The Fort Wayne Daisies were a women's professional baseball team that played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was a women's professional baseball league founded by Philip K. Wrigley which existed from 1943 to 1954. During the league's history, over 600 women played ball.-History:...

. The Daisies represented Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fort Wayne is a city in the US state of Indiana and the county seat of Allen County. The population was 253,691 at the 2010 Census making it the 74th largest city in the United States and the second largest in Indiana...

 and their home games were played at North Side High School

North Side High School (Fort Wayne, Indiana)

North Side High School is a secondary school in the Fort Wayne Community Schools system, serving the north central neighborhoods of Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States.- History :...

 (1945–1946) and Memorial Park (1946–1954).

Daisy uniforms often changed from one season to the next, away uniforms having been yellow, pink, and brown during various years. Early Daisy uniforms featured a circular emblem of the Fort Wayne city seal in the center of the chest. This was replaced in later years with a patch reading "DAISIES". In the final years of the league, the Daisy uniform changed to a center seam running down the middle of the dress with an F and W on the front.

The team debuted in 1945, replacing the Minneapolis Millerettes

Minneapolis Millerettes

The Minneapolis Millerettes were an expansion All-American Girls Professional Baseball League team that played for one season in 1944. They played their home games in Nicollet Park, home of the men's minor league team the Minneapolis Millers...

. The Daisies went 62-47 in their first season and finished four and a half games behind the first place Rockford Peaches

Rockford Peaches

The Rockford Peaches were a team in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League playing out of Rockford, Illinois for the entire existence of the league from 1943 to 1954....

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Fort Wayne made it to the playoffs in every year from 1947 to 1954, ending in first place from 1951 to 1954 but never won the title. The team featured sister-players Betty Foss

Betty Foss

Betty Foss [Fossey] was a infielder and outfielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 10", 180 lb., she was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. She started her career as Betty Weaver but changed her last name to Foss after marrying...

 (1950-'51) and Joanne Weaver

Joanne Weaver

Joanne Weaver [″Joltin' Jo″] was a right fielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League...

 (1952-'54), whom won the batting title each year between 1950 and 1954, as well as sluggers Wilma Briggs

Wilma Briggs

Wilma Briggs [Briggsie] is a former female left fielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 4", 138 lb., she batted left-handed and threw right-handed....

 and Jean Geissinger

Jean Geissinger

Jean Louise Geissinger-Harding [″Dutch″] is a former infielder and outfielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League for the Fort Wayne Daisies and Grand Rapids Chicks...

, pitcher

Pitcher

In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...

s Jaynne Bittner

Jaynne Bittner

Jaynne Barrier Bittner [JB] is a former starting pitcher who played from through for four different teams of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 9", 140 lb., she batted and threw right handed....

, Maxine Kline

Maxine Kline

Maxine Kline [Randall] is a former female starting pitcher who played from through with the Fort Wayne Daisies of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League...

 and Dottie Wiltse

Dottie Wiltse Collins

Dorothy Wiltse Collins [Dottie] was an American pitcher in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which was in existence from 1943–54....

, shortstop

Shortstop

Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and third base. Shortstop is often regarded as the most dynamic defensive position in baseball, because there are more right-handed hitters in baseball than left-handed hitters, and most hitters have a tendency to pull the...

 Dottie Schroeder, and center fielder

Center fielder

A center fielder, abbreviated CF, is the outfielder in baseball who plays defense in center field – the baseball fielding position between left field and right field...

 Faye Dancer

Faye Dancer

Faye Katherine Dancer was a center fielder who played from through for three different teams of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League...

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All-time players roster

• Velma Abbott
  Velma Abbott
  Flora Velma Abbott was an utility infielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 2", 110 lb., she batted and threw right handed....
  
  
• Evelyn Adams
• Isabel Alvarez
  Isabel Álvarez
  Isabel Álvarez [Lefty] is a former female pitcher and outfielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League between the and seasons...
  
  
• Lenna Arnold
• Melba Alspaugh
  Melba Alspaugh
  Melba Irene Alspaugh was a backup outfielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right handed....
  
  
• Phyllis Baker
  Phyllis Baker
  Phyllis J. Baker [Wise] was a pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League...
  
  
• Kathryn Beare
• Lottie Beck
• Jaynne Bittner
  Jaynne Bittner
  Jaynne Barrier Bittner [JB] is a former starting pitcher who played from through for four different teams of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 9", 140 lb., she batted and threw right handed....
  
  
• Alice Blaski
  Alice Blaski
  Alice Blaski was a female outfielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right-handed.Born in Wallingford, Alice Blaski was just one of the two girls from Connecticut who joined in the AAGPBL during its 12 year history...
  
  
• Kay Blumetta
  Kay Blumetta
  Catherine Kay Blumetta [Swish] was an utility who played for six different clubs in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League between the and seasons...
  
