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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Toni Sachetti | n/a | 1954 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [1] |
Shirley Salisbury | outfield | 1953 | South Bend Blue Sox | [2] |
Doris Sams | pitcher, outfield | 1946-1953 | Muskegon Lassies, Kalamazoo Lassies | [3] |
Sarah Jane Sands | right field, catcher | 1953-1954 | Rockford Peaches | [4] |
Dorothy Sarazen | n/a | 1950 | South Bend Blue Sox | [5] |
Doris Satterfield | left field, pitcher | 1947-1953 | Grand Rapids Chicks | [6] |
Dorothy Sawyer | n/a | 1943 | Rockford Peaches, South Bend Blue Sox | [7] |
Blanche Schachter | catcher | 1948 | Kenosha Comets | [8] |
Ellen Schallern | n/a | 1946 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [9] |
Joan Schatz | outfield | 1950, 1952 | Chicago Colleens, Kalamazoo Lassies | [10] |
Edna Scheer | pitcher | 1950 | Rockford Peaches | [11] |
Audrey Schenck | third base | 1950 | Chicago Colleens, Springfield Sallies | [12] |
Claire Schillace | center field | 1943-1946 | Racine Belles | [13] |
Marilyn Schmidt | catcher | 1952 | Rockford Peaches | [14] |
Violet Schmidt | pitcher | 1946 | South Bend Blue Sox, Rockford Peaches | [15] |
June Schofield | pitcher, infield | 1948-1949 | Springfield Sallies, Muskegon Lassies, Peoria Redwings | [16] |
Dorothy Schroeder | shortstop, pitcher | 1943-1954 | South Bend Blue Sox, Kenosha Comets, Fort Wayne Daisies, Kalamazoo Lassies | [17] |
Shirley Schulze | outfield | 1944 | Milwaukee Chicks | [18] |
Gloria Schweigerdt | pitcher | 1950-1952 | Chicago Colleens, Grand Rapids Chicks, Battle Creek Belles | [19] |
Pat Scott | pitcher | 1948, 1951-1953 | Springfield Sallies, Fort Wayne Daisies | [20] |
Delores Seigfried | second base | 1947 | Muskegon Lassies | [21] |
Lillian Shadic | center field | 1949 | Springfield Sallies | [22] |
Geraldine Shafranis | infield | 1943 | South Bend Blue Sox | [23] |
Mary Shastal | second base | 1944 | Milwaukee Chicks | [24] |
Mary Sheehan | outfield | 1952 | Battle Creek Belles | [25] |
Lois Sheffield | n/a | 1952 | South Bend Blue Sox | [26] |
Doris Shero | outfield | 1950-1951 | Racine Belles, Battle Creek Belles | [27] |
Dorothy Shinen | outfield | 1945 | Kenosha Comets | [28] |
Kay Shinen | third base | 1945 | Kenosha Comets | [29] |
Twila Shively | first base, outfield | 1945-1950 | Grand Rapids Chicks, Chicago Colleens, Peoria Redwings | [30] |
Fern Shollenberger | third base | 1946-1954 | Kenosha Comets, Kalamazoo Lassies | [31] |
Amy Shuman | first base | 1946 | Grand Rapids Chicks, South Bend Blue Sox | [32] |
Norma Sieg | n/a | 1951 | Battle Creek Belles | [33] |
Louise Simpson | n/a | 1954 | n/a | [34] |
Joan Sindelar | first base, outfield | 1949-1953 | Chicago Colleens, Kalamazoo Lassies | [35] |
Josephine Skokan | pitcher | 1943 | Rockford Peaches | [36] |
Frances Sloan | pinch-hitter | 1946 | Grand Rapids Chicks, Peoria Redwings | [37] |
Charlotte Smith | infield/outfield utility | 1943-1944 | Racine Belles | [38] |
Colleen Smith | third base | 1949 | Grand Rapids Chicks | [39] |
Hazel Smith | catcher | 1951 | Battle Creek Belles | [40] |
Helen Smith | utility | 1946 | Rockford Peaches | [41] |
Helen Smith | outfield | 1947-1948 | Kenosha Comets, Grand Rapids Chicks | [42] |
Jean Smith | center field, pitcher | 1948-1954 | Kenosha Comets, Fort Wayne Daisies, Peoria Redwings, Grand Rapids Chicks | |
Marjean Smith | utility | 1948 | Grand Rapids Chicks | [44] |
Shirley Smith | outfield, second base | 1947 | Peoria Redwings | [45] |
Kay Sopkovic | utility | 1945 | South Bend Blue Sox | [46] |
Barbara Sowers | outfield | 1953-1954 | Muskegon Belles, Grand Rapids Chicks | [47] |
Donna Stageman | outfield, shortstop | 1946 | Peoria Redwings | [48] |
Adele Stahley | outfield | 1947 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [49] |
Mae Starch | pitcher | 1947 | Rockford Peaches | [50] |
Elma Steck | outfield | 1948-1950 | Peoria Redwings, Rockford Peaches, Chicago Colleens, Springfield Sallies | [51] |
Joyce Steele | first base, center field | 1953 | Kalamazoo Lassies | [52] |
Margaret Stefani | second base | 1943-1949 | South Bend Blue Sox, Rockford Peaches | [53] |
Ruby Stephens | pitcher | 1946-1951 | Racine Belles, South Bend Blue Sox, Springfield Sallies, Kenosha Comets | [54] |
Emily Stevenson | catcher, outfield | 1944 | Milwaukee Chicks | [55] |
