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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Velma Abbott | second base, third base | 1946-1947 | Kenosha Comets, Peoria Redwings, Rockford Peaches, Fort Wayne Daisies | [1] |
Fredda Acker | pitcher | 1947 | South Bend Blue Sox | [2] |
Evelyn Adams | shortstop | 1946 | Fort Wayne Daisies, Grand Rapids Chicks | [3] |
Ellen Ahrndt | second base | 1945 | South Bend Blue Sox | [4] |
Eileen Albright | pitcher, second base, third base | 1948 | Chicago Colleens | [5] |
Gertrude Alderfer | first base, catcher | 1949-1950 | Springfield Sallies, Chicago Colleens, Kalamazoo Lassies | [6] |
Beatrice Allard | pitcher | 1949 | Muskegon Lassies | [7] |
Agnes Allen | pitcher, outfield | 1950-1953 | Springfield Sallies, Kalamazoo Lassies, Battle Creek Belles | [8] |
Melba Alspaugh | outfield | 1948 | Fort Wayne Daisies, Rockford Peaches, Muskegon Lassies | [9] |
Isabel Alvarez | pitcher, outfield | 1949-1954 | Chicago Colleens, Fort Wayne Daisies, Battle Creek Belles, Kalamazoo Lassies, Grand Rapids Chicks | [10] |
Janet Anderson | pitcher | 1946 | Kenosha Comets | [11] |
Vivian Anderson | third base | 1944 | Milwaukee Chicks | [12] |
Amy Applegren | pitcher, first base | 1944-1953 | Rockford Peaches, Muskegon Lassies, South Bend Blue Sox | [13] |
Beatrice Arbour | shortstop | 1947 | Racine Belles | [14] |
Ange Armato | second base | 1949, 1953 | Rockford Peaches, Kalamazoo Lassies | [15] |
Beverly Armstrong | pitcher | 1952 | Rockford Peaches | [16] |
Charlotte Armstrong | pitcher | 1944-1945 | South Bend Blue Sox | [17] |
Lenna Arnold | pitcher | 1946 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [18] |
Louise Arnold | pitcher | 1948–1949, 1951-1952 | South Bend Blue Sox | [19] |
Norene Arnold | pitcher | 1949 | Springfield Sallies, Muskegon Lassies | [20] |
Name | Position(s) | Year(s) | Team(s) | Ref |
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Mary Baker | catcher, infield | 1943–1950, 1952 | South Bend Blue Sox, Kalamazoo Lassies | [21] |
Phyllis Baker | pitcher | 1953-1954 | Battle Creek Belles, Muskegon Belles, South Bend Blue Sox, Fort Wayne Daisies | [22] |
Chris Ballingall | catcher, first base, outfield | 1943–1953, 1954 | Muskegon Belles, Kalamazoo Lassies | [23] |
Barbara Barbaze | outfield | 1948 | Springfield Sallies | [24] |
Lois Barker | third base, right field | 1950 | Grand Rapids Chicks | [25] |
Joyce Barnes | pitcher | 1943 | Kenosha Comets | [26] |
Charlene Barnett | second base | 1947-1950 | Grand Rapids Chicks, Chicago Colleens, Rockford Peaches | [27] |
Edith Barney | catcher | 1948 | Grand Rapids Chicks | [28] |
Doris Barr | pitcher, outfield | 1943-1950 | South Bend Blue Sox, Racine Belles, Springfield Sallies, Muskegon Lassies, Peoria Redwings, Kalamazoo Lassies | [29] |
Patricia Barringer | second base | 1947 | Muskegon Lassies | [30] |
Annastasia Batikis | center field | 1945 | Racine Belles | [31] |
Fern Battaglia | second base, third base | 1950-1951 | Chicago Colleens, Springfield Sallies, Battle Creek Belles | [32] |
Mary Baumgartner | catcher | 1949-1954 | Chicago Colleens, Springfield Sallies, Peoria Redwings, Kalamazoo Lassies, South Bend Blue Sox | [33] |
Betty Bays | outfield, catcher | 1950-1951 | Chicago Colleens, Springfield Sallies, Grand Rapids Chicks | [34] |
Kathryn Beare | catcher | 1946 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [35] |
Lottie Beck | catcher | 1946 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [36] |
Donna Becker | pitcher | 1951 | Kalamazoo Lassies | [37] |
Virginia Bell | pitcher, outfield | 1948 | Springfield Sallies | [38] |
Lois Bellman | infield, outfield | 1949 | Chicago Colleens | [39] |
