The 1952 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League season marked the tenth season of the circuit. The teams Battle Creek Belles,

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and South Bend Blue Sox competed through a 110-game schedule, while the Shaugnessy playoffs featured the top four teams from each half of the regular season. In 1952 the league was left with six teams, as Kenosha and Peoria folded at the end of the previous season. No changes were made to the game, but attendance continued to decline.

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of Fort Wayne won the batting crown with a .344

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, while her older sister and teammate Betty Foss was honored with the

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. Foss registered the second best average (.331) and led the league in

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(209), runs scored (81),

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(74), doubles (24) and triples (17). South Bend's

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won the pitching Triple Crown, after leading the league in

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(0.93) and strikeouts (114), while tying with Rockford's

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(.909), that would eventually become the highest in league history. Furthermore, Marilyn Jones of Battle Creek hurled the only no-hitter of the season against Rockford on July 10. During the best-of-three series, first place Fort Wayne lost to third place Rockford, two games to one, while second place South Bend swept fourth place Grand Rapids. Fort Wayne won the first game, 5–4, in a heroic 10-inning effort by Maxine Kline. But Rockford won the next contest, 4–3, with strong pitching from

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, who went 4-for-4 with four RBI. In the other series, South Bend disposed of Grand Rapids in two games.

struck out nine Chicks in a three-hit, 2–1 victory while facing Alma Ziegler in Game 1. Then, Glenna Sue Kidd defeated

Earlene Risinger Helen Earlene Risinger (March 20, 1927 – July 29, 2008) was a pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 6' 2", 137 lb., she batted and threw right-handed. One of the tallest player ...

and Grand Rapids in Game 2, 6–1, to face Grand Rapids in the finals. South Bend clinched the title over the Peaches, 3 to 2 games. Once more Faut was brilliant in the final series, winning two games and batting an average of .300 (6-for-20) with two triples and three RBI, while leading the Blue Sox to their second championship in a row.All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book Attendance continued to decline, but no figures are available. For the second consecutive year Battle Creek failed to capture a sustainable fan base. The team would be relocated and renamed Muskegon Belles for the next season.All-American Girls Professional Baseball League History
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Standings

Postseason

Batting statistics

Pitching statistics

All-Star Game

Sources

External links

AAGPBL Official WebsiteAAGPBL RecordsBaseball Historian filesSABR Projects – Jim Sargent articlesYouTube videos
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