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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Mary McCarty | outfield | 1948 | Peoria Redwings | [1] |
Gloria McCloskey | outfield | 1953 | Rockford Peaches | [2] |
Helen McCloskey | n/a | 1944 | n/a | [3] |
Joanne McComb | first base | 1950 | Springfield Sallies | [4] |
Judy McCormick | pitcher | 1954 | South Bend Blue Sox | [5] |
Ethel McCreary | outfield, first base | 1943 | Kenosha Comets, Rockford Peaches | [6] |
Betty Jean McFadden | pitcher | 1943 | South Bend Blue Sox | [7] |
Helene Machado | outfield | 1946-1947 | Peoria Redwings, Fort Wayne Daisies | [8] |
Betty McKenna | third base | 1951-1953 | Fort Wayne Daisies, Peoria Redwings, Battle Creek Belles, Muskegon Belles | [9] |
Therese McKinley | outfielder | 1949 | Muskegon Lassies | [10] |
Lucella MacLean | catcher, outfield | 1943-1944 | South Bend Blue Sox | [11] |
Dorothy Maguire * | catcher, outfield | 1943-1949 | Racine Belles, Milwaukee Chicks, Grand Rapids Chicks, Muskegon Lassies | [12] |
Elizabeth Mahon | outfield, second base | 1944-1952 | Kenosha Comets, Minneapolis Millerettes, South Bend Blue Sox | [13] |
Marie Mahoney | outfield | 1947-1948 | Fort Wayne Daisies, South Bend Blue Sox | [14] |
Kathleen Malach | pinch hitter | 1947 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [15] |
Lenora Mandella | pitcher | 1949-1951 | South Bend Blue Sox, Springfield Sallies, Peoria Redwings | [16] |
Marie Mansfield | pitcher, center field | 1950-1954 | Rockford Peaches, Battle Creek Belles | [17] |
Gloria Marks | pitcher | 1943 | Racine Belles | [18] |
Jean Marlowe | pitcher, infield/outfield utility | 1948–1952, 1954 | Springfield Sallies, Kenosha Comets, Kalamazoo Lassies | [19] |
Mirtha Marrero | pitcher | 1948-1953 | Chicago Colleens, Kalamazoo Lassies, Fort Wayne Daisies, Battle Creek Belles, Muskegon Belles | [20] |
Doris Marsh | pitcher | 1945 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [21] |
Theda Marshall | first base | 1947 | South Bend Blue Sox, Chicago Colleens | [22] |
Joan Martin | n/a | 1946 | South Bend Blue Sox | [23] |
Pauline Martin | n/a | 1946 | Muskegon Lassies | [24] |
Pat Mason | n/a | 1950 | n/a | [25] |
Ruth Mason | n/a | 1953 | Grand Rapids Chicks | [26] |
Ruth Matlack | pitcher, pinch-hitter | 1950 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [27] |
Jacqueline Mattson | catcher | 1950-1951 | Kenosha Comets, Springfield Sallies | [28] |
Joan Matuzewski | outfield | 1951 | South Bend Blue Sox | [29] |
Bernadine Maxwell | n/a | 1953 | n/a | [30] |
Mildred Meacham | first base | 1947-1948 | Fort Wayne Daisies, Racine Belles, Springfield Sallies | [31] |
Hazel Measner | pinch-hitter | 1946 | Rockford Peaches | [32] |
Naomi Meier | outfield | 1946-1953 | Rockford Peaches, Fort Wayne Daisies, Peoria Redwings, Chicago Colleens, Muskegon Lassies, Kalamazoo Lassies, Racine Belles, Battle Creek Belles, Muskegon Belles | [33] |
Berith Melin | outfield | 1943 | Rockford Peaches | [34] |
Marie Menheer | pitcher | 1945 | Racine Belles | [35] |
Joyce Messinger | n/a | 1953 | Grand Rapids Chicks | [36] |
Bernice Metesch | pitcher | 1948 | Rockford Peaches, South Bend Blue Sox | [37] |
Norma Metrolis | catcher | 1946-1950 | Muskegon Lassies, Racine Belles, Peoria Redwings, South Bend Blue Sox, Fort Wayne Daisies | [38] |
Alice Meyer | outfield | 1948 | South Bend Blue Sox | [39] |
