Rosemary Fuller (1999)
Rosemary Fuller was one of the greatest female softball pitchers of
all-time. Her arm was truly a thing of wonder as she accumulated a
remarkable record of 490 wins to just 48 losses in senior club play
and for Canada internationally. In 1970 coach Walter Yeamans
convinced the 16-year-old to play with the senior Victoria
Vikettes. The team won silver at the 1974 Canada Games and she went
on to travel to Vancouver every weekend to play for the Doc's
Blues, later Alpha Sports, who were a national championship dynasty
from 1975 to 1983. With Rosemary throwing, the Doc's Blues won six
Canadian women's Senior 'A' championships in the 1970's and,
representing Canada, finished second in the world in 1978 and third
in 1983. There wasn't a pitcher - catcher combination anywhere in
the world that could match Fuller and Joanne Mick. And as a pitcher
alone, there were few, if any, who could match Rosemary Fuller's
speed and precision. She was named top pitcher at nineteen
tournaments or championships.