Dorothy Wind �Dottie״was a shortstop who played from through in the

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. Listed at , 128 lb., she batted and threw right-handed. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Dorothy Wind was one of the sixty founding members of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in its inaugural season. She also played basketball and volleyball before joining the league with the

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, a team managed by former big leaguer Johnny Gottselig. A good defending shortstop, Wind formed part of a stellar Racine infield that included Margaret Danhauser at

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, Sophie Kurys at second base and Maddy English at third base. In 1943 Wind batted a .255 average and stole 36 bases, driving in 44 runs and scoring 56 times, while connecting four doubles, seven

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and two home runs. She finished 7th in RBI, tied for 6th in triples and tied for 11th in homers. But her career highlight came on August 28, when she set the league all-time record with six hits in a single game. The Belles swept the Kenosha Comets in the championship series, three games to zero.''All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book'' – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2000. Format: Paperback, 294pp. Language: English. Wind attended college in the off-season. She hit .240 in 1944, but did not return for the next year.

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