Fastpitch: A Conversation with Softball legend Joan Joyce
hear about Joyce's long career in sports and the landscape for women’s sports today
Joan Joyce is one of the greatest athletes of all time and one of the best softball players ever. In 1961, she struck out legendary baseball player Ted Williams who said she was the toughest pitcher he ever faced. Across nearly a quarter century playing with the Brakettes (and briefly with the Orange Lionettes while she attended Chapman College where she also played basketball), she amassed a 753-42 win-loss record, 150 no-hitters and 50 perfect games, a record 42 wins in a season (including 38 shutouts), a lifetime earned run average of 0.09, and a batting average of .324. At the age of 37, she joined the LPGA tour and played professional golf for 20 years. In 1994, she became the softball coach for Florida Atlantic University where she is to this day. Her multi-sport prowess has led commentators to compare her to Babe Didrikson Zaharias. In this webcast, hear about Joyce's long career in sports and the landscape for women’s sports today.
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