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Muskegon Belles
The Muskegon Belles were a women's professional baseball team that played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the 1953 season. The Belles were based in Muskegon, Michigan. History The Muskegon Belles played in 1953, with their home games played at Marsh Field. This made Muskegon the only city in AAGPBL history to host multiple teams. Previously, the Muskegon Lassies had played there from through . The new Belles team was also the third edition of a franchise. One of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League's four charter franchises, the original club was founded in Racine, Wisconsin for the 1943 inaugural. Then the Racine Belles, the team moved to Battle Creek, Michigan in 1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ..., was renamed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) was a professional women's baseball league founded by Philip K. Wrigley which existed from 1943 to 1954. The AAGPBL is the forerunner of women's professional league sports in the United States. Over 600 women played in the league, which consisted of eventually 10 teams located in the American Midwest. In 1948, league attendance peaked at over 900,000 spectators. The most successful team, the Rockford Peaches, won a league-best four championships. The 1992 film ''A League of Their Own'' is a mostly fictionalized account of the early days of the league and its stars. Founding and play With the entry of the United States into World War II, several major league baseball executives started a new professional league with women players in order to maintain baseball in the public eye while the majority of able men were away. The founders included Philip K. Wrigley, Branch Rickey, and Paul V. Harper. They feared that Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Dougal
Miss Dougal was an All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player.All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Gloria Dougal Retrieved 2019-03-30. Madden, W. C. (2005) ''The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary''. McFarland & Company. According to All-American League data, she was assigned to the Muskegon Belles club during its 1953 season. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Russo
Margaret Russo 'm. 1986'' Jones(September 29, 1931 – June 26, 2006) was a shortstop who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at , 130 lb., she batted and threw right-handed. A two-time All Star, Margaret Russo was a consistent defensive player and a solid hitter in the AAGPBL during the final five years of its existence. Russo led all shortstops in the league in fielding average during two seasons, while converting 138 double plays in 497 career games. A valuable contact hitter, she was usually able to put the ball in play while working counts and seldom striking out, collecting a .332 on-base percentage and a 1.71 walk-to-strikeout ratio. Additionally, she overcame the disadvantages of moving from one place to another constantly, playing with four teams in four different cities while adjusting to new teammates, as the league switched players as needed to help teams to be competitive. Born in Milton, New York, Russo graduate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjorie Pieper
Marjorie L. Pieper ´Peeps×´(August 2, 1922 – February 6, 2008) was an infielder, outfielder and pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at , 140 lb., she batted and threw right-handed. Born in Clinton, Michigan, Marjorie Pieper saw action with seven different teams during her seven years in the league. She was used as an infield/outfield utility, playing mainly at shortstop, third base and right field, and eventually served as a spot starting pitcher. She also was a consistent hitter and showed good speed on the bases and in the field. Pieper moved around for a while, as the AAGPBL shifted players as needed to help teams stay afloat. Unfortunately, she never achieved a playoff berth to set an all-time record for the most years in the league without playing in the postseason. While growing up in Clinton, Pieper played basketball, softball and tennis. She graduated in physical education at University of Michigan and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Players (M–R)
The following is a list of All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players who formed part of the circuit during its twelve years of existence. See also * List of All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players (A–C) The following is a list of All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players who formed part of the circuit during its twelve years of existence. See also * List of All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players (D–G) * List of A ... * List of All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players (D–G) * List of All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players (H–L) * List of All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players (S–Z) M * Maguire also played under her married name of Dorothy Chapman. N 1 Nesbitt also played under her married name of Mary Wisham. 2 Nicol also played under her married name of Helen Fox. O P * Pérez also played under her married name of Migdali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Mudge
Nancy Elizabeth Mudge ''Cato(October 3, 1929 – July 24, 2012) was an infielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at , 120 lb., she batted and threw right-handed. Born in Bridgeport, New York, Nancy Mudge was one of 25 players who made the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League clubs, hailed from New York City and State, including Muriel Bevis, Gloria Cordes, Mildred Deegan, Marie Kruckel, Betty Trezza and Margaret Wigiser. Mudge played during five seasons in the AAGPBL, three of them with the Kalamazoo Lassies. She was a solid, smooth-fielding second baseman who paced the league in fielding percentage between 1953 and 1954. A light hitter, she had the ability to get on base, by any means, beyond the pure ability to get the hit. She reached first base by walks, by a bunt single or being hit by the pitcher, though she was a .183 career hitter but posted a solid .311 on-base percentage. A smart and aggressi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Middleton
