The following is a list of All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players who formed part of the circuit during its twelve years of existence.
Name | Position(s) | Year(s) | Team(s) | Ref |
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Carol Habben | outfield | 1951-1954 | Rockford Peaches, Kalamazoo Lassies | [1] |
Miss Hack | n/a | 1946 | Muskegon Lassies | [2] |
Violet Hackbarth | n/a | 1946 | n/a | [3] |
Johanna Hageman | first base | 1943-1949 | South Bend Blue Sox, Kenosha Comets | [4] |
Audrey Haine | pitcher | 1944–1948; 1951 | Minneapolis Millerettes, Fort Wayne Daisies, Grand Rapids Chicks, Peoria Redwings, Rockford Peaches | |
Martha Haines | second base | 1947 | Kenosha Comets | [6] |
Marlene Hammond | n/a | 1954 | Kalamazoo Lassies | [7] |
Marjorie Hanna | pitcher | 1944 | Kenosha Comets | [8] |
Julia Hardin | n/a | 1946 | Grand Rapids Chicks | [9] |
Ann Harnett | third base, catcher | outfield | Kenosha Comets, Peoria Redwings | |
Elise Harney | pitcher | 1943-1947 | Kenosha Comets, Fort Wayne Daisies | [11] |
Dorothy Harrell [1] | shortstop | 1944–1950, 1952 | Rockford Peaches | [12] |
Doris Harrington | n/a | 1952 | n/a | [13] |
Josephine Hasham | pitcher | 1948-1954 | Muskegon Lassies, Peoria Redwings, South Bend Blue Sox, Battle Creek Belles, Muskegon Belles, Rockford Peaches, Grand Rapids Chicks | [14] |
Beverly Hatzell | pitcher | 1949-1951 | Chicago Colleens, Racine Belles, Peoria Redwings, Battle Creek Belles | [15] |
Jean Havlish | shortstop | 1951-1954 | Fort Wayne Daisies | |
Florence Hay | outfield | 1949 | Chicago Colleens | [17] |
Alice Haylett | pitcher, outfield | 1946-1949 | Grand Rapids Chicks | [18] |
Martha Hayslip | infield | 1948 | South Bend Blue Sox | [19] |
Irene Headin | pitcher | 1945 | South Bend Blue Sox | [20] |
Ruby Heafner | catcher | 1946-1951 | Rockford Peaches, Fort Wayne Daisies, Racine Belles, Battle Creek Belles | [21] |
Dorothy Healy | outfield | 1948 | Chicago Colleens | [22] |
Kay Heim | catcher | 1943-1944 | Kenosha Comets | [23] |
Katherine Herring | outfield | 1953 | Grand Rapids Chicks | [24] |
Esther Ann Hershey | outfield | 1948 | Springfield Sallies | [25] |
Lillian Hickey | outfield | 1946-1947 | Kenosha Comets | [26] |
Irene Hickson | catcher | 1943-1951 | Racine Belles, Kenosha Comets | [27] |
Joyce Hill [2] | catcher, first base, outfield | 1945-1952 | Grand Rapids Chicks, Fort Wayne Daisies, South Bend Blue Sox, Peoria Redwings, Racine Belles | |
Barbara Hines | n/a | 1951 | Peoria Redwings | [29] |
Lillian Hlavaty | outfield | 1951 | Rockford Peaches | [30] |
Nadine Hoffman | n/a | 1946 | Peoria Redwings | [31] |
Barbara Hoffman | second base, third base | 1951-1952 | South Bend Blue Sox | [32] |
Alice Hohlmayer | first base, pitcher | 1946-1951 | Kenosha Comets, Muskegon Lassies, Kalamazoo Lassies, Peoria Redwings | [33] |
Mary Holda | third base, shortstop | 1943 | South Bend Blue Sox | [34] |
Beverly Holden | n/a | 1951 | Kenosha Comets | [35] |
Joan Holderness | outfield, shortstop | 1949-1951 | Kenosha Comets, Grand Rapids Chicks, Battle Creek Belles | [36] |
Margaret Holgerson [3] | second base, pitcher | 1946-1952 | Rockford Peaches, Muskegon Lassies, Grand Rapids Chicks | |
Mabel Holle | third base, outfield | 1943-1944 | Kenosha Comets, South Bend Blue Sox | [38] |
Marjorie Hood | outfield utility | 1943 | Rockford Peaches, South Bend Blue Sox | [39] |
Alice Hoover | second base, third base | 1948 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [40] |
Catherine Horstman | third base, pitcher, catcher | 1951-1954 | Kenosha Comets, Fort Wayne Daisies | [41] |
Marion Hosbein | outfield utility | 1954 | South Bend Blue Sox | [42] |
Dorothy Hunter | first base | 1943-1954 | Grand Rapids Chicks, Racine Belles, Kenosha Comets | [43] |
Anna Mae Hutchison | pitcher, catcher | 1946-1949 | Racine Belles, Muskegon Lassies | [44] |
