1948 All-American Girls Baseball League

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The 1948 season of the All-American Girls Baseball League was the sixth season of the league.

Contents 1 Season Summary 2 Standings 2.1 Eastern Section 2.2 Western Section 3 Leaders 4 All-Star Game 5 Postseason 6 Award Winners 6.1 All-Star Team 7 Notable Events

[edit] Season Summary

[edit] Standings

Italics indicates half champion, Bold indicates the sectional champion, Bold+Italics indicates the Shaughnessy Series champion

[edit] Eastern Section

Rank	Team	G	W	L	WPCT	GB	Manager
1	Grand Rapids Chicks	124	77	47	0.621	-.-	Johnny Rawlings
2	Muskegon Lassies	123	66	57	0.537	10.5	Bill Wambsganss
3	South Bend Blue Sox	126	57	69	0.452	21.0	Marty McManus
4	Fort Wayne Daisies	125	53	72	0.424	24.5	Dick Bass
5	Chicago Colleens	123	47	76	0.382	29.5	Dave Bancroft

[edit] Western Section

Rank	Team	G	W	L	WPCT	GB	Manager
1	Racine Belles	125	76	49	0.608	-.-	Leo Murphy
2	Rockford Peaches	123	74	49	0.602	1.0	Bill Allington
3	Peoria Redwings	125	70	55	0.560	6.0	Leo Schrall
4	Kenosha Comets	125	61	64	0.488	15.0	Chet Grant
5	Springfield Sallies	125	41	84	0.328	35.0	Carson Bigbee

[edit] Leaders

Bold indicates league record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Audrey Wagner	Kenosha Comets	.312
Home Runs	Connie Wisnieski	Grand Rapids Chicks	7
Runs Batted In	Audrey Wagner	Kenosha Comets	68
Stolen Bases	Sophie Kurys	Racine Belles	172
Wins	Alice Haylett	Grand Rapids Chicks	25-5
	Joanne Winter	Racine Belles	25-12
Earned Run Average	Alice Haylett	Grand Rapids Chicks	0.77
Strikeouts	Joanne Winter	Racine Belles	248

[edit] All-Star Game

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

[edit] Postseason

The playoffs featured the top four teams from each of the league's Eastern and Westernsections. The teams competed in a best-of-five intra-sectional first round, with the first place team faced off against the third place team and the second place team played against the fourth place team. The winners then advanced to the best-of-five sectional finals. The sectional champions then met in the best-of-seven Shaughnessy Series.

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Shaughnessy Series
	1	Grand Rapids Chicks	3
	3	South Bend Blue Sox	2
						1	Grand Rapids Chicks	0
						4	Fort Wayne Daisies	3
	2	Muskegon Lassies	1
	4	Fort Wayne Daisies	3
											4	Fort Wayne Daisies	1
											2	Rockford Peaches	4
	1	Racine Belles	3
	3	Peoria Redwings	0
						1	Racine Belles	0
						2	Rockford Peaches	3
	2	Rockford Peaches	3
	4	Kenosha Comets	0

[edit] Award Winners

The winner of the league's Player of the Year Award, was Audrey Wagner, an outfielder with the Kenosha Comets. The award was voted upon by the league's managers.

[edit] All-Star Team

The following players were named to the league's all-star team, as voted upon by the league's managers.

Position	Player	Team
P	Lois Florreich	Rockford Peaches
	Alice Haylett	Grand Rapids Chicks
	Joanne Winter	Racine Belles
C	Ruth Lessing	Grand Rapids Chicks
1B	Dorothy Kamenshek	Rockford Peaches
2B	Sophie Kurys	Racine Belles
3B	Madeline English	Racine Belles
SS	Dorothy Doyle	Rockford Peaches
OF	Edythe Keating	Racine Belles
	Audrey Wagner	Kenosha Comets
	Connie Wisniewski	Grand Rapids Chicks

[edit] Notable Events

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