Rosemary Stevenson | outfield | 1954 | Grand Rapids Chicks | [56] |
Jeanette Stocker | catcher | 1946 | Kenosha Comets | [57] |
Jane Stoll | outfield | 1946-1954 | Peoria Redwings, Grand Rapids Chicks, Springfield Sallies, South Bend Blue Sox, Kalamazoo Lassies | [58] |
Dorothy Stolze | infield/outfield utility | 1946-1952 | Muskegon Lassies, Racine Belles, Peoria Redwings, Grand Rapids Chicks | [59] |
Lucille Stone | shortstop | 1945 | Racine Belles, South Bend Blue Sox | [60] |
Shirley Stovroff | catcher | 1948-1952 | South Bend Blue Sox, Springfield Sallies | [61] |
Ruby Stoykovich | backup catcher | 1953 | Grand Rapids Chicks | [62] |
Mary Lou Studnicka | pitcher, second base | 1951-1953 | Grand Rapids Chicks | [63] |
Beverly Stuhr | outfield | 1949-1950 | Peoria Redwings, Racine Belles | [64] |
Anne Surkowski | outfield | 1945 | South Bend Blue Sox | [65] |
Lee Surkowski * | outfield | 1944–1946, 1948 | South Bend Blue Sox, Rockford Peaches, Fort Wayne Daisies | [66] |
Shirley Sutherland | utility | 1950-1951 | Chicago Colleens, Grand Rapids Chicks | [67] |
Rella Swamp | n/a | 1943 | Rockford Peaches | [68] |
Mary Lou Swanagon | n/a | 1946 | Grand Rapids Chicks | [69] |
* Surkowski also played under her married name of Lee Delmonico.
Name | Position(s) | Year(s) | Team(s) | Ref |
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Eunice Taylor | catcher | 1950-1951 | Chicago Colleens, Kenosha Comets | [70] |
Mary Taylor | outfield | 1953-1954 | Fort Wayne Daisies, Kalamazoo Lassies | [71] |
Norma Taylor | first base | 1950 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [72] |
Yolande Teillet | outfield | 1945-1947 | Fort Wayne Daisies, Grand Rapids Chicks, Kenosha Comets | [73] |
Georgia Terkowski | infield | 1952-1953 | Rockford Peaches | [74] |
Betty Terry | utility | 1946 | Peoria Redwings | [75] |
Barbara Tetro | n/a | 1948 | Grand Rapids Chicks | [76] |
Virginia Tezak | infield/outfield utility | 1948 | Racine Belles | [77] |
Doris Tetzlaff | third base | 1944-1950 | Milwaukee Chicks, Grand Rapids Chicks, Chicago Colleens, Fort Wayne Daisies, Muskegon Lassies | [78] |
Miss Thatcher | n/a | 1951 | Battle Creek Belles | [79] |
Erla Thomas | catcher | 1944 | Kenosha Comets | [80] |
Helen Thomas | third base | 1951 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [81] |
Mava Lee Thomas | third base, catcher | 1951 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [82] |
Annebelle Thompson | pitcher | 1943 | Racine Belles | [83] |
Barbara Thompson | outfield | 1951-1952 | Rockford Peaches | [84] |
Viola Thompson | pitcher | 1944-1947 | Milwaukee Chicks, Grand Rapids Chicks, South Bend Blue Sox | [85] |
Gloria Tipton | pitcher | 1946 | Kenosha Comets | [86] |
Alice Tognatti | outfield | 1946 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [87] |
Lorraine Torrison | third base | 1944 | Minneapolis Millerettes | [88] |
Ina Dell Towers | outfield | 1953 | Grand Rapids Chicks | [89] |
Gene Travis | first base, outfield | 1948 | Rockford Peaches | [90] |
Betty Trezza | shortstop, center field | 1944-1950 | Minneapolis Millerettes, South Bend Blue Sox, Fort Wayne Daisies, Racine Belles | [91] |
Ellen Tronnier | outfield | 1943 | South Bend Blue Sox | [92] |
Betty Tucker | pitcher | 1946-1949 | Peoria Redwings, Fort Wayne Daisies, Rockford Peaches, Grand Rapids Chicks, Chicago Colleens | [93] |
Joan Tysver | pitcher | 1950-1951 | Grand Rapids Chicks, Rockford Peaches | [94] |
Name | Position(s) | Year(s) | Team(s) | Ref |
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Dolly Vanderlip | pitcher | 1952-1954 | Fort Wayne Daisies, South Bend Blue Sox | [95] |
Virginia Ventura | first base | 1951, 1953 | Rockford Peaches | [96] |
Zonia Vialat | first base | 1951, 1953 | Springfield Sallies | [97] |
Marge Villa | second base, shortstop, catcher | 1946-1950 | Kenosha Comets | [98] |
Georgette Vincent * | pitcher | 1947–1952, 1954 | Racine Belles, South Bend Blue Sox | [99] |
Karen Violetta | infield | 1953 | Grand Rapids Chicks | [100] |
Kathryn Vonderau | catcher | 1946-1953 | Fort Wayne Daisies, Muskegon Lassies, Chicago Colleens, Peoria Redwings, Muskegon Belles | [101] |
Inez Voyce | first base | 1946-1953 | South Bend Blue Sox, Grand Rapids Chicks | [102] |
Frances Vukovich | pitcher | 1950-1951 | Chicago Colleens, Racine Belles | [103] |
* Vincent also played under her married name of Georgette Mooney.