Catherine Bennett | pitcher | 1943-1944 | Kenosha Comets, South Bend Blue Sox | [40] |
Barbara Berger | catcher | 1949-1950 | Chicago Colleens, Racine Belles | [41] |
Joan Berger | infield, right field | 1951-1954 | Rockford Peaches | [42] |
Margaret Berger | pitcher | 1943-1944 | South Bend Blue Sox | [43] |
Norma Berger | pitcher | 1950 | Springfield Sallies | [44] |
Erma Bergmann | pitcher | 1946-1951 | Muskegon Lassies, Springfield Sallies, Racine Belles, Battle Creek Belles | [45] |
Mary Lou Beschorner | outfield | 1949-1950 | Grand Rapids Chicks, Peoria Redwings | [46] |
Muriel Bevis | outfield, pitcher | 1950 | Kenosha Comets | [47] |
Nalda Bird | pitcher, outfield | 1945 | South Bend Blue Sox | [48] |
Jaynne Bittner | pitcher | 1948-1954 | South Bend Blue Sox, Muskegon Lassies, Grand Rapids Chicks, Fort Wayne Daisies | [49] |
Maybelle Blair | pitcher | 1948 | Peoria Redwings | [50] |
Alice Blaski | outfield | 1953-1954 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [51] |
Audrey Bleiler | third base, shortstop | 1950-1952 | South Bend Blue Sox | [52] |
Kay Blumetta | pitcher, first base, outfield | 1944-1954 | Minneapolis Millerettes, Milwaukee Chicks, Grand Rapids Chicks, Peoria Redwings, Fort Wayne Daisies, Kalamazoo Lassies | [53] |
Phyllis Bookout | infield utility | 1953 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [54] |
Lorraine Borg | catcher | 1944 | Minneapolis Millerettes | [55] |
Ruth Born | pitcher | 1943 | South Bend Blue Sox | [56] |
Ethel Boyce | catcher | 1946 | Kenosha Comets | [57] |
Rita Briggs | catcher, outfield | 1947-1954 | Rockford Peaches, Chicago Colleens, South Bend Blue Sox, Peoria Redwings, Battle Creek Belles, Fort Wayne Daisies | [58] |
Wilma Briggs | outfield, first base | 1948-1954 | Fort Wayne Daisies, South Bend Blue Sox | [59] |
Leola Brody | infield | 1943 | Racine Belles | [60] |
Carol Brown | n/a | 1953 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [61] |
Patricia Brown | pitcher | 1950-1951 | Chicago Colleens, Battle Creek Belles | [62] |
Delores Brumfield | infield, outfield | 1947-1953 | South Bend Blue Sox, Kenosha Comets, Fort Wayne Daisies | [63] |
Marian Bryson | pitcher | 1946 | Peoria Redwings | [64] |
Florence Bucior | infield | 1946 | Peoria Redwings | [65] |
Jean Buckley | center field | 1950-1952 | Kenosha Comets, Rockford Peaches | |
Lorraine Bunton | pitcher | 1951 | Rockford Peaches | [67] |
Geraldine Bureker | outfield | 1948 | Racine Belles | |
Shirley Burkovich | outfield, pitcher | 1949-1951 | Muskegon Lassies, Chicago Colleens, Springfield Sallies, Fort Wayne Daisies, Rockford Peaches | |
Eileen Burmeister | outfield, catcher, infield | 1943-1944 | Rockford Peaches | |
Patricia Burton | pitcher | 1950 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [71] |
Arlene Buszka | infield utility | 1953 | South Bend Blue Sox | [72] |
Mary Butcher | pitcher | 1945-1946 | Kenosha Comets, Grand Rapids Chicks | [73] |
Name | Position(s) | Year(s) | Team(s) | Ref |
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Aldine Calacurcio | shortstop | 1947 | Rockford Peaches | |
Helen Callaghan * | outfield | 1944–1946, 1948 | Minneapolis Millerettes, Fort Wayne Daisies, Kenosha Comets | |
Margaret Callaghan | third base, second base | 1944-1951 | Minneapolis Millerettes, Fort Wayne Daisies, South Bend Blue Sox, Peoria Redwings, Battle Creek Belles | |
Eleanor Callow | outfield | 1947-1954 | Peoria Redwings, Chicago Colleens, Rockford Peaches | |
Georgia Campbell | pitcher | 1946 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [78] |
Janet Campbell | utility | 1951 | South Bend Blue Sox | [79] |
Jean Campbell | catcher | 1946 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [80] |
