1946 All-American Girls Baseball League

1946 in baseball
1946 All American Girls Professional Baseball League
Japanese baseball
American League
National League
Negro Leagues
<< 1945 1947 >>

The 1946 season of the All-American Girls Baseball League was the fourth season of the league.

Standings

Italics indicates a playoff team, Bold indicates the Shaughnessy Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	WPCT	GB	Manager
1	Racine Belles	112	74	38	0.661	-.-	Leo Murphy
2	Grand Rapids Chicks	112	71	41	0.634	3.0	Johnny Rawlings
3	South Bend Blue Sox	112	70	42	0.625	4.0	Chet Grant
4	Rockford Peaches	112	60	52	0.536	14.0	Bill Allington
5	Fort Wayne Daisies	112	52	60	0.464	22.0	Bill Wambsganss
6	Muskegon Lassies	112	46	66	0.411	28.0	Buzz Boyle
7	Kenosha Comets	112	42	70	0.375	32.0	Press Cruthers
8	Peoria Redwings	112	33	79	0.295	41.0	Bill Rogers/Thelma Eisen

Leaders

Bold indicates league record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Dorothy Kamenshek	Rockford Peaches	.316
Home Runs	Audrey Wagner	Kenosha Comets	9
Runs Batted In	Rose Gacioch	Rockford Peaches	72
Stolen Bases	Sophie Kurys	Racine Belles	201
Wins	Connie Wisnieski	Grand Rapids Chicks	33-9
	Joanne Winter	Racine Belles	33-10
Earned Run Average	Connie Wisnieski	Grand Rapids Chicks	0.96
Strikeouts	Dorothy Collins	Fort Wayne Daisies	294

All-Star Game

No All-Star Game was played this season.

Postseason

The AAGPBL playoffs featured a Shaughessy Playoff series with the top four teams. The teams competed in a best-of-five semi-final round, with the winners playing a best-of-seven championship series.

	Semi-Final					Championship
	1	Racine Belles	3
	3	South Bend Blue Sox	1
						1	Racine Belles	4
						4	Rockford Peaches	2
	2	Grand Rapids Chicks	2
	4	Rockford Peaches	3

Award Winners

The winner of the league's Player of the Year Award, was Sophie Kurys, a second sacker with the Racine Belles. The award was voted upon by the league's managers.

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	Anna Mae Hutchison	Racine Belles
	Carolyn Morris	Rockford Peaches
	Joanne Winter	Racine Belles
	Connie Wisniewski	Grand Rapids Chicks
C	Bonnie Baker	South Bend Blue Sox
	Ruth Lessing	Grand Rapids Chicks
1B	Dorothy Kamenshek	Rockford Peaches
2B	Sophie Kurys	Racine Belles
3B	Madeline English	Racine Belles
SS	Senaida Wirth	South Bend Blue Sox
OF	Thelma Eisen	Rockford Peaches
	Merle Keagle	Grand Rapids Chicks
	Elizabeth Mahon	South Bend Blue Sox