Barbara Joan Rotvig [?Big Swede?] was a pitcher in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League who played with the Kenosha Comets for parts of three seasons spanning 1948-1951. Rotvig batted and threw right-handed. She was born in Duluth, Minnesota to Arnold B. and Bertha Rotvig. A hard throwing pitcher, the tall Barbara Rotvig never had a winning season, mainly because of poor run support. Still, she neither posted an earned run average above 2.84 in her three-year career. Rotvig hurled a no-hitter in her rookie season. She finished with an 11?16 record and a 2.52 ERA in 30 games, allowing 99 runs on 159 hits and 96 walks, while striking out 99 batters in 107 innings of work. Nevertheless, she suffered terrible control issues that led her to lead the league for the most hit-by-pitch batters and more wild pitches. Her most productive season came in 1949, when she slightly improved to an 11?15 mark with a 2.33 ERA and a seventh best 97 strikeouts. She did not play in 1950, but returned the next year and went 6?10 with a 2.57 ERA, while ending sixth with 93 strikeouts. 

July 2nd, 1928 in   /  Died:   Dec 1st, 1964