Ruth Campbell | n/a | 1949 | n/a | [81] |
Mary Carey | third base, second base, shortstop | 1946-1954 | Kenosha Comets, Peoria Redwings, Kalamazoo Lassies, Muskegon Belles, Rockford Peaches, South Bend Blue Sox | |
Phyllis Carlson | utility | 1949 | Muskegon Lassies | [83] |
Virginia Carver | pitcher, outfield | 1953-1954 | South Bend Blue Sox, Fort Wayne Daisies | [84] |
Betty Carveth | pitcher | 1945 | Rockford Peaches, Fort Wayne Daisies | |
Isora Castillo | second base, third base | 1949-1951 | Chicago Colleens, Kalamazoo Lassies, Kenosha Comets | |
Donna Chartier | infield utility | 1953 | Kalamazoo Lassies | [87] |
Bea Chester | third base | 1943-1944 | South Bend Blue Sox, Rockford Peaches | |
Clara Chiano | infield utility | 1944 | Racine Belles | [89] |
Thelma Childress | utility | 1946 | Grand Rapids Chicks | [90] |
Dorothy Christ | outfield utility | 1948 | South Bend Blue Sox | [91] |
Ann Cindric | pitcher | 1948-1950 | Muskegon Lassies, Springfield Sallies | |
Jean Cione | pitcher, first base, outfield | 1946-1954 | Rockford Peaches, Peoria Redwings, Kenosha Comets, Battle Creek Belles, Muskegon Belles | |
Louise Clapp | pitcher | 1953-1954 | Grand Rapids Chicks, South Bend Blue Sox | |
Corinne Clark | infield, outfield | 1949 | Peoria Redwings | [95] |
Muriel Coben | pitcher | 1943 | South Bend Blue Sox, Rockford Peaches | |
Lucille Colacito | catcher | 1944-1945 | Kenosha Comets | |
Clara Cook | pitcher | 1943-1944 | Rockford Peaches, Kenosha Comets, Milwaukee Chicks | [98] |
Donna Cook | pitcher, outfield | 1946-1954 | Muskegon Lassies, Chicago Colleens, Fort Wayne Daisies, Grand Rapids Chicks, Battle Creek Belles, South Bend Blue Sox, Muskegon Belles, Rockford Peaches | [99] |
Doris Cook | pitcher, outfield | 1949-1953 | Springfield Sallies, Kalamazoo Lassies, South Bend Blue Sox | [100] |
Dorothy Cook | utility | 1946 | Fort Wayne Daisies, Rockford Peaches | [101] |
Bonnie Cooper | second base | 1952 | Battle Creek Belles | [102] |
Gloria Cordes | pitcher | 1950-1954 | Muskegon Lassies, Kalamazoo Lassies, Racine Belles, Battle Creek Belles | [103] |
Betty Jane Cornett | third base, pitcher | 1950-1951 | Rockford Peaches, Springfield Sallies, Kalamazoo Lassies, Battle Creek Belles | [104] |
Rita Corrigan | pitcher | 1943 | Racine Belles | [105] |
Patricia Courtney | third base | 1950 | Grand Rapids Chicks, Chicago Colleens | [106] |
Dorothy Cramer | n/a | 1951 | Rockford Peaches | [107] |
Peggy Cramer | catcher | 1954 | South Bend Blue Sox | [108] |
Pauline Crawley | outfield | 1946, 1951 | Peoria Redwings, Battle Creek Belles | [109] |
Idona Crigler | third base | 1947 | South Bend Blue Sox | [110] |
Shirley Crites | third base | 1953 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [111] |
* Callaghan also played under her married name of Helen Candaele.
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.
The Kenosha Comets were a women's professional baseball team based in Kenosha, Wisconsin 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 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.
The Muskegon Belles were a women's professional baseball team that played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the 1953 season. The Belles were based in Muskegon, Michigan.
Jean Louise Geissinger was an American infielder and outfielder who played from 1951 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League with the Fort Wayne Daisies and the Grand Rapids Chicks. Listed at 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m), 120 lb, she batted and threw right-handed.
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.
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.