Ruth Williams
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"Ruth Williams" ["Heverly"] was a pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at , 139 lb., she batted and threw right-handed.

Ruth Williams debuted in the AAGPBL as a 20 year rookie and had a solid if unspectacular career that spanned eight seasons. Used as a Glossary of baseball (S)#spot starter/spot starter and relief pitcher/reliever, Williams collected at least ten wins in five of those seasons, while her 2.19 career earned run average ranks her twelfth in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League pitching records/all-time list of AAGPBL pitchers with at least 1,000 innings pitched/innings of work. During her career she hurled eight eight two-hitters, one of them a no-hitter going into the ninth inning of a contest.

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