1 Harrell also played under her married name of Dorothy Doyle.
2 Hill also played under her married name of Joyce Westerman.
3 Holgerson also played under her married name of Margaret Silvestri.
Name | Position(s) | Year(s) | Team(s) | Ref |
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Lillian Jackson | outfield | 1943-1945 | Rockford Peaches, Minneapolis Millerettes, Fort Wayne Daisies | |
Jane Jacobs | pitcher | 1944-1947 | Racine Belles, Peoria Redwings | |
Janet Jacobs | shortstop, center field | 1945 | Racine Belles | |
Shirley Jameson | outfield | 1943-1946 | Kenosha Comets | |
Janet Jamieson | outfield | 1948 | South Bend Blue Sox | [49] |
Alice Janowski | n/a | 1951 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [50] |
Loretta Janowski | catcher | 1951 | South Bend Blue Sox | [51] |
Frances Janssen | pitcher | 1948-1952 | Grand Rapids Chicks, Chicago Colleens, Springfield Sallies, Fort Wayne Daisies, Peoria Redwings, Kalamazoo Lassies, Battle Creek Belles | |
Joan Jaykoski | outfield, pitcher | 1951-1952 | Kenosha Comets, Grand Rapids Chicks | |
Marilyn Jenkins | catcher | 1952-1954 | Grand Rapids Chicks | |
Christine Jewitt | outfield | 1948-1949 | Kenosha Comets, Peoria Redwings | |
Betsy Jochum | center field, right field, pitcher | 1943-1948 | South Bend Blue Sox | |
Donna Jogerst | pitcher | 1952 | Rockford Peaches | [57] |
Arleene Johnson | third base, shortstop | 1945-1948 | Fort Wayne Daisies, Muskegon Lassies | |
Esther Johnson | pitcher | 1946 | n/a | [59] |
Doris Jones | infielder, outfielder | 1945 | South Bend Blue Sox | [60] |
Marguerite Jones | pitcher | 1944 | Minneapolis Millerettes, Rockford Peaches | [61] |
Marilyn Jones | pitcher, catcher | 1948-1954 | Kenosha Comets, Fort Wayne Daisies, Chicago Colleens, Rockford Peaches, Battle Creek Belles, Muskegon Lassies | |
Daisy Junor | outfield | 1946-1949 | South Bend Blue Sox, Springfield Sallies, Fort Wayne Daisies | |
Margaret Jurgensmeier | pitcher | 1951 | Rockford Peaches | [64] |
Name | Position(s) | Year(s) | Team(s) | Ref |
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Josephine Kabick | pitcher | 1944-1947 | Milwaukee Chicks, Grand Rapids Chicks, Kenosha Comets, Peoria Redwings | [65] |
Dorothy Kamenshek | first base | 1943–1951, 1953 | Rockford Peaches | [66] |
Joan Kaufman | second base, third base | 1954 | Rockford Peaches | [67] |
Marie Kazmierczak | outfield | 1944 | Kenosha Comets, Racine Belles, Milwaukee Chicks | [68] |
Merle Keagle | outfield, third base, pitcher | 1944, 1946, 1948 | Milwaukee Chicks, Grand Rapids Chicks | [69] |
Rita Keller | shortstop | 1951 | Kalamazoo Lassies | [70] |
Jacquelyn Kelley | catcher, pitcher, outfield/infield utility | 1947-1953 | South Bend Blue Sox, Chicago Colleens, Peoria Redwings, Rockford Peaches | [71] |
Vivian Kellogg | first base | 1944-1950 | Minneapolis Millerettes, Fort Wayne Daisies | [72] |
Beatrice Kemmerer | catcher, shortstop | 1950-1951 | Fort Wayne Daisies, South Bend Blue Sox | [73] |
Lavina Keough | pitcher | 1945-1946 | South Bend Blue Sox | [74] |
Evelyn Keppel | catcher | 1945 | South Bend Blue Sox | [75] |
Adeline Kerrar | short stop, catcher, third base | 1944 | Rockford Peaches | [76] |
Marguerite Kerrigan | pitcher, infield/outfield utility | 1950-1951 | Rockford Peaches | [77] |
Irene Kerwin | first base, catcher | 1949 | Peoria Redwings | [78] |
Helen Ketola | third base | 1950 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [79] |
Erma Keyes | outfield | 1951 | South Bend Blue Sox, Battle Creek Belles, Peoria Redwings | [80] |
Glenna Sue Kidd | pitcher, first base | 1950-1954 | Muskegon Lassies, Peoria Redwings, South Bend Blue Sox, Battle Creek Belles | [81] |
Mary Ellen Kimball | outfield, pitcher | 1948 | Racine Belles | [82] |
Nancy King | second base, shortstop | 1951-1952 | Kenosha Comets, Rockford Peaches | [83] |
Audrey Kissel | second base | 1944 | Minneapolis Millerettes | [84] |
Shirley Kleinhans | pitcher | 1948 | South Bend Blue Sox | [85] |
