1951 American Girls' Baseball League

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The 1951 season of the American Girls' Baseball League was the ninth season of the league.

Contents 1 Season Summary 2 Standings 2.1 First Half 2.2 Second Half 2.3 Overall 3 Leaders 3.1 Batting 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

[edit] First Half

Rank	Team	G	W	L	WPCT	GB
1	Grand Rapids Chicks	53	40	13	0.755	-.-
2	Fort Wayne Daisies	51	34	17	0.667	4.5
3	South Bend Blue Sox	60	38	22	0.633	6.5
4	Rockford Peaches	57	31	26	0.544	11.5
5	Peoria Redwings	53	28	25	0.528	12.5
6	Kenosha Comets	57	21	36	0.368	21.0
7	Kalamazoo Lassies	57	19	38	0.333	23.0
8	Battle Creek Belles	56	11	45	0.196	31.0

[edit] Second Half

Rank	Team	G	W	L	WPCT	GB
1	South Bend Blue Sox	52	38	14	0.731	-.-
2	Rockford Peaches	49	34	15	0.694	2.0
3	Fort Wayne Daisies	52	34	18	0.654	4.0
4	Grand Rapids Chicks	53	31	22	0.585	7.5
5	Peoria Redwings	52	21	31	0.404	17.0
6	Battle Creek Belles	54	19	35	0.352	20.0
7	Kenosha Comets	50	15	35	0.300	22.5
8	Kalamazoo Lassies	52	15	37	0.288	23.0

[edit] Overall

Rank	Team	G	W	L	WPCT	GB	Manager
1	South Bend Blue Sox	112	76	36	0.679	-.-	Karl Winsch
2	Grand Rapids Chicks	106	71	35	0.670	1.0	[[]]
3	Fort Wayne Daisies	103	68	35	0.660	2.0	[[]]
4	Rockford Peaches	106	65	41	0.613	7.0	Bill Allington
5	Peoria Redwings	105	49	56	0.467	22.5	[[]]
6	Kenosha Comets	107	36	71	0.336	36.0	[[]]
7	Kalamazoo Lassies	109	34	75	0.312	38.5	[[]]
8	Battle Creek Belles	110	30	80	0.273	43.0	Joe Cooper

[edit] Leaders

[edit] Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Betty Foss	Fort Wayne Daisies	.368
Home Runs	Eleanor Callow	Rockford Peaches	4
	Alice Pollitt	Racine Belles
	Betty Foss	Fort Wayne Daisies
Runs Batted In	Lavonne Paire	Grand Rapids Chicks	84
Stolen Bases	Charlene Pryer	South Bend Blue Sox	129
Wins	Rose Gacioch	Rockford Peaches	20-7
Earned Run Average	Dorothy Naum	Kenosha Comets	1.14
Strikeouts	Jean Eastman	South Bend Blue Sox	135

[edit] All-Star Game

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

[edit] Postseason

The playoffs featured the winners and runner-ups from each half of the league's season. The teams competed in a best-of-three first round, with the winner of each half played the second place team from the other half. The winners then advanced to the best-of-five Shaughnessy Series.

	First Round					Shaughnessy Series
	1 (1 h.)	Grand Rapids Chicks	0
	2 (2 h.)	Rockford Peaches	2
						1 (1 h.)	Grand Rapids Chicks	2
						1 (2 h.)	South Bend Blue Sox	3
	1 (2 h.)	South Bend Blue Sox	2
	2 (1 h.)	Fort Wayne Daisies	1

[edit] Award Winners

The winner of the league's Player of the Year Award, was Jean Eastman, a pitcher/outfielder with the South Bend Blue Sox. 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
	Rose Gacioch	Rockford Peaches
	Maxine Randall	Fort Wayne Daisies
C	Ruth Richard	Rockford Peaches
1B	Dorothy Kamenshek	Rockford Peaches
2B	Charlene Mayer	South Bend Blue Sox
3B	Fern Shollenberger	Kenosha Comets
SS	Alice Pollitt	Rockford Peaches
OF	Eleanor Callow	Rockford Peaches
	Doris Sams	Kalamazoo Lassies
	Connie Wisniewski	Grand Rapids Chicks

[edit] Notable Events

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