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1943 – 1954
Jean Faut: The ace of the championship teams and, in the league record's judgment, perhaps the best pitcher in league history: 140–64 with a 1.23 earned run average for South Bend, 1946–53; Player of the Year in 1951 and 1953; a 20–2 season in 1952, a .909 winning percentage; two perfect games, the second on September 3, 1953, in the last win of her career.
Bonnie Baker: Named with Faut in the league record as the franchise's defining players — the catcher at the center of the club's first decade, who played in the league's first game on May 30, 1943, and was featured in Life magazine in 1945.
Elizabeth "Lib" Mahon: Nine seasons primarily with South Bend; the league's RBI leader in 1946 and 1949; 114 stolen bases in 1946; All-Star in 1946 and 1949; a regular on both championship teams.
Dorothea "Dottie" Schroeder: The Blue Sox shortstop commemorated with Mahon on the bronze plaques raised to the club's memory; the players' full profiles belong to Sports Players.
Sources:
- Free Library of Philadelphia, Jean Faut profile — the career line, the Player of the Year awards, the 1952 season, the back-to-back titles.
- SABR Games Project listing — Faut's second perfect game, September 3, 1953.
- Baseball-Reference Bullpen, South Bend Blue Sox — franchise players: Jean Faut, Bonnie Baker.
- Mahon memorial plaque record — the RBI titles, the 114 steals, the All-Star years.