Rockford Peaches (1948)
• South Bend Blue Sox (1948)

| highlights=

• Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (unveiled in 1988)

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Bernice MeteshHeaphy, Leslie A.; Mel Anthony May, eds. (2016). [https://books.google.com/books?id=BK3iCwAAQBAJ&dq=Bernice+Metesch&pg=PA188 Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball, p. 188. McFarland, Incorporated.] ISBN 9781476665948, 147666594X. Google Books. Retrieved 14 May 2023. (born August 9, 1929) is an American former baseball outfielder and pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 6" and 132 lb, Metesch batted and threw right-handed. She was dubbed 'Bernie' by her teammates.[https://www.aagpbl.org/profiles/bernice-metesh-bernie/173 Profile]. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League websiteMadden, W. C. (2005) The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland & Company. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-2263-0}}

Born in Joliet, Illinois, Metesch joined the All-American League in its 1948 season. She was assigned to the Rockford Peaches and was traded to the South Bend Blue Sox during the midseason. In a three-game career, Metesch went hitless in two at-bats and did not have a pitching record.Madden, W. C. (2000) All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book. McFarland & Company. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-0597-8}} Afterwards, she returned to Joliet and pitched for an all-male fastpitch softball team.

In 1988 was inaugurated a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York, that honors those who were part of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Bernie Metesch along with the rest of the girls and the league staff, is included at the display/exhibit.[http://baseballhall.org/discover/baseball-history/there-is-crying-in-baseball Before A League of Their Own]. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved on September 5, 2016.