Name | Position(s) | Year(s) | Team(s) | Ref |
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Helen Waddell | outfield, infield | 1949-1951 | Springfield Sallies, Rockford Peaches, Battle Creek Belles | [104] |
Audrey Wagner | outfield | 1943-1949 | Kenosha Comets | [105] |
Betty Wagoner | outfield, pitcher | 1948-1954 | South Bend Blue Sox, Muskegon Lassies | [106] |
Martha Walker | pitcher | 1943 | Racine Belles | [107] |
Mary Walker | n/a | 1946 | n/a | [108] |
Nellie Jean Walker | pinch-hitter | 1945 | South Bend Blue Sox | [109] |
Thelma Walmsley | n/a | 1946 | Racine Belles | [110] |
Mary Walter | n/a | 1946 | n/a | [111] |
Helen Walulik | outfield, pitcher, second base | 1948-1950 | Muskegon Lassies, Fort Wayne Daisies, Chicago Colleens, Kalamazoo Lassies | [112] |
Betty Wanless | third base | 1953-1954 | Grand Rapids Chicks, South Bend Blue Sox | [113] |
Betty Warfel | pitcher, infield | 1948-1949 | Rockford Peaches | [114] |
Nancy Warren | pitcher, | 1946–1948, 1951–1952, 1954 | Muskegon Lassies, Chicago Colleens, Peoria Redwings, Fort Wayne Daisies, Muskegon Belles, Kalamazoo Lassies | [115] |
Mildred Warwick | third base | 1943-1944 | Rockford Peaches | [116] |
Marion Watson | pitcher | 1947 | Muskegon Lassies | [117] |
Evelyn Wawryshyn | second base | 1946-1951 | Kenosha Comets, Muskegon Lassies, Springfield Sallies, Fort Wayne Daisies | [118] |
Jean Weaver | third base, outfield, pitcher | 1951-1953 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [119] |
Joanne Weaver | outfield, pitcher | 1950-1954 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [120] |
Mary Weddle | pitcher, infield/outfield utility | 1954 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [121] |
Rossey Weeks | catcher | 1947 | Rockford Peaches, Racine Belles | [122] |
Marie Wegman | second base, pitcher | 1947-1950 | Rockford Peaches, Fort Wayne Daisies, Muskegon Lassies, Grand Rapids Chicks | [123] |
Shirley Weierman | third base | 1953-1954 | Fort Wayne Daisies | [124] |
Margaret Wenzell | infield/outfield utility | 1945-1953 | Grand Rapids Chicks, Muskegon Lassies, Peoria Redwings, Fort Wayne Daisies, Springfield Sallies, Racine Belles, Kalamazoo Lassies, Battle Creek Belles, South Bend Blue Sox | [125] |
Helen Westerman | catcher | 1943-1944 | Kenosha Comets, Rockford Peaches | [126] |
Dorothy Whalen | catcher | 1948 | South Bend Blue Sox | [127] |
Vera Whiteman | second base | 1946 | Grand Rapids Chicks | [128] |
Betty Whiting | first base, outfield, catcher | 1944-1952 | Milwaukee Chicks, Grand Rapids Chicks, Fort Wayne Daisies, Chicago Colleens, South Bend Blue Sox, Kalamazoo Lassies, Battle Creek Belles | [129] |
Norma Whitney | second base | 1949-1950 | Chicago Colleens, South Bend Blue Sox | [130] |
Elizabeth Wicken | outfield | 1945-1946 | Grand Rapids Chicks, Muskegon Lassies | [131] |
Margaret Wigiser | outfield | 1944-1946 | Minneapolis Millerettes, Rockford Peaches | [132] |
Hazel Wildfong | pinch-hitter | 1946 | Rockford Peaches | [133] |
Janet Wiley | first base | 1950-1953 | Chicago Colleens, South Bend Blue Sox, Rockford Peaches | [134] |
Ruth Williams | pitcher | 1947-1953 | South Bend Blue Sox, Peoria Redwings, Kalamazoo Lassies | [135] |
Wilma Williams | infield/outfield utility | 1953 | Rockford Peaches | [136] |
Dolores Wilson | outfield | 1947-1948 | Peoria Redwings, Chicago Colleens | [137] |
Jean Wilson | n/a | 1943 | South Bend Blue Sox | [138] |
Verna Wilson | n/a | 1946 | Rockford Peaches | [139] |
Dorothy Wiltse * | pitcher | 1944–1948, 1950 | Minneapolis Millerettes, Fort Wayne Daisies | [140] |