Maxine Kline | pitcher | 1948-1954 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [86] |
Dolores Klosowski | first base, second base, pitcher | 1944-1945 | Milwaukee Chicks, South Bend Blue Sox | [87] |
Theresa Klosowski | utility | 1948 | Muskegon Lassies | [88] |
Ruby Knezovich | catcher | 1943-1944 | Racine Belles | [89] |
Theresa Kobuszewski | pitcher | 1946-1947 | Kenosha Comets, Fort Wayne Daisies | [90] |
Phyllis Koehn | pitcher, infield/outfield utility | 1943-1950 | Kenosha Comets, South Bend Blue Sox, Peoria Redwings, Racine Belles, Fort Wayne Daisies, Grand Rapids Chicks | [91] |
Mary Louise Kolanko | outfield | 1950 | Peoria Redwings, Springfield Sallies | [92] |
Helen Konalchik | n/a | n/a | n/a | [93] |
Arlene Kotil | first base | 1949-1951 | Chicago Colleens, Muskegon Lassies, South Bend Blue Sox | [94] |
Irene Kotowicz | pitcher, outfield | 1945-1950 | Rockford Peaches, Fort Wayne Daisies, Kenosha Comets, Chicago Colleens, Racine Belles | [95] |
Dorothy Kovalchick | center field, third base | 1945 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [96] |
Ruth Kramer | pitcher, second base | 1948-1949 | Fort Wayne Daisies, Racine Belles | [97] |
Jaynie Krick | pitcher, infield | 1948–1949, 1951-1953 | South Bend Blue Sox, Peoria Redwings, Battle Creek Belles, Grand Rapids Chicks | [98] |
Marie Kruckel | outfield, pitcher | 1946-1949 | South Bend Blue Sox, Fort Wayne Daisies, Muskegon Lassies | [99] |
Anna Kunkel | outfield | 1950-1951 | South Bend Blue Sox | [100] |
Sophie Kurys | second base | 1943–1950, 1952 | Racine Belles, Battle Creek Belles | [101] |
Name | Position(s) | Year(s) | Team(s) | Ref |
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Jean Ladd | pitcher, left field | 1951 | Kenosha Comets | [102] |
Joyce Lake | n/a | 1953 | Muskegon Belles | [103] |
Margie Lang | first base, pitcher | 1943 | South Bend Blue Sox | [104] |
Mary Lawson | outfield | 1946 | Peoria Redwings | [105] |
Beverly Leach | n/a | 1947 | Grand Rapids Chicks | [106] |
Noella Leduc | pitcher, outfield | 1951-1954 | Peoria Redwings, Battle Creek Belles, Muskegon Belles, Fort Wayne Daisies | [107] |
Annabelle Lee | pitcher, first base | 1944–1948, 1950 | Minneapolis Millerettes, Fort Wayne Daisies, Peoria Redwings, Grand Rapids Chicks | [108] |
Dolores Lee | pitcher, infield | 1952-1954 | Rockford Peaches | [109] |
Laurie Ann Lee | pitcher | 1948 | Racine Belles | [110] |
Josephine Lenard | second base, outfield | 1944-1953 | Rockford Peaches, Muskegon Lassies, Peoria Redwings, Kenosha Comets, South Bend Blue Sox | [111] |
Rhoda Leonard | second base, right field | 1946 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [112] |
Joan LeQuia | third base, pitcher | 1953 | Grand Rapids Chicks | [113] |
Ruth Lessing | catcher | 1944-1949 | Minneapolis Millerettes, Fort Wayne Daisies, Grand Rapids Chicks | [114] |
Mary Louise Lester | second base | 1943-1944 | Kenosha Comets, South Bend Blue Sox | [115] |
Barbara Liebrich | second base | 1948-1954 | Rockford Peaches, Kenosha Comets, Springfield Sallies, Kalamazoo Lassies | [116] |
Kay Lionikas | second base, outfield | 1948-1950 | Springfield Sallies, Grand Rapids Chicks Peoria Redwings | [117] |
Alta Little | first base, pitcher | 1947-1948 | Muskegon Belles, Fort Wayne Daisies | [118] |
Olive Little | pitcher | 1943, 1945-1946 | Rockford Peaches | [119] |
Claire Lobrovich | outfield | 1947-1948 | Kenosha Comets, Rockford Peaches | [120] |
Sarah Lonetto | infield/outfield utility, pitcher | 1947-1949 | Racine Belles, Muskegon Lassies | [121] |
Jean Lovell | catcher, pitcher | 1948-1954 | Rockford Peaches, Kalamazoo Lassies, Kenosha Comets | [122] |
Frances Lovett | pitcher | 1946 | Peoria Redwings | [123] |
Lillian Luckey | pitcher | 1946 | South Bend Blue Sox | [124] |
Shirley Luhtala | first base | 1950-1951 | Racine Belles, Rockford Peaches, Battle Creek Belles | [125] |
Betty Luna | pitcher, outfield | 1945-1946 | Rockford Peaches, South Bend Blue Sox, Chicago Colleens, Fort Wayne Daisies, Kalamazoo Lassies | [126] |
