1949 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

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The 1949 season of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was the seventh season of the league.

Contents 1 Season Summary 2 Standings 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 a playoff team, Bold indicates the Shaughnessy Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	WPCT	GB	Manager
1	Rockford Peaches	111	75	36	0.676	-.-	Bill Allington
2	South Bend Blue Sox	111	75	36	0.676	0.0	Dave Bancroft
3	Grand Rapids Chicks	111	57	54	0.514	18.0	Johnny Rawlings
4	Kenosha Comets	111	56	55	0.505	19.0	Johnny Gottselig
5	Fort Wayne Daisies	110	53	57	0.482	21.5	Harold Greiner
6	Muskegon Lassies	112	46	66	0.411	29.5	Carson Bigbee
7	Racine Belles	110	45	65	0.409	29.5	Leo Murphy
8	Peoria Redwings	109	36	73	0.330	38.0	Leo Schrall

[edit] Leaders

Bold indicates league record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Doris Sams	Muskegon Lassies	.279
Home Runs	Thelma Eisen	Fort Wayne Daisies	3
	Inez Voyce	Grand Rapids Chicks
	Audrey Wagner	Kenosha Comets
Runs Batted In	Rita Meyer	Peoria Redwings	60
Stolen Bases	Sophie Kurys	Racine Belles	137
Wins	Jean Eastman	South Bend Blue Sox	24-8
Earned Run Average	Lois Florreich	Rockford Peaches	0.67
Strikeouts	Lois Florreich	Rockford Peaches	210

[edit] All-Star Game

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

[edit] Postseason

The playoffs featured the top six teams in the league. The first and second place teams received byes to the semi-finals while the second through sixth place teams competed in a best-of-three first round. In it the third place team faced off against the fifth place team and the fourth place team played against the sixth place team. The winners then advanced to the best-of-five semi-finals, with the first place team taking on the winner of the third-fifth place series while the second place team played against the winner of the fourth-sixth place series. The semi-final winners then met in the best-of-seven Shaughnessy Series.

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Shaughnessy Series
	1
	8
						1	Rockford Peaches	3
						3	Grand Rapids Chicks	1
	3	Grand Rapids Chicks	2
	5	Fort Wayne Daisies	1
											1	Rockford Peaches	4
											2	South Bend Blue Sox	0
	3
	6
						2	South Bend Blue Sox	3
						6	Muskegon Lassies	0
	4	Kenosha Comets	0
	6	Muskegon Lassies	2

[edit] Award Winners

The winner of the league's Player of the Year Award, was Doris Sams, an outfielder/pitcher with the Muskegon Lassies. 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	Jean Eastman	South Bend Blue Sox
	Lois Florreich	Rockford Peaches
	Louise Sauer	Rockford Peaches
C	Ruth Richard	Rockford Peaches
1B	Dorothy Kamenshek	Rockford Peaches
2B	Sophie Kurys	Racine Belles
3B	Madeline English	Racine Belles
SS	Dorothy Doyle	Rockford Peaches
OF	Elizabeth Mahon	South Bend Blue Sox
	Doris Sams	Muskegon Lassies
	Connie Wisniewski	Grand Rapids Chicks

[edit] Notable Events

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