All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
For the first four years of the AAGPBL, Lois Florreich was a mediocre hitter, batting .205 as an OF/3B for the South Bend Blue Sox and Kenosha Comets.
She tied for third in 1943 with 4 home runs and was among the top 10 in total bases (114, 10th), RBI (43, tied for 8th),steals (57, 6th) and doubles (tied for 5th, 9).
In '44, she stole 7 bases in a game once, tying the league record. She hit just .178 for South Bend but stole 113 bases, 7th in the league, and tied for 4th with 6 triples.
In '46, Florreich became a part-time pitcher but was hit hard, going 9-16 and her 2.40 ERA was not outstanding in a league still dominated by pitching and defense.
In 1947 Florreich joined the Rockford Peaches and continued to improve on the mound, going 13-19 with a 1.68 ERA. By '48, she had become a 20-game winner (22-10, 1.18) and she finished tied for third in ERA, fourth in wins and second with 231 strikeouts (behind only Joanne Winter. She made her first All-Star team that year.
In '49, Lois became Rockford's ace and she put up a great 22-7, 0.67 season. She set the AAGPBL all-time record for lowest ERA, finished second to Jean Faut with 22 wins, led the circuit with 210 strikeouts, tied for the lead with 26 complete games and was second to Faut in shutouts with 9.
Florreich made her third straight All-Star team in 1950. She was 20-8, 1.18 that year.
Her ERA was 0.06 behind leader Faut, she was third in wins, second in complete games (28) and led with 171 strikeouts, 53 more than #2 Faut.
Lois retired with a career ERA of 1.40, one ERA title and two strikeout crowns.
players
Annabel Lefty Harmon
Annabel Lefty Harmon
Annabel Lefty Harmon
In 1944, Annabelle Lee (the aunt of Bill Lee) pitched the first perfect game in the history of the AAGPBL.
Dorris Sams
Annabel Lefty Harmon
Annabel Lefty Harmon
Doris "Sammye" Sams was an outfielder and pitcher in the AAGPBL. She made her debut as a pitcher with the expansion Muskegon Lassies in 1946.
Sophie Kurys
Annabel Lefty Harmon
Sophie Kurys
Sophie Kurys, nicknamed "Tina Cobb" or "The Flint Flash", was an outstanding player for the Racine Belles of the AAGPBL, playing 9 seasons in the league from 1943-1952.
Mary Nesbitt
Joanne Weaver
Sophie Kurys
Mary Nesbitt was a star in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League as both a pitcher and at first base.
Joanne Weaver
Joanne Weaver
Joanne Weaver
Joltin’ Jo Joanne Weaver was one of the greatest hitters in the history of the AAGPBL.
Betty Foss
Joanne Weaver
Joanne Weaver
Betty Foss hit .342 in five seasons for the Fort Wayne Daisies; her career average is second in AAGPBL history to her sister Joanne.
Lois Florreich
Anna May Hutchinson
Connie Wisniewski
In 1949, Lois Florreich became Rockford's ace and she put up a great 22-7, 0.67 season. She set the AAGPBL all-time record for lowest ERA.
Connie Wisniewski
Anna May Hutchinson
Connie Wisniewski
Connie Wisniewski holds the AAGPBL record for best winning percentage (.690) by a pitcher. She began her career with the expansion Milwaukee Chicks in 1944.
Anna May Hutchinson
Anna May Hutchinson
Anna May Hutchinson
Anna May Hutchison played for the Racine Belles and is the AAGPBL all-times league leader in appearances playing from 1944-1949. She helped lead the belles to a championship in 1946.
Dorothy Schroeder
Dorothy Schroeder
Anna May Hutchinson
Dorothy Schroeder had the longest career in the AAGPBL. The only player to appear in all 12 years the league existed.
Theda Marshall
Dorothy Schroeder
Theda Marshall
Marshall struggled at the plate in 1947. She went 51-for-362 for a .141 average, striking out 79 times to set an all-time single-season record.
Rita Briggs
Dorothy Schroeder
Theda Marshall
Briggs joined the AAGPBL when she was 18, playing through 1954. She played for with the Rockford Peaches, the Chicago Colleens, the South Bend Blue Sox, the Peoria Redwings, and the Daisies.
