Joan Joyce, a prolific softball player who famously struck out both Ted Williams and Hank Aaron, passed away on Saturday. She was 81 years old.

• Meet the woman who struck out Hank Aaron

Joyce was just 13 when she joined the Raybestos Brakettes, a professional softball team based in Connecticut. Over the next 20 seasons, split between the Brakettes and the Orange Lionettes, Joyce compiled a 753-42 record with 150 no-hitters and 50 perfect games. Her ERA was .09. She also routinely led the league with a .400-plus average and once pitched 45 consecutive scoreless innings in a 24-hour span during a national tournament.

In 1966, she faced off against Williams as part of a fundraiser and in front of a crowd of 17,000 people. The Red Sox legend couldn’t generate any contact against Joyce, and after about 10 minutes, he threw his bat down and said, “I can’t hit this.” After Joyce explained to Williams how she got so much movement on her pitches, Williams told her, “Girls shouldn't know that.”

Joyce responded, "This girl does know that."

Years later, Williams would cite Joyce as the toughest pitcher he ever faced.

In 1978, Joyce went head-to-head against Hank Aaron in an exhibition game and struck out the 25-time All-Star with her dreaded rise-ball.

"She was something else," Aaron said at the time. "That softball comes at you and rises up around your head by the time you swing at it."

Even away from the diamond, there seemingly wasn’t a sport Joyce couldn’t master.

She played on the LPGA tour for 19 years and holds the Guinness record for fewest putts in a PGA or LPGA round with 17. She was a member of the U.S. Women’s National Basketball Team in 1964-65 and holds the record for the most points in an AAU tournament game with 67. She served as a player and coach in the United States Volleyball Association.

For the past 28 years, Joyce served as Florida Atlantic University’s head softball coach, where she is credited with more than 1,000 victories. Her reign included 11 conference championships and 11 NCAA Tournament appearances. She was also the Owls’ head coach in women’s golf from 1996-2014.

“Joan was a true sports legend, and we are grateful for the 28 years she spent here, modeling the best in personal and professional behavior for our student-athletes," FAU president John Kelly said Sunday. "Joan's legacy will live on at the university and across the country through the generations of young women she inspired to play -- and excel at -- softball and golf."

Joyce has been inducted into 20 halls of fame, including the National Softball Hall of Fame, the International Softball Hall of Fame, the International Women’s Sports Hall of Fame, and the Connecticut Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.

Given everything she had accomplished during her brilliant life, Joyce said a few years ago that striking out Williams “was the easiest thing that I had to do.”