Esther Lyman | catcher | 1946 | South Bend Blue Sox | [127] |
The Rockford Peaches were a women's professional baseball team who played from 1943-1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. A founding member, the team represented Rockford, Illinois.
The Milwaukee Chicks were a women's professional baseball team which played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the 1944 season. They were managed by Max Carey, former star player for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Brooklyn Robins and a future Hall of Famer.
The South Bend Blue Sox was a women's professional baseball team who played from 1943 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. A founding member, the team represented South Bend, Indiana, and played their home games at Bendix Field (1943–1945) and Playland Park (1946–1954).
The Racine Belles were one of the original teams of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League playing from 1943 through 1950 out of Racine, Wisconsin. The Belles won the league's first championship. The team played its home games at Horlick Field.
Based in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the Kenosha Comets were a women's professional baseball team that played from 1943 through 1951 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. The team played their home games at Kenosha's Lake Front Stadium, but later moved to Simmons Field.
The Fort Wayne Daisies were a women's professional baseball team based in Fort Wayne, Indiana that played from 1945 through 1954 as members of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
The Muskegon Lassies were one of the expansion teams of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in the 1946 season, representing Muskegon, Michigan. The team played their home games at Marsh Field. The league, its teams, and its story were later depicted in A League of Their Own.
The Grand Rapids Chicks were a women's professional baseball team based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. They played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League from 1945 to 1954, winning championships in 1947 and 1953.
The Springfield Sallies were a women's professional baseball team who were members of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in the 1948 season and became a development team. The Sallies were based in Springfield, Illinois and played home games at Jim Fitzpatrick Memorial Stadium.
The Peoria Redwings was a women's professional baseball team who joined the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in the 1946 season and remained in the league through 1951. The team represented Peoria, Illinois, playing home games at Peoria Stadium.
The Kalamazoo Lassies were a team who played from 1950 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. The team represented Kalamazoo, Michigan. Home games were initially played at Lindstrom Field, but later games were played at the Catholic Athletic Association Field, now the Soisson-Rapacz field. Kalamazoo uniforms were white (home) and gold (away) with dark green numbers, belt, socks, and cap.
The Chicago Colleens were a women's professional baseball team who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League from 1948 to 1951, evolving into a development team. The team was based Chicago, Illinois and played their home games at Shewbridge Field.
Alice Pollitt Deschaine [born Margaret Pollitt] was an infielder who played from 1947 through 1953 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m), 150 lb., she batted and threw right-handed.
Joan Berger [Knebl] was a infielder and outfielder who played from 1951 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m), 132 lb, she batted and threw right-handed. She was born in Passaic, New Jersey.
The 1943 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season marked the inaugural season of the circuit. Since the only organized ball for women in the country was softball, the league created a hybrid game that included both softball and baseball.