All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Player of the Year Award

Starting in the 1945 season, on its third year of operation, the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League honored with the Player of the Year Award the top performer in the circuit. The AAGPBL folded at the end of the 1954 season. This is the list of winners.

Winners

YearPlayerTeamPositionHighlights
1945  Connie Wisniewski    Grand Rapids Chicks  Pitcher32–11, 0.81 earned run average
1946Sophie KurysRacine BellesSecond base.286 batting average, 117 runs, 201 stolen bases
1947Doris SamsMuskegon Lassies  Pitcher / Outfield  11–4, 0.98 ERA / .280 BA
1948Audrey WagnerKenosha CometsOutfield  .312 BA, 56 runs batted in, 70 runs, 53 SB, .469 slugging average  
1949Doris SamsMuskegon LassiesPitcher / Outfield15–10, 1.58 ERA / .279 BA, 35 R, 35 RBI, 29 SB
1950Alma ZieglerGrand Rapids ChicksPitcher19–7, 1.38 ERA
1951Jean FautSouth Bend Blue SoxPitcher15–7, 1.33 ERA, 135 strikeouts, one perfect game
1952Betty FossFort Wayne DaisiesFirst base.331 BA, .505 SLG, 74 RBI, 81 runs, 56 SB
1953Jean FautSouth Bend Blue SoxPitcher17–11, 1.51 ERA, 143 SO, one perfect game
1954Joanne WeaverFort Wayne DaisiesOutfield.429 BA, 29 home runs, 87 RBI, 109 runs, .763 SLG

See also

Sources

  • All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Official Website
  • All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2000. Format: Paperback, 294pp. Language: English. ISBN 0-7864-3747-2

 

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