1943 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season

1943 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Baseball AAGSBL_logo.jpg 150px Logo used for the first half of the 1943 season 4 108 Regular season Racine Belles (first half)Kenosha Comets (second half) Scholarship Series Racine Belles AAGPBL None 1944 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season 1944 The 1943 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season marked the inaugural season of the circuit. Since the only organized ball for women in the country was softball, the league created a hybrid game that included both softball and baseball.http://www.aagpbl.org/league/history.cfm All-American Girls Professional Baseball League history The league started play on May 30, 1943.https://newspaperarchive.com/other-clipping-may-30-1943-5909003/?utm_source=newspaperarchive&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=share_link&utm_content=newspaper_clipping/ Other-May-30-1943-5909003 | NewspaperArchive newspaperarchive.com Wrigley Field hosted a night game involving AAGPBL players as part of the war recruiting effort on July 1.https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/july-1-1943-all-american-girls-play-first-game-under-the-lights-at-wrigley-field/ July 1, 1943: All-American Girls play first game under the lights at Wrigley Field – Society for American Baseball Research The league underwent a name change during the season: It began as the All-American Girls Softball League.,Kathryn Cullen-DuPont Encyclopedia of women's history in America https://books.google.com/books?id=oIro7MtiFuYC&pg=PA374 November 28, 2011 August 1, 2000 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-4100-8 but midway through the 1943 season, the name was changed to the All-American Girls Baseball League (AAGBBL).http://www.aagpbl.org/index.cfm/pages/league/12/league-history All American Girls Professional Baseball League Players Association League History November 22, 2017 The AAGPBL began with a 12-inch softball but incorporated baseball rules. The new league started with four teams, the Kenosha Comets, Racine Belles, Rockford Peaches and South Bend Blue Sox. The teams competed through a 108-game schedule, while the first Scholarship Series faced first-half winner Racine against Kenosha, second-half champ, in a Best of Five Series.http://aagpbl.org:80/index.cfm/pages/league/20/rules-of-play Rules of Play All-American Girls Professional Baseball League www.aagpbl.org The strong pitching led to low batting averages, as the league hit a collective .230 average with Racine topping the chart (.246). Just one player, Rockford's Gladys Davis, reached the .300 mark. Only 72 home runs were batted for the four teams. Ten of these homers came from the bat of Eleanor Dapkus with Racine.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 Kenosha pitcher Helen Nicol won the Triple Crown with 31 wins, 220 strikeouts and a 1.81 earned run average, and also led the league in winning percentage (.795), consecutive wins (13), complete games (33), shutouts (8) and innings pitched (348). The best individual pitching performance on the year came from Rockford's Olive Little, who hurled the first no-hitter in league history.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. 0-7864-3747-2 In the final series, Racine swept Kenosha in three games to win the first title of the league. Irene Hickson led the Belles with a .417 average, while pitcher Mary Nesbitt won two complete-game victories and relieved Joanne Winter in her win.All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book The AAGPBL drew 176,000 fans during its inaugural season, which assured the league would continue the following year. Teams 1943 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Teams Team City Stadium 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 950 450 300 425 130 USA Midwest 900 USA Midwest 42.58 -87.85 Black pog.svg 80 bottom Comets USA Midwest 42.74 -87.80 Black pog.svg 80 top 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 Standings First half RankTeamWLW-L%GB1 Racine Belles 34 20 .630 –2 South Bend Blue Sox 28 26 .519 63 Kenosha Comets 23 31 .426 114 Rockford Peaches 23 31 .426 11 Second half RankTeamWLW-L%GB1 Kenosha Comets 33 21 .611 –2 South Bend Blue Sox 30 24 .556 33 Racine Belles 29 25 .521 44 Rockford Peaches 20 34 .370 13 Composite records RankTeamWLW-L%GB1 Racine Belles 59 49 .546 –2 South Bend Blue Sox 58 50 .537 13 Kenosha Comets 56 52 .518 34 Rockford Peaches 43 65 .398 16 Postseason GameTeamsScore1 Racine Belles@Kenosha Comets 622 Racine Belles@Kenosha Comets 743   Kenosha Comets   @Racine Belles 36 Individual statistics Batting StatisticPlayerRecord Batting average  Gladys Davis (ROC)Irene Hickson (RAC)Mary Nesbitt (RAC)Betsy Jochum (SB)Shirley Jameson (KEN)Dorothy Kamenshek (ROC)Sophie Kurys (RAC)Doris Barr (SB)Dorothy Maguire (RAC)Edythe Perlick (RAC) .332.280.280.273.271.271.271.269.269.268Runs scored Shirley Jameson (KEN)Margaret Stefani (SB)Gladys Davis (ROC)Betsy Jochum (SB)Madeline English (RAC)Claire Schillace (RAC)Josephine D'Angelo (SB)Irene Hickson (RAC)Mildred Warwick (ROC) Sophie Kurys (RAC) 111877870696562626260Hits Betsy Jochum (SB)Gladys Davis (ROC)Shirley Jameson (KEN)Dorothy Kamenshek (ROC)Ann Harnett (KEN)Sophie Kurys (RAC)Margaret Stefani (SB)Mildred Warwick (ROC)Claire Schillace (RAC)Johanna Hageman (SB) 12011610810710510499938885Doubles Betsy Jochum (SB)Ann Harnett (KEN)Johanna Hageman (SB)Edythe Perlick (RAC)Lois Florreich (SB)Phyllis Koehn (KEN)Eileen Burmeister (ROC)Sophie Kurys (RAC) 121010109988Triples Margaret Stefani (SB)Gladys Davis (ROC)Ann Harnett (KEN)Shirley Jameson (KEN)Audrey Wagner (KEN)Eileen Burmeister (ROC)Betsy Jochum (SB)Sophie Kurys (RAC)Mildred Warwick (ROC) Dorothy Wind (RAC) 1110 1010107 7777Home runs Eleanor Dapkus (RAC)Ann Harnett (KEN)Gladys Davis (ROC)Lois Florreich (SB)Shirley Jameson (KEN)Phyllis Koehn (KEN)Margaret Stefani (SB)Audrey Wagner (KEN)Dorothy Kamenshek (ROC)Sophie Kurys (RAC) 11644444433Runs batted in Ann Harnett (KEN)Sophie Kurys (RAC)Gladys Davis (ROC)Margaret Stefani (SB)Phyllis Koehn (KEN)Johanna Hageman (SB)Dorothy Wind (RAC)Lois Florreich (SB)Betty Jane Fritz (RAC)Eleanor Dapkus (RAC)Edythe Perlick (RAC) 6959585552454443434242Stolen bases Shirley Jameson (KEN)Margaret Stefani (SB)Madeline English (RAC)Irene Hickson (RAC)Betsy Jochum (SB)Lois Florreich (SB)Edythe Perlick (RAC)Charlotte Smith (RAC) 12690756866575554Total bases Gladys Davis (ROC)Ann Harnett (KEN)Betsy Jochum (SB)Shirley Jameson (KEN)Margaret Stefani (SB)Sophie Kurys (RAC) Dorothy Kamenshek (ROC) Phyllis Koehn (KEN)Mildred Warwick (ROC)Lois Florreich (SB) 155153149146139135128117115114 Pitching StatisticPlayerRecordWins Helen Nicol (KEN)Mary Nesbitt (RAC)Margaret Berger (SB)Olive Little (ROC)Elise Harney (KEN)Doris Barr (SB)Gloria Marks (RAC)Marjorie Peters (ROC)Annebelle Thompson (RAC)Joanne Winter (RAC) 31262521191511111111 Winning percentage  Helen Nicol (KEN)Mary Nesbitt (RAC)Margaret Berger (SB)Olive Little (ROC)Gloria Marks (RAC)Doris Barr (SB)Elise Harney (KEN)Joanne Winter (RAC) .795.667.658.583.550.536.500.500Earned run average Helen Nicol (KEN)Margaret Berger (SB)Olive Little (ROC)Joanne Winter (RAC)Mary Nesbitt (RAC)Doris Barr (SB)Elise Harney (KEN)Marjorie Peters (ROC)Annebelle Thompson (RAC)Ruth Born (SB) 1.811.912.562.572.632.902.933.103.513.59Strikeouts Helen Nicol (KEN)Olive Little (ROC)Margaret Berger (SB)Elise Harney (KEN)Mary Nesbitt (RAC)Doris Barr (SB) Catherine Bennett (KEN/SB)  220151112102856353Complete games Helen Nicol (KEN)Elise Harney (KEN)Margaret Berger (SB)Mary Nesbitt (RAC)Olive Little (ROC)Marjorie Peters (ROC)Doris Barr (SB) 33302929282422Innings pitched Helen Nicol (KEN)Mary Nesbitt (RAC)Margaret Berger (SB)Elise Harney (KEN)Olive Little (ROC)Marjorie Peters (ROC)Doris Barr (SB)Annebelle Thompson (RAC)Clara Cook (ROC/KEN)Joanne Winter (RAC) 348308306304288270254223203200 All-time individual records Josephine D'Angelo (SB) – Fewest strikeouts in a season: three times in 358 at bats Shirley Jameson (KEN) – Most consecutive games stealing a base: 18 (June 14–23) Margaret Stefani (SB) – Most consecutive games without striking out: 57 (June 3 – August 22) Mildred Warwick (ROC) – Most consecutive games batting a hit: 13 (June 20–27) Dorothy Wind (RAC) – Most hits batted in a single game: six (August 28) All-Star Game All-American Girls Professional Baseball League All-Star Team See also 1943 Major League Baseball season Sources External links AAGPBL Official Website AAGPBL League history AAGPBL Rules of play 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 Category:1940s in women's baseball All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season All