1945 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season

1945 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Baseball Logo of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.svg 90px 6 110 Connie Wisniewski (GR) All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Player of the Year Award Regular season Rockford Peaches Shaugnessy playoffs Rockford Peaches AAGPBL 1944 1946 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.http://www.aagpbl.org/league/history.cfm All-American Girls Professional Baseball League History In addition, the pitching distance increased from 40 to 42 feet during the midseason.AAGPBL Rules of Play Nevertheless, the pitchers continued to dominate the league as an all-time record eight no-hitters were recorded in the season. Rockford's Carolyn Morris hurled a perfect game against Fort Wayne, while South Bend's Betty Luna threw four shutouts in a stretch, including her first career no-hitter. Grand Rapids' Connie Wisniewski led all pitchers with her 32 victories and a 0.81 earned run average, rivaled with Fort Wayne's Dorothy Wiltse who recorded 29 wins and a 0.83 ERA. But on the other side, Mary Nesbitt of Racine was the only hitter to top the .300 mark (.319) while Fort Wayne teammates Helen Callaghan and Faye Dancer tied for the home run title with three each. Wisniewski was honored with the AAGPBL Player of the Year Award.All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2000. Format: Softcover, 294pp. Language: English. 978-0-7864-3747-4 In the playoffs, champion Rockford played third place Grand Rapids and second place Fort Wayne took Racine. Rockford and Fort Wayne ended up facing each other in the finals, with Rockford becoming the first team to win both the season title and the championship in league history. Morris, who went 28–12 with a 1.08 ERA in the season, defeated the Chicks three times in the first round and repeated her feat against the Daisies in the finals, proving that good pitching was more important than hitting during a short series.The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Softcover, 295pp. Language: English. 0-7864-3747-2All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book The AAGPBL drew 450,000 fans during the 1945 season, which represented a 19 percent increase over the previous year. Teams 1945 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Teams Team City Stadium Fort Wayne Daisies Fort Wayne, Indiana North Side High School Grand Rapids Chicks Grand Rapids, Michigan South High School Field Kenosha Comets Kenosha, Wisconsin Lake Front Stadium Racine Belles Racine, Wisconsin Horlick Field Rockford Peaches Rockford, Illinois Rockford Municipal Stadium South Bend Blue Sox South Bend, Indiana Bendix Field Map of teams left 10px All-American Girls Professional Baseball League teams 950 450 300 425 145 USA Midwest 900 USA Midwest 41.10 -85.14 Black pog.svg 80 bottom Daisies USA Midwest 42.96 -85.66 Black pog.svg 80 bottom Chicks USA Midwest 42.58 -87.85 Black pog.svg 80 bottom Comets USA Midwest 42.74 -87.80 Black pog.svg 80 right Belles USA Midwest 42.25 -89.09 Black pog.svg 80 bottom Peaches USA Midwest 41.67 -86.27 Black pog.svg 80 bottom Blue Sox Final standings RankTeamWLW-L%GB1 Rockford Peaches 67 43 .609 –2 Fort Wayne Daisies 62 47 .569 4½3 Grand Rapids Chicks 60 50 .545 74 Racine Belles 50 60 .455 175 South Bend Blue Sox 49 60 .450 17½6 Kenosha Comets 41 69 .372 26 Postseason First roundBest of five series Second roundBest of seven series 1 Rockford Peaches 3 3 Grand Rapids Chicks 1 2 Fort Wayne Daisies 3 4 Racine Belles 1 1 Rockford Peaches 4 2 Fort Wayne Daisies 1 Batting statistics StatisticPlayerRecord