Dorothy Wind | shortstop | 1943-1944 | Racine Belles | [141] |
Elsie Wingrove | outfield | 1946-1947 | Fort Wayne Daisies, Grand Rapids Chicks | [142] |
Alma Winkler | n/a | 1949 | n/a | [143] |
Laverne Winn | n/a | 1950 | n/a | [144] |
Miss Winslow | n/a | 1953 | South Bend Blue Sox | [145] |
Joanne Winter | pitcher | 1943, 1946–1948, 1950 | Racine Belles | [146] |
Senaida Wirth | shortstop, second base | 1945-1951 | South Bend Blue Sox | [147] |
Connie Wisniewski | pitcher, outfield | 1944–1949, 1951-1952 | Milwaukee Chicks, Grand Rapids Chicks | [148] |
Marian Wohlwender | catcher | 1943 | Kenosha Comets | [149] |
Mary Wood | outfield | 1946-1947 | Peoria Redwings | [150] |
Trois Wood | pitcher | 1950-1951 | Fort Wayne Daisies, Kenosha Comets | [151] |
Sadie Wright | infield/outfield utility | 1951 | Battle Creek Belles | [152] |
Sylvia Wronski | pitcher | 1944-1945 | Milwaukee Chicks, Grand Rapids Chicks | [153] |
Lorraine Wuethrich | infield utility | 1943-1944 | Rockford Peaches | [154] |
* Wiltse also played under her married name of Dorothy Collins.
Name | Position(s) | Year(s) | Team(s) | Ref |
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Betty Yahr | right field | 1946 | Rockford Peaches | [155] |
Renae Youngberg | third base | 1949-1954 | Springfield Sallies, Grand Rapids Chicks, Muskegon Lassies, South Bend Blue Sox | [156] |
Janet Young | pitcher | 1951 | Battle Creek Belles | [157] |
Lois Youngen | catcher, third base | 1951-1954 | Kenosha Comets, Fort Wayne Daisies, South Bend Blue Sox | [158] |
Name | Position(s) | Year(s) | Team(s) | Ref |
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Clara Zaph | n/a | 1943 | n/a | [159] |
Marie Zeigler | utility | 1953 | Grand Rapids Chicks | [160] |
Alma Ziegler | second base, pitcher, shortstop | 1944-1954 | Milwaukee Chicks, Grand Rapids Chicks | [161] |
Frances Ziermak | pitcher | 1951 | Peoria Redwings | [162] |
Agnes Zurowski | pitcher | 1945 | Racine Belles, Fort Wayne Daisies | [163] |
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 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.
The 1945 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season marked the third season of the circuit. The action began with six teams, like the previous season. But the Milwaukee Chicks and the Minneapolis Millerettes franchises were renamed the Grand Rapids Chicks and Fort Wayne Daisies respectively. The measure took effect for poor attendances in the cities of these teams the year before. At this point, the new clubs joined the Kenosha Comets, Racine Belles, Rockford Peaches and South Bend Blue Sox, all founding members of the league. The six teams competed through a 110-game schedule, while the split season was dropped in favor of a longer playoff format with the Shaugnessy format: the one seed facing the three seed and the two seed against the four seed. In addition, the pitching distance increased from 40 to 42 feet during the midseason.
The 1946 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season marked the fourth season of the circuit. The AAGPBL expansion brought two new franchises to the previous six-team format. At this point, the Muskegon Lassies and the Peoria Redwings joined the Fort Wayne Daisies, Grand Rapids Chicks, Kenosha Comets, Racine Belles, Rockford Peaches and South Bend Blue Sox. The eight teams competed through a 112-game schedule, while the final Shaugnessy playoffs faced season winner Racine against defending champion Rockford in a Best of Seven Series.