Anna Meyer | shortstop, infield | 1944 | Kenosha Comets, Minneapolis Millerettes | [40] |
Rita Meyer | shortstop, pitcher | 1946-1949 | Peoria Redwings | [41] |
Darlene Mickelsen | outfield | 1943, 1945 | Kenosha Comets, South Bend Blue Sox | [42] |
Ruth Middleton | outfield | 1950-1953 | Chicago Colleens, Springfield Sallies, Battle Creek Belles, Muskegon Belles | [43] |
Pauline Miller | n/a | 1948 | Kenosha Comets | [44] |
Ruth Miller | catcher | 1943 | Rockford Peaches | [45] |
Betty Moczynski | outfield | 1943 | Rockford Peaches | [46] |
Jane Moffet | catcher, first base, outfield | 1949-1952 | Springfield Sallies, Kalamazoo Lassies, Battle Creek Belles | [47] |
Rose Montalbano | infield | 1951-1953 | South Bend Blue Sox | [48] |
Dorothy Montgomery | infield | 1945-1947 | Racine Belles, Muskegon Lassies, Grand Rapids Chicks | [49] |
Dorothy Moon | pitcher | 1946 | Rockford Peaches | [50] |
Dolores Moore | first base, second base | 1953-1954 | Grand Rapids Chicks | [51] |
Eleanor Moore | pitcher, first base | 1950-1954 | Chicago Colleens, Fort Wayne Daisies, Kalamazoo Lassies, Grand Rapids Chicks | [52] |
Mary Moore | pitcher | 1948 | Rockford Peaches | [53] |
Mary Moore | second base | 1950-1952 | Springfield Sallies, Battle Creek Belles | [54] |
Mary Moraty | pitcher | 1946 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [55] |
Carolyn Morris | pitcher | 1944-1946 | Rockford Peaches | [56] |
Esther Morrison | catcher, pitcher, outfield | 1950 | Chicago Colleens | [57] |
Glenora Moss | n/a | 1943 | Racine Belles | [58] |
Nancy Mudge | second base | 1950-1954 | Chicago Colleens, Springfield Sallies, Kalamazoo Lassies, Battle Creek Belles, Muskegon Belles | [59] |
Dolores Mueller | pitcher, third base | 1949 | South Bend Blue Sox | [60] |
Dorothy Mueller | pitcher, first base | 1947–1948, 1950-1953 | Peoria Redwings, South Bend Blue Sox, Grand Rapids Chicks | [61] |
Margaret Murray | catcher, outfield | 1948-1949 | Springfield Sallies | [62] |
Eve Mytrysak | n/a | 1949 | Muskegon Lassies | [63] |
* Maguire also played under her married name of Dorothy Chapman.
Name | Position(s) | Year(s) | Team(s) | Ref |
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Elizabeth Nahtyk | n/a | 1947 | South Bend Blue Sox | [64] |
Dorothy Naum | catcher, infield, pitcher | 1946-1953 | South Bend Blue Sox, Kenosha Comets, Kalamazoo Lassies | [65] |
Doris Neal | third base, outfield | 1948-1949 | Springfield Sallies, Grand Rapids Chicks | [66] |
Merna Nearing | pitcher | 1943 | Kenosha Comets | [67] |
Doris Nelson | outfield | 1944 | Rockford Peaches | [68] |
Helen Nelson | catcher | 1943 | Rockford Peaches | [69] |
Mary Nelson | second base | 1954 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [70] |
Mary Nesbitt 1 | pitcher, first base | 1943–1945, 1947–1948, 1950 | Racine Belles, Peoria Redwings | [71] |
Helen Nicol 2 | pitcher | 1943-1952 | Kenosha Comets, Rockford Peaches | [72] |
Dolly Niemiec | second base, third base | 1948-1952 | Chicago Colleens, Springfield Sallies, Grand Rapids Chicks, Battle Creek Belles | [73] |
Miss Nogay | n/a | 1951 | Kalamazoo Lassies | [74] |
Helen Nordquist | outfield, pitcher | 1951-1954 | Kenosha Comets, Rockford Peaches, South Bend Blue Sox | [75] |
Cynthia Normine | n/a | 1950 | Rockford Peaches | [76] |
Donna Norris | right field | 1953 | Fort Wayne Daisies, South Bend Blue Sox | [77] |