  
• Phyllis Bookout
• Rita Briggs
  Rita Briggs
  Rita Briggs [Maud] was a female catcher who played from through for seven different teams in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 3", 120 lb., Briggs batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  
• Wilma Briggs
  Wilma Briggs
  Wilma Briggs [Briggsie] is a former female left fielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 4", 138 lb., she batted left-handed and threw right-handed....
  
  
• Carol Brown
• Delores Brumfield
• Shirley Burkovich
• Eileen Burmeister
  Eileen Burmeister
  Eileen Burmeister played eight defensive positions for the Rockford Peaches in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.-External links:*...
  
  
• Helen Callaghan
  Helen Callaghan
  Helen Callaghan Candaele St. Aubin was a left-handed center fielder who appeared in five seasons in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League , playing under the name Helen Callaghan.As a rookie with the Minneapolis Millerettes Callaghan hit a .287 average in 111...
  
  
• Marge Callaghan
  Marge Callaghan
  Margaret Callaghan Maxwell was an infielder who played from 1944-1951 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 3", 112 lb., she batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• Georgia Campbell
• Jean Campbell
• Virginia Carver

• Betty Carveth
• Dorothy Collins
  Dottie Wiltse Collins
  Dorothy Wiltse Collins [Dottie] was an American pitcher in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which was in existence from 1943–54....
  
  
• Donna Cook
• Dorothy Cook
• Shirley Crites
• Faye Dancer
  Faye Dancer
  Faye Katherine Dancer was a center fielder who played from through for three different teams of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League...
  
  
• Alice DeCambra
  Alice DeCambra
  Alice G. DeCambra [″Moose″] was an infielder and pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 3", 126 lb., she batted and threw right handed...
  
  
• Lillian DeCambra
  Alice DeCambra
  Alice G. DeCambra [″Moose″] was an infielder and pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 3", 126 lb., she batted and threw right handed...
  
  
• Mildred Deegan
  Millie Deegan
  Mildred Eleanor Deegan was an American pitcher and second baseman who played ten seasons in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, from to .-Background:...
  
  
• Lee Delmonico
• Thelma Eisen
  Thelma Eisen
  Thelma Eisen [Tiby] is a former outfielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 4", 130 lb., she batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• Lillian Faralla
  Lillian Faralla
  Lillian Faralla [Lil] is a former female pitcher and utility who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right-handed.-A brief history:...
  
  
• Meryle Fitzgerald
• Betty Foss
  Betty Foss
  Betty Foss [Fossey] was a infielder and outfielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 10", 180 lb., she was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. She started her career as Betty Weaver but changed her last name to Foss after marrying...
  
  
• Jean Geissinger
  Jean Geissinger
  Jean Louise Geissinger-Harding [″Dutch″] is a former infielder and outfielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League for the Fort Wayne Daisies and Grand Rapids Chicks...
  
  
• Anne Georges
• Audrey Haine
  Audrey Haine
  Audrey Haine [Daniels] is a former pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League between the and seasons...
  
  
• Elise Harney
  Elise Harney
  Elise Harney [″Lee″] was a female pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• Jean Havlish
  Jean Havlish
  Jean Ann Havlish [Grasshopper] is a former female shortstop who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 6", 130 lb., Havlish batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• Ruby Heafner
• Joyce Hill
  Joyce Hill
  Joyce E. Hill [Westerman] is a former catcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 5", 150 lb., she batted left handed and threw right handed....
  
  
• Alice Hoover
• Katie Horstman
  Katie Horstman
  Catherine Horstman [″Horsey″] is a former female utility who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League...
  
  

• Lillian Jackson
• Frances Janssen
• Arleene Johnson
• Marilyn Jones
• Daisy Junor
• Vivian Kellogg
  Vivian Kellogg
  Vivian Caroline Kellogg [″Kelly″] is a former first basewoman who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right handed....
  
  
• Beatrice Kemmerer
• Helen Ketola
• Maxine Kline
  Maxine Kline
  Maxine Kline [Randall] is a former female starting pitcher who played from through with the Fort Wayne Daisies of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League...
  
  
• Theresa Kobuszewski
  Theresa Kobuszewski
  Theresa Kobuszewski [Koby or Tracy] was a pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League....
  
  
• Phyllis Koehn
  Phyllis Koehn
  Phyllis C. Koehn [″Sugar″] was a pitcher and utility who played from through for six different teams of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 5", 120 lb., Koehn batted and threw right-handed. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin.By the fall of 1942, World War II...
  
  
• Irene Kotowicz
• Dorothy Kovalchick
• Ruth Kramer
• Marie Kruckel
• Noella Leduc
• Annabelle Lee
  Annabelle Lee
  Annabelle Lee Harmon was a female pitcher who played from through with four different teams of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 2", 120 lb, Lee was a switch-hitter and threw left-handed...
  
  
• Rhoda Leonard
• Ruth Lessing
  Ruth Lessing
  ----Ruth Elizabeth Lessing [Tex] was a female catcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 5