1944 All-American Girls Softball League

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The 1944 season of the All-American Girls Softball League was the second season of the league.

Contents 1 Season Summary 2 Standings 2.1 First Half 2.2 Second Half 2.3 Overall 3 Leaders 4 All-Star Game 5 Postseason 6 Notable Events

[edit] Season Summary

[edit] Standings

Italics indicates half champion, Bold indicates the Shaughnessy Series champion

[edit] First Half

Rank	Team	G	W	L	WPCT	GB
1	Kenosha Comets	59	36	23	0.610	-.-
2	South Bend Blue Sox	58	33	25	0.569	2.5
3	Milwaukee Chicks	58	31	27	0.534	4.5
4	Racine Belles	60	28	32	0.467	8.5
5	Rockford Peaches	56	24	32	0.429	10.5
6	Minneapolis Millerettes	59	23	36	0.390	13.0

[edit] Second Half

Rank	Team	G	W	L	WPCT	GB
1	Milwaukee Chicks	59	40	19	0.678	-.-
2	South Bend Blue Sox	58	31	27	0.534	8.5
3	Rockford Peaches	57	29	28	0.509	10.0
4	Racine Belles	57	26	31	0.456	13.0
5	Kenosha Comets	57	25	32	0.439	14.0
6	Minneapolis Millerettes	58	22	36	0.379	17.5

[edit] Overall

Rank	Team	G	W	L	WPCT	GB	Manager
1	Milwaukee Chicks	117	71	46	0.607	-.-	Max Carey
2	South Bend Blue Sox	116	64	52	0.552	6.5	Bert Niehoff
3	Kenosha Comets	116	61	55	0.526	9.5	Marty McManus
4	Racine Belles	117	54	63	0.462	17.0	Johnny Gottselig
5	Rockford Peaches	113	53	60	0.469	16.0	Nap Kloza
6	Minneapolis Millerettes	117	45	72	0.385	25.5	Bubber Jonnard

[edit] Leaders

Bold indicates league record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Betsy Jochum	South Bend Blue Sox	.296
Home Runs	Merle Keagle	Milwaukee Chicks	7
Runs Batted In	Ann Hartnett	Kenosha Comets	63
Stolen Bases	Sophie Kurys	Racine Belles	166
Wins	Josephine Kabick	Milwaukee Chicks	26-19
Earned Run Average	Helen Fox	Kenosha Comets	0.93
Strikeouts	Dorothy Collins	Minneapolis Millerettes	205

[edit] All-Star Game

The league's second All-Star Game was played on at . by a score of .

[edit] Postseason

The playoffs featured the winners from each half of the league's season facing off in a best-of-seven Shaughnessy Series. In the series, the Milwaukee Chicks - winners of the second half - defeated the Kenosha Comets - winners of the first half - 4 games to 3.

[edit] Notable Events

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