Marjorie Nossek | n/a | 1949 | Racine Belles | [78] |
1 Nesbitt also played under her married name of Mary Wisham.
2 Nicol also played under her married name of Helen Fox.
Name | Position(s) | Year(s) | Team(s) | Ref |
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Penny O'Brian | outfield | 1945 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [79] |
Eileen O'Brien | outfield | 1948 | Muskegon Lassies | [80] |
Patricia O'Connor | infield utility | 1946 | Kenosha Comets | [81] |
Anna Mae O'Dowd | catcher | 1949-1951 | Kenosha Comets, Chicago Colleens, Rockford Peaches, Racine Belles, Kalamazoo Lassies, Battle Creek Belles | [82] |
Joanne Ogden | second base | 1953 | South Bend Blue Sox | [83] |
Janice O'Hara | pitcher, infield/outfield utility | 1943-1949 | Kenosha Comets | [84] |
Marilyn Olinger | shortstop | 1948-1953 | Chicago Colleens, Grand Rapids Chicks | [85] |
Pauline Oravets | pitcher | 1943 | Rockford Peaches | [86] |
Dorothy Ortman | pitcher | 1944 | Racine Belles | [87] |
Joanne Overleese | second base | 1946 | Muskegon Lassies, Peoria Redwings | [88] |
Name | Position(s) | Year(s) | Team(s) | Ref |
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Lavonne Paire | catcher, shortstop, third base | 1944-1953 | Minneapolis Millerettes, Fort Wayne Daisies, Racine Belles, Grand Rapids Chicks | [89] |
Toni Palermo | right field | 1949-1950 | Chicago Colleens, Springfield Sallies | [90] |
Shirley Palesh | right field | 1949-1950 | Racine Belles, Rockford Peaches, Grand Rapids Chicks | [91] |
Vickie Panos | outfielder | 1944 | South Bend Blue Sox, Milwaukee Chicks | [92] |
Barbara Parks | second base, shortstop | 1950-1951 | Chicago Colleens, Kenosha Comets | [93] |
Suzanne Parsons | infield, outfield, pitcher | 1953-1954 | Rockford Peaches | [94] |
Barbara Payne | infield, pitcher | 1949-1951 | Springfield Sallies, Rockford Peaches, Muskegon Lassies, Kalamazoo Lassies, Battle Creek Belles | [95] |
Marguerite Pearson | infield, outfield | 1948-1954 | Muskegon Lassies, Peoria Redwings, Racine Belles, Battle Creek Belles, Kalamazoo Lassies, South Bend Blue Sox, Grand Rapids Chicks | [96] |
Katherine Pechulis | infield/outfield utility | 1946 | Grand Rapids Chicks | [97] |
June Peppas | first base, pitcher, outfield | 1948-1954 | Fort Wayne Daisies, Racine Belles, Battle Creek Belles, Kalamazoo Lassies | [98] |
Migdalia Pérez * | pitcher | 1948-1954 | Chicago Colleens, Springfield Sallies, Battle Creek Belles, Rockford Peaches | [99] |
Joy Perkins | n/a | 1950 | South Bend Blue Sox | [100] |
Edythe Perlick | outfield | 1943-1950 | Racine Belles | [101] |
Marjorie Peters | pitcher | 1943-1944 | Rockford Peaches | [102] |
Betty Jean Peterson | catcher, infield utility | 1952-1953 | Rockford Peaches, Muskegon Belles, Kalamazoo Lassies | [103] |
Hattie Peterson | pitcher | 1948-1949 | Rockford Peaches | [104] |
Ernestine Petras | shortstop | 1944-1952 | Milwaukee Chicks, Grand Rapids Chicks, Chicago Colleens, Kenosha Comets, Battle Creek Belles | [105] |
Betty Petryna | third base | 1948-1949 | Grand Rapids Chicks, Fort Wayne Daisies | [106] |
Marjorie Pieper | outfield, infield, pitcher | 1946-1953 | Fort Wayne Daisies, Kenosha Comets, Chicago Colleens, Racine Belles, Peoria Redwings, Battle Creek Belles, Muskegon Belles | [107] |
Pauline Pirok | shortstop, third base, pitcher | 1943-1948 | Kenosha Comets, South Bend Blue Sox | [108] |
Grace Piskula | outfield utility | 1944 | Racine Belles | [109] |
Bertha Podolski | pitcher | 1946 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [110] |
Alice Pollitt | third base, shortstop | 1947-1951 | Rockford Peaches | [111] |
Mary Pratt | pitcher | 1943-1947 | Rockford Peaches, Kenosha Comets | [112] |
LaFerne Price | pitcher | 1944 | Milwaukee Chicks | [113] |
Charlene Pryer | second base, outfield | 1946-1952 | Muskegon Lassies, Kalamazoo Lassies, South Bend Blue Sox | [114] |
* Pérez also played under her married name of Migdalia Jinright.
