Audrey Haine Daniels (May 9, 1927 – September 11, 2021) was a

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who played in the

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between the and seasons. Listed at 5' 9", 150 lb., she batted and threw right handed.Audrey Daniels
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''. Retrieved 2019-04-14. A native of

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, Audrey Haine was one of the 57 players born in

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to join the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in its twelve years history.League History
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''. Retrieved 2019-04-14. Haine took the long road to enter the new circuit of girls professional ball players. At 16 she played

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for the St. Anthony Brown Bombers in the Winnipeg Catholic League and with the St. Vital Tigerettes of the Greater Winnipeg Senior Girls Softball League. On several occasions in the early 1940s, she

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21 batters during a regular seven-inning game in her district league. Haine pitched sidearm, with a rising

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and a strong

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, but like many hard-throwers she struggled with control at times. She recorded four winning full seasons, averaging 15 wins in each of these seasons and pitching a pair of

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s.1945 Fort Wayne Daisies
Retrieved 2019-04-14. Haine entered the league in 1944 with the

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, an expansion and unsuccessful team managed by

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. The Millerettes finished 26 and a half games out of first place, with a 45–72 record, and did not return for the next year. She finished with an 8–20 record and a 4.85

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in a career-high 230 innings, while leading the league in earned runs (124) and

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es (29). One of her eight wins was a

against the

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on August 26 of that year. Haine opened 1945 with the

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, who replaced the Minneapolis team. The Daisies, with

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at the helm, was a talented squad that included in their roster players as the sisters

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and

Marge Callaghan Margaret Callaghan Maxwell (December 23, 1921 – January 11, 2019) was an infielder who played from 1944 to 1951 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 3", 112 lb., she batted and threw right-handed.

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and

Pepper Paire Lavone A. "Pepper" Paire Davis (May 29, 1924 – February 2, 2013) was a baseball catcher and infielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at , 138 lb., she batted and threw right-handed. ...

. Haine improved in a most positive environment as part of a top three pitching rotation that included

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and Dorothy Wiltse, going 16–10 with a 2.46 ERA in 33 decisions. She finished sixth in the league with a .615

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and tied for eight in wins. In addition, she hurled her second career no-hitter on June 15, in a rain-shortened, six-inning game.The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Meanwhile, Fort Wayne upset the

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in the first round of the playoffs, three to one games, but lost the best-of-seven series to the

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, four games to one. Haine lost a 3-1 decision to

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and the Belles in Game 3. In 1946, Haine started with Fort Wayne but was traded to the

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during the midseason. The change probably affected her performance during the year, as she combined for a 4.02 ERA and set an all-time single season record for the most

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(236), though she posted a 14–11 mark and ranked sixth in strikeouts (120).All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book Haine found herself on the move again in 1947, while dividing her playing time between Grand Rapids and the

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. She finished 13–12 with 2.89 ERA in 28 pitching appearances. Her most productive season came in 1948, when she posted a 17–14 record and a 2.92 ERA for Peoria, setting a career-high for wins and a second-best for innings (2.28). In 1948, Haine left the league to marry Bud Daniels. She returned in 1951 under her married name, Audrey Daniels, and spent the year with the

. In her last season, she went 4–3 with a 3.82 ERA and 66 innings of work in only ten games. Following her baseball career, she gave birth to six children, including a set of twins. Then she helped start a family business. In 1988, Audrey Haine Daniels was honored along with the rest of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the opening of a permanent display at the

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. The same year, Audrey and another 10 girls from Manitoba who played in the AAGPBL were inducted both into the Canadian and the Manitoba Baseball Halls of Fame. She was a longtime resident of

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. Haine died on September 11, 2021.

Career statistics

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References

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Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
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"Grand Rapids Chicks with Johnny Rawlings at Spring Training in Cuba Photograph, 1947"
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National Baseball Hall of Fame The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame in Cooperstown, New York, operated by private interests. It serves as the central point of the history of baseball in the United States and displays baseball-r ...

''. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
Daniels, Audrey
(Interview transcript and video, 2010).

Grand Valley State University Grand Valley State University (GVSU, GV, or Grand Valley) is a public university in Allendale, Michigan. It was established in 1960 as Grand Valley State College. Its main campus is situated on approximately west of Grand Rapids. The universit ...

. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
Daniels, Bud
(Interview transcript and video, 2010).

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