Batting average Mary Nesbitt (RAC)Helen Callaghan (FW)  Dorothy Kamenshek (ROC)   Margaret Wigiser (ROC)Elizabeth Mahon (SB)Thelma Eisen (GR)Dorothy Harrell (ROC)Sophie Kurys (RAC)Kay Rohrer (ROC)Betsy Jochum (SB) .319.299.274.249.246.240.239.239.239.237Runs scored Dorothy Kamenshek (ROC)Helen Callaghan (FW)Sophie Kurys (RAC)Mary Baker (SB)Edythe Perlick (RAC)Mildred Deegan (ROC)Faye Dancer (FW)Thelma Eisen (GR)Helen Filarski (ROC) 807773494747444444Hits Helen Callaghan (FW)Dorothy Kamenshek (ROC)Phyllis Koehn (KEN/SB)Thelma Eisen (GR)Mary Baker (SB)Betsy Jochum (SB)Sophie Kurys (RAC)Edythe Perlick (RAC)Vivian Kellogg (FW) 12211595949392838382Doubles Helen Callaghan (FW)Thelma Eisen (GR)Margaret Stefani (SB)Dorothy Kamenshek (ROC)Vivian Kellogg (FW)Mildred Deegan (ROC)Doris Tetzlaff (GR)Margaret Wigiser (ROC)Kay Rohrer (ROC)Lee Surkowski (SB)Rose Gacioch (ROC) 1716131110998888Triples Audrey Wagner (KEN)Gertrude Ganote (SB)Margaret Stefani (SB)Edythe Perlick (RAC)Vivian Kellogg (FW)Lois Florreich (SB/KEN)Mary Baker (SB)Mildred Deegan (ROC)Lee Surkowski (SB)Helen Callaghan (FW)Phyllis Koehn (KEN/SB) 98876655433Home runs Helen Callaghan (FW)Faye Dancer (FW)Dorothy Harrell (ROC)Edythe Perlick (RAC)Kay Rohrer (ROC)Dorothy Schroeder (SB/KEN)Audrey Wagner (KEN)Margaret Wigiser (ROC) 33222222Runs batted in Rose Gacioch (ROC)Phyllis Koehn (KEN/SB)Edythe Perlick (RAC)Margaret Stefani (SB)Lavonne Paire (FW)Vivian Kellogg (FW)Eleanor Dapkus (RAC)Betsy Jochum (SB)Margaret Wigiser (ROC)Thelma Eisen (GR)Ruth Lessing (FW) 4443413939383736353431Stolen bases Sophie Kurys (RAC)Helen Callaghan (FW)Dorothy Kamenshek (ROC)Shirley Jameson (KEN)Twila Shively (GR)Edythe Perlick (RAC)Penny O'Brian (FW)Thelma Eisen (GR)Elizabeth Fabac (KEN) 1159260584644434141Total bases Helen Callaghan (FW)Dorothy Kamenshek (ROC)Thelma Eisen (GR)Betsy Jochum (SB)Margaret Stefani (SB)Mary Baker (SB)Phyllis Koehn (KEN/SB)Vivian Kellogg (FW)Edythe Perlick (RAC) 156130115110110109109107107 Pitching statistics StatisticPlayerRecordWins Connie Wisniewski (GR)Dorothy Wiltse (FW)Carolyn Morris (ROC)Helen Nicol (KEN)Olive Little (ROC)Doris Barr (SB/RAC)  Charlotte Armstrong (SB)   Audrey Haine (FW)Josephine Kabick (FW)Mary Nesbitt (RAC)Elise Harney (KEN)Betty Luna (SB) 322928242220181616161414Earned run average Connie Wisniewski (GR)Dorothy Wiltse (FW)Carolyn Morris (ROC)Helen Nicol (KEN)Betty Luna (SB)Annabelle Lee (FW)Olive Little (ROC)Doris Barr (SB/RAC)Josephine Kabick (FW)Mary Nesbitt (RAC) 0.810.831.081.341.531.561.681.711.851.87Strikeouts Dorothy Wiltse (GR)Helen Nicol (KEN)Olive Little (ROC)Nalda Bird (SB)Carolyn Morris (ROC)Doris Barr (SB/RAC)Amy Applegren (ROC) 293220142128 119104101Games pitched Charlotte Armstrong (SB)Helen Nicol (KEN)Dorothy Wiltse (GR)Connie Wisniewski (GR)Elise Harney (KEN)Carolyn Morris (ROC)Josephine Kabick (GR)Olive Little (ROC)Viola Thompson (GR)Joanne Winter (RAC)Audrey Haine (FW)Annabelle Lee (FW) 464646464342353434343231Innings pitched Connie Wisniewski (GR)Helen Nicol (KEN)Charlotte Armstrong (SB)Dorothy Wiltse (GR)Carolyn Morris (ROC)Elise Harney (KEN)Olive Little (ROC)Josephine Kabick (GR)Mary Nesbitt (RAC)Viola Thompson (GR)Joanne Winter (RAC)Doris Barr (SB/RAC) 391357355345333301295292284260260256 All-Star Game All-American Girls Professional Baseball League All-Star Team See also 1945 Major League Baseball season Sources External links AAGPBL Official Website AAGPBL Records Baseball Historian files The Diamond Angle profiles and interviews SABR Projects – Jim Sargent articles YouTube videos Category:All-American Girls Professional Baseball League seasons 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