All-American Girls Professional Baseball League All-Star Team

The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) was a women's professional baseball circuit which existed for twelve seasons from 1943 through 1954.[1]

For the first three seasons the league did not have an official All-Star team. Nevertheless, on July 1, 1943 took effect the first All-Star Game of the league, which coincidentally became the first night game ever played at Wrigley Field. The contest was played under temporary lights between two teams composed of Racine Belles and Kenosha Comets players against South Bend Blue Sox and Rockford Peaches players. At the end of the inaugural season the league selected an All-Star team composed of fifteen players. Currently there are no records available to indicate that an All-Star team was recognized during the 1944 and 1945 seasons.[2][3]

Starting in 1946, the team's managers of the league selected a squad of All-Star players as a result of individual achievements and performances during the regular season. In the voting, more than a hundred players received some recognition in nine successive seasons and the All-Star Team would play against the club with the best record in an exhibition game.[4]

1943

PositionPlayerTeam
PitchersMargaret BergerSouth Bend Blue Sox
Olive LittleRockford Peaches
Mary NesbittRacine Belles
Helen NicolRacine Belles
CatchersBonnie BakerSouth Bend Blue Sox
Irene HicksonRacine Belles
First baseDorothy KamenshekRockford Peaches
Second baseMargaret StefaniSouth Bend Blue Sox
Third baseAnn HarnettKenosha Comets
ShortstopGladys DavisRockford Peaches
Pauline PirokKenosha Comets
OutfieldEleanor DapkusRacine Belles
Shirley JamesonKenosha Comets
Edythe PerlickRacine Belles
Claire SchillaceRacine Belles

[5]

1944-1945

1946

PositionPlayerTeamTime
PitchersAnna Mae HutchisonRacine Belles
Carolyn MorrisRockford Peaches
Joanne WinterRacine Belles
Connie WisniewskiGrand Rapids Chicks
CatchersBonnie BakerSouth Bend Blue Sox2nd
Ruth LessingGrand Rapids Chicks
First baseDorothy KamenshekRockford Peaches2nd
Second baseSophie KurysRacine Belles
Third baseMaddy EnglishRacine Belles
ShortstopSenaida WirthSouth Bend Blue Sox
OutfieldThelma EisenRockford Peaches
Merle KeagleGrand Rapids Chicks
Elizabeth MahonSouth Bend Blue Sox

[4][6]

1947

PositionPlayerTeamTime
PitchersMildred EarpGrand Rapids Chicks
Anna Mae HutchisonRacine Belles2nd
Dorothy MuellerPeoria Redwings
Doris SamsMuskegon Lassies
CatcherRuth LessingGrand Rapids Chicks2nd
First baseDorothy KamenshekRockford Peaches3rd
Second baseSophie KurysRacine Belles2nd
Third baseMary ReynoldsPeoria Redwings
ShortstopDorothy HarrellRockford Peaches
OutfieldJosephine LenardRockford Peaches
Edythe PerlickRacine Belles2nd
Audrey WagnerKenosha Comets

[4][7]

1948

PositionPlayerTeamTime
PitchersLois FlorreichRockford Peaches
Alice HaylettGrand Rapids Chicks
Joanne WinterRacine Belles
CatcherRuth LessingGrand Rapids Chicks3rd
First baseDorothy KamenshekRockford Peaches4th
Second baseSophie KurysRacine Belles3rd
Third baseMaddy EnglishRacine Belles2nd
ShortstopDorothy HarrellRockford Peaches2nd
OutfieldEdythe PerlickRacine Belles3rd
Audrey WagnerKenosha Comets2nd
Connie WisniewskiGrand Rapids Chicks2nd

[4][8]

1949

PositionPlayerTeamTime
PitchersLouise EricksonRockford Peaches
Jean FautSouth Bend Blue Sox
Lois FlorreichRockford Peaches2nd
CatchersRuth RichardRockford Peaches
Marge VillaKenosha Comets
First baseDorothy KamenshekRockford Peaches5th
Second baseSophie KurysRacine Belles4th
Third baseMaddy EnglishRacine Belles3rd
ShortstopDorothy HarrellRockford Peaches3rd
OutfieldElizabeth MahonSouth Bend Blue Sox2nd
Doris SamsMuskegon Lassies2nd
Connie WisniewskiGrand Rapids Chicks3rd

[4][9]

1950

PositionPlayerTeamTime
PitchersLouise EricksonRockford Peaches2nd
Jean FautSouth Bend Blue Sox2nd
Lois FlorreichRockford Peaches3rd
Maxine KlineFort Wayne Daisies
Alma ZieglerGrand Rapids Chicks
CatcherRuth RichardRockford Peaches2nd
First baseDorothy KamenshekRockford Peaches6th
Second baseEvelyn WawryshynFort Wayne Daisies
Third baseFern ShollenbergerKenosha Comets
ShortstopDorothy HarrellRockford Peaches4th
Infield utilityMarie WegmanFort Wayne Daisies
OutfieldJacquelyn KelleyRockford Peaches
Doris SamsKalamazoo Lassies3rd
Doris SatterfieldGrand Rapids Chicks
Betty WagonerSouth Bend Blue Sox

