Loretta Dwojak

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name=Loretta Dwojak

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| team=All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

| position=Third base / Right field

| birth_date={{birth date|1925|12|19|mf=y}}

| birth_place=Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

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| bats=Right

| throws=Right

| teams=

Minneapolis Millerettes (1944)
South Bend Blue Sox (1944)

|highlights=

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

}}

Loretta Dwojak (born December 19, 1925) was an infielder and outfielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 5", 135 lb., she batted and threw right handed.{{cite web|url=http://www.aagpbl.org/profiles/loretta-dwojak/404|title=All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Loretta Dwojak|accessdate=2019-03-31}}

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Loretta Dwojak played with two teams during the 1944 season.The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Softcover, 295 pp. Language: English. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-2263-0}}. {{OCLC|60387152}}

A classic line drive hitter, Dwojak was also a skillful bunter and a fast and smart runner. She started the season with the Minneapolis Millerettes, playing mainly at third base, but also appeared at shortstop and was often used in pinch-running duties.[http://www.aagpbl.org/teams/minneapolis-millerettes/1944 1944 Minneapolis Millerettes]. Retrieved 2019-03-31.{{cite news|url=http://forgottenminnesota.com/blog/2014/06/dirt-on-their-skirts-the-minneapolis-millerettes|title=Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes|date=2014-06-27|accessdate=2019-03-31}}The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

Traded to the South Bend Blue Sox during the midseason, she eventually replaced Rose Gacioch at right field when Gacioch was pitching. She posted a combined .201 batting average with 18 stolen bases in 63 games.The South Bend Blue Sox: A History of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Team and Its Players, 1943-1954 – Jim Sargent and Robert M. Gorman. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2011. Format: Softcover, 302 pp. Language: English. {{ISBN|0-7864-4647-1}}[http://www.aagpbl.org/teams/south-bend-blue-sox/1944 1944 South Bend Blue Sox]. Retrieved 2019-03-31.

She was not located after leaving the league in 1944.

Dwojak received further recognition when she became part of Women in Baseball, a permanent display based at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, which was unveiled in 1988 to honor the entire All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.