1950 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

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The 1950 season of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was the eighth 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	67	44	0.604	-.-	Bill Allington
2	Fort Wayne Daisies	105	62	43	0.590	1.5	Max Carey
3	Kenosha Comets	110	64	46	0.582	2.5	Johnny Gottselig
4	Grand Rapids Chicks	112	59	53	0.527	8.5	Johnny Rawlings
5	South Bend Blue Sox	110	55	55	0.500	11.5	Dave Bancroft
6	Racine Belles	110	50	60	0.455	16.5	Norm Derringer
7	Peoria Redwings	107	44	63	0.411	21.0	[[]]
8	Kalamazoo Lassies	109	36	73	0.330	30.0	Bonnie Baker

[edit] Leaders

Bold indicates league record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Betty Foss	Fort Wayne Daisies	.346
Home Runs	Sophie Kurys	Racine Belles	7
	Eleanor Callow	Rockford Peaches
Runs Batted In	Elizabeth Mahon	South Bend Blue Sox	70
Stolen Bases	Sophie Kurys	Racine Belles	150
Wins	Maxine Kline	Fort Wayne Daisies	23-9
Earned Run Average	Jean Eastman	South Bend Blue Sox	1.12
Strikeouts	Lois Florreich	Rockford Peaches	171

[edit] All-Star Game

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

[edit] Postseason

The playoffs featured the top four teams in the league. The teams competed in a best-of-five 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-seven Shaughnessy Series.

	First Round					Shaughnessy Series
	1	Rockford Peaches	3
	3	Kenosha Comets	1
						1	Rockford Peaches	4
						2	Fort Wayne Daisies	3
	2	Fort Wayne Daisies	3
	4	Grand Rapids Chicks	1

[edit] Award Winners

The winner of the league's Player of the Year Award, was Alma Ziegler, a pitcher with the Grand Rapids Chicks. 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
	Maxine Randall	Fort Wayne Daisies
C	Ruth Richard	Rockford Peaches
1B	Dorothy Kamenshek	Rockford Peaches
2B	Evelyn Moroz	Fort Wayne Daisies
3B	Fern Shollenberger	Kenosha Comets
SS	Dorothy Doyle	Rockford Peaches
OF	Doris Sams	Kalamazoo Lassies
	Doris Satterfield	Grand Rapids Chicks
	Betty Wagoner	South Bend Blue Sox

[edit] Notable Events

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