Name | Position(s) | Year(s) | Team(s) | Ref |
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Magdalen Redman | catcher, infield/outfield utility | 1948-1954 | Kenosha Comets, Grand Rapids Chicks | [115] |
Sara Reeser | first base | 1946–1948, 1950 | Muskegon Lassies, Kalamazoo Lassies | [116] |
Rita Rehrer | n/a | 1946 | Peoria Redwings | [117] |
Donna Reid | n/a | 1954 | Rockford Peaches | [118] |
Dorice Reid | outfield | 1948-1951 | Chicago Colleens, Grand Rapids Chicks | [119] |
Mary Reynolds | outfield, third base, pitcher | 1946-1950 | Peoria Redwings | [120] |
Ruth Richard | catcher, outfield | 1947-1953 | Grand Rapids Chicks, Rockford Peaches | [121] |
Marie Richardson | n/a | 1953 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [122] |
Joyce Ricketts | outfield | 1953-1954 | Grand Rapids Chicks | [123] |
Ruth Ries | pitcher | 1952 | Rockford Peaches | [124] |
Rosaline Rinaldi | n/a | 1950 | n/a | [125] |
Mary Rini | pitcher | 1945-1946 | Kenosha Comets, Muskegon Lassies | [126] |
Georgiana Rios | infield | 1948 | Fort Wayne Daisies, Peoria Redwings | [127] |
Earlene Risinger | pitcher | 1948-1954 | Springfield Sallies, Grand Rapids Chicks | [128] |
Marian Roach | n/a | 1946 | n/a | [129] |
Grace Rogato | n/a | 1951 | n/a | [130] |
Kay Rohrer | catcher, outfield | 1945 | Rockford Peaches | [131] |
Jenny Romatowski | catcher, third base, outfield | 1946-1954 | South Bend Blue Sox, Rockford Peaches, Chicago Colleens, Racine Belles, Peoria Redwings, Kalamazoo Lassies | [132] |
Martha Rommelaere | outfield | 1950 | Chicago Colleens, Springfield Sallies, Kenosha Comets | [133] |
Eilaine Roth | pitcher | 1948-1954 | Peoria Redwings, Kalamazoo Lassies | [134] |
Elaine Roth | pitcher | 1948-1951 | Peoria Redwings, South Bend Blue Sox, Kalamazoo Lassies | [135] |
Barbara Rotvig | pitcher | 1948–1949, 1951 | Kenosha Comets | [136] |
Mary Rountree | catcher | 1946-1952 | Peoria Redwings, Fort Wayne Daisies, Grand Rapids Chicks | [137] |
Patricia Roy | first base | 1954 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [138] |
Juanita Roylance | outfield | 1946 | Muskegon Lassies | [139] |
Irene Ruhnke * | outfield, second base, third base | 1943-1947 | Rockford Peaches, Minneapolis Millerettes, Fort Wayne Daisies | [140] |
Gloria Ruiz | outfield | 1948-1949 | Peoria Redwings | [141] |
Terry Rukavina | infield/outfield utility | 1950–1951; 1953 | Chicago Colleens, Springfield Sallies, Kalamazoo Lassies | [142] |
Janet Rumsey | pitcher | 1951-1954 | Battle Creek Belles, South Bend Blue Sox | [143] |
Betty Russell | outfield | 1946 | Racine Belles | [144] |
Margaret Russo | third base, shortstop | 1950-1954 | Peoria Redwings, Battle Creek Belles, Muskegon Belles, Rockford Peaches | [145] |
* Ruhnke also played under her married name of Irene Sanvitas.
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 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 Battle Creek Belles were a women's professional baseball team that played from 1951 through 1952 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. The Belles represented Battle Creek, Michigan, and played their home games at Bailey Park.
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 Minneapolis Millerettes were an expansion All-American Girls Professional Baseball League team that played for one season in 1944 based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Millerettes played home games at Nicollet Park, home of the men's minor league baseball team the Minneapolis Millers.
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.
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Betty "Fossey" Weaver-Foss was an infielder and outfielder who played from 1950 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m), 180 lb., she was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. She started her career as Betty Weaver but changed her last name to Foss after marrying. Her younger sisters, Jean and Joanne, also played in the league.
Joanne "Joltin' Jo" Weaver was a right fielder who played from 1951 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m), 142 lb., she batted and threw right-handed.