# Betty Trezza
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{{Infobox baseball biography
| name = Betty Trezza
| image = Betty Trezza.jpg
| image_size =
| caption =
| position = [Utility](/source/Utility_player)
| birth_date= {{birth date|1925|8|4|mf=y}}
| birth_place= [Brooklyn, New York](/source/Brooklyn%2C_New_York), U.S.
| death_date= {{death date and age|2007|1|16|1925|8|4}}
| death_place= Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
| bats = Right
| throws = Right
| stat1label = [Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
| stat1value = .173
| stat2label = [On-base percentage](/source/On-base_percentage)
| stat2value = .256
| stat3label = [Slugging average](/source/Slugging_average)
| stat3value = .211
| teams =
*[Minneapolis Millerettes](/source/Minneapolis_Millerettes) (1946)
*[Fort Wayne Daisies](/source/Fort_Wayne_Daisies) (1945)
*[South Bend Blue Sox](/source/South_Bend_Blue_Sox) (1945)
*[Racine Belles](/source/Racine_Belles) (1946–1950)
| highlights =
*Two league titles (1946, 1948)
}}
'''Betty "Moe" Trezza''' (August 4, 1925 – January 16, 2007) was an American professional [baseball](/source/baseball) player. An [infield](/source/infield) and [outfield](/source/outfield) [utility](/source/utility_player), she played from {{by|1944}} through {{by|1950}} for four different teams of the [All-American Girls Professional Baseball League](/source/All-American_Girls_Professional_Baseball_League) (AAGPBL).[[https://www.aagpbl.org/profiles/betty-trezza-moe/558 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Betty Trezza]. Retrieved 2026-02-20.]
Trezza was one of 25 players who made the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League clubs hailed from New York City and State, including [Muriel Bevis](/source/Muriel_Bevis), [Gloria Cordes](/source/Gloria_Cordes), [Mildred Deegan](/source/Millie_Deegan), [Nancy Mudge](/source/Nancy_Mudge) and [Margaret Wigiser](/source/Margaret_Wigiser). Born in [Brooklyn, New York](/source/Brooklyn%2C_New_York) to [Italian](/source/Italian_people) parents, she was a versatile defensive player with a light bat, being able to play all positions except [pitcher](/source/pitcher) and [catcher](/source/catcher). She entered the league in 1944 with the expansion [Minneapolis Millerettes](/source/Minneapolis_Millerettes), playing for them one year before joining the [Fort Wayne Daisies](/source/Fort_Wayne_Daisies) (1945), [South Bend Blue Sox](/source/South_Bend_Blue_Sox) (1946) and [Racine Belles](/source/Racine_Belles) (1946–50).
Her most productive season came in the 1946 Series for Racine, when she hit a [single](/source/single_(baseball)) to [drove in](/source/run_batted_in) [Sophie Kurys](/source/Sophie_Kurys) with the winning run to give the Belles their second Championship Title. Through the eyes of a fictional young girl, the children's book ''Dirt on Their Skirts'' tells the experiences of watching the 1946 championship game of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League as it goes into extra innings.
Following her baseball career, Trezza worked as a supervisor for data entry at [Pfizer, Inc](/source/Pfizer%2C_Inc).[{{Cite news |last=Martin |first=Douglas |date=2007-01-18 |title=Betty Trezza, 81, Pioneer of Women's Baseball, Is Dead |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/18/sports/baseball/18trezza.html |access-date=2022-08-11 |issn=0362-4331}}] she was one of the female baseball players popularized in the 1992 film ''[A League of Their Own](/source/A_League_of_Their_Own)''.
Trezza, who never married, died of a heart attack in her native [Brooklyn, New York](/source/Brooklyn%2C_New_York), aged 81.