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READING &#8212; Ruth Hartman, an original member of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in the 1940s and a champion sheep breeder, has died in Pennsylvania. She was 89.State police in Reading say Hartman hit a deer with her SUV on Saturday, got out to check on the animal and was pinned when her vehicle rolled forward. She was taken to a hospital and died Monday.Hartman played as Ruth &#8220;Rocky&#8221; Kramer during the 1946 and 1947 seasons, pitching for the Fort Wayne Daisies, the Grand Rapids Chicks and the Racine Belles for the league featured in the 1992 movie &#8220;A League of Their Own.&#8221;She later coached softball and taught physical education and health for the Reading School District.After retiring, she became a sheep farmer.<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By The Associated Press</bylineMeta></div>

Pitcher for women’s pro league who helped inspire ‘A League of their Own’ dies in Pennsylvania at 89