[4][10]

1951

PositionPlayerTeamTime
PitchersJean FautSouth Bend Blue Sox3rd
Rose GaciochRockford Peaches
Maxine KlineFort Wayne Daisies2nd
CatcherRuth RichardRockford Peaches3rd
First baseDorothy KamenshekRockford Peaches7th
Second baseCharlene PryerSouth Bend Blue Sox
Third baseFern ShollenbergerKenosha Comets2nd
ShortstopAlice PollittRacine Belles
OutfieldEleanor CallowRockford Peaches
Doris SamsKalamazoo Lassies4th
Connie WisniewskiGrand Rapids Chicks4th

[4][11]

1952

PositionPlayerTeamTime
PitchersJean CioneBattle Creek Belles
Gloria CordesKalamazoo Lassies
Rose GaciochRockford Peaches2nd
Maxine KlineFort Wayne Daisies3rd
Alma ZieglerGrand Rapids Chicks2nd
CatchersRita BriggsBattle Creek Belles
Ruth RichardRockford Peaches4th
Jenny RomatowskiKalamazoo Lassies
First baseBetty FossFort Wayne Daisies
Second baseJoan BergerRockford Peaches
Third baseFern ShollenbergerKenosha Comets3rd
ShortstopDorothy SchroederFort Wayne Daisies
Infield utilityDorothy HarrellRockford Peaches5th
Barbara HoffmanSouth Bend Blue Sox
Alice PollittRockford Peaches2nd
OutfieldEleanor CallowRockford Peaches2nd
Doris SamsKalamazoo Lassies5th
Joanne WeaverFort Wayne Daisies

[4][12]

1953

PositionPlayerTeamTime
PitchersJean FautSouth Bend Blue Sox4th
Rose GaciochRockford Peaches3rd
Maxine KlineFort Wayne Daisies4th
Eleanor MooreGrand Rapids Chicks
Earlene RisingerGrand Rapids Chicks
CatchersMary BaumgartnerSouth Bend Blue Sox
Jean LovellKalamazoo Lassies
Ruth RichardRockford Peaches5th
Jenny RomatowskiKalamazoo Lassies2nd
Kathryn VonderauMuskegon Belles
First baseBetty FossFort Wayne Daisies2nd
June PeppasKalamazoo Lassies
Second baseJean GeissingerFort Wayne Daisies
Alma ZieglerGrand Rapids Chicks3rd
Third baseKatie HorstmanFort Wayne Daisies
Fern ShollenbergerKalamazoo Lassies4th
ShortstopMargaret RussoMuskegon Belles
Dorothy SchroederKalamazoo Lassies2nd
Infield utilityMarguerite PearsonSouth Bend Blue Sox
OutfieldEleanor CallowRockford Peaches3rd
Joyce RickettsGrand Rapids Chicks
Jenny RomatowskiKalamazoo Lassies2nd
Doris SatterfieldGrand Rapids Chicks2nd
Jane StollKalamazoo Lassies
Betty WagonerSouth Bend Blue Sox2nd
Joanne WeaverFort Wayne Daisies2nd

[4][13]

1954

PositionPlayerTeamTime
PitchersGloria CordesKalamazoo Lassies2nd
Maxine KlineFort Wayne Daisies5th
Janet RumseySouth Bend Blue Sox
Nancy WarrenKalamazoo Lassies
CatcherRuth RichardRockford Peaches6th
First baseJune PeppasKalamazoo Lassies2nd
Second baseJean GeissingerFort Wayne Daisies2nd
Alma ZieglerGrand Rapids Chicks4th
Third baseFern ShollenbergerKalamazoo Lassies3rd
PitchersMargaret RussoRockford Peaches2nd
Dorothy SchroederKalamazoo Lassies3rd
OutfieldWilma BriggsSouth Bend Blue Sox
Eleanor CallowRockford Peaches4th
Joyce RickettsGrand Rapids Chicks2nd
Doris SatterfieldGrand Rapids Chicks3rd
Joanne WeaverFort Wayne Daisies3rd

[4][14]

Sources

  1. ↑ All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Website – Teams by Season
  2. ↑ All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2000. Format: Paperback, 294 pp. Language: English. ISBN 0-7864-3747-2
  3. ↑ ESPN Page 2 – Reel Life: A League of Their Own - Article by Jeff Merron
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book
  5. ↑ 1943 AAGPBL All-Star Team
  6. ↑ 1946 AAGPBL All-Star Team
  7. ↑ 1947 AAGPBL All-Star Team
  8. ↑ 1948 AAGPBL All-Star Team
  9. ↑ 1949 AAGPBL All-Star Team
  10. ↑ 1950 AAGPBL All-Star Team
  11. ↑ 1951 AAGPBL All-Star Team
  12. ↑ 1952 AAGPBL All-Star Team
  13. ↑ 1953 AAGPBL All-Star Team Archived January 3, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
  14. ↑ 1954 AAGPBL All-Star Team
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