Ruth Middleton (later Gentry; August 25, 1930 – May 13, 2008) both played and batted right-handed in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League between 1950 and 1953. The Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada-born Middleton was scouted out by the League and played first for the Chicago Colleens in 1950. A year later she moved over to play for the Battle Creek Belles where she remained until 1952. Ruth ended her career with the League playing with the Muskegon Belles in 1953. After she ended her baseball career with the League, she went to live in Indiana, taking on a job as a bookkeeper for Yoder Ford, based in Garrett, Indiana. On October 13, 1972, she married Jerry Gentry. In June 1998, Middleton — along with 63 other Canadian women baseball players from the All American Girls Professional Baseball League—was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (french: Temple de la renommée du baseball canadien) is a museum loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naomi Meier
Naomi Meier €³Sally″(November 17, 1926 – July 15, 1989) was an outfielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at , 115 lb., Meier batted and threw right-handed. She was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Well-traveled Naomi Meier moved around for a while, as the AAGPBL shifted players as needed to help teams stay afloat. Basically a line drive hitter and speedy base runner, she collected over 25 stolen bases in five of her eight seasons in the league. An instinctive player with good hands and a strong throwing arm, she also was capable of playing well all three outfield positions. But her best attribute may have been able to adapt and perform well for nine teams and thirteen different rosters in a span of eight years. Meier entered the league in 1946 with the Rockford Peaches, playing for them one and a half years before joining the Fort Wayne Daisies (1947). Then she found herself on the move again, this time to the Peoria Redwi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirtha Marrero
Mirtha Marrero ''Fernándezis a Cuban born former pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right handed. Career Born in Havana, Mirtha Marrero was one of seven girls born in Cuba to play in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in its twelve years history. Besides her, other ''Cubanas'' who played in the league were Luisa Gallegos, Migdalia Pérez, Gloria Ruiz and Zonia Vialat. All of them debuted in 1948. The next year, Isora del Castillo and Isabel Alvarez were added. Nicknamed ״Mita״, Marrero became an instant favorite among her fellow players, who described her as a lively, intense and energetic. She entered the league with the Chicago Colleens, playing for them two years before joining the Kalamazoo Lassies (1950), Fort Wayne Daisies (1951) and Battle Creek Belles (1952). Marrero had a 32–62 career record, even though she collected a solid 3.42 earned run average. She quit b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty McKenna
Betty McKenna 'Mac''(May 31, 1931 – February 24, 1992) was a third basewoman who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. McKenna batted and threw right-handed. She was born in Lisbon, Ohio. A solid all-around athlete, McKenna got off to a slow start in the AAGPBL in her rookie season. She entered the league in 1951 with the Fort Wayne Daisies, playing for them in a few games before joining the Peoria Redwings during the midseason and ending the year with the Battle Creek Belles, batting .151 in 61 games, including six doubles and one triple. After hitting .077 in 1952 in just 61 games, McKenna moved with the Belles when they relocated to Muskegon, Michigan before the 1953 season. This time she took over the full-time role at third base and blossomed into one of the better defenders of the ''hot corner'' in the league, setting career-numbers in average (.215), hits (63), runs (31), runs batted in (28), stolen base In baseball, a stolen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alta Little
Alta Lucille Little (May 21, 1923 – March 10, 1999) was an American first sacker and pitcher who played from 1947 to 1948 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right handed. Born in Gas City, Indiana,Madden, W. C. ''All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book'' (2005). McFarland & Company. Little grew up in Muskegon, Michigan, where her sisters played on a softball team. She wanted to play along with her sisters, but the team's coach said her that she was too young. As luck would have it, one day the team was short of players and she received a chance to play at the age of 11. She then formed part of the regular lineup thereafter. In 1947, Little was playing in a Muskegon factory league when an AAGPBL scout signed her to a contract, as she went to Opa-locka, Florida for spring training. She was assigned to her home team, Muskegon Lassies, but she was never given enough playing time because already the Lassies had the slic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noella Leduc
Noella Leduc (née Alverson; December 23, 1933 – August 22, 2014) was an American pitcher and outfielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at , 130 lb, Leduc batted and threw right-handed. She was born in Graniteville, Westford, Massachusetts. Noella Leduc pitched and served as a backup outfielder during the last four years of the league. A member of a champion team, she also was the winning pitcher in the last All-Star Game in 1954. Leduc grew up playing sandlot ball with her neighborhood kids at age five, most of them boys. When she attended high school, she had to play softball, but after school she accustomed to play baseball with the boys again. In 1951, while playing in a boys' team, Leduc was spotted by AAGPBL catcher Rita Briggs. She tried out for Briggs, who recommended her to attend the league's spring training in Peoria, Illinois. ״Pinky״, the nickname Briggs gave her, was assigned to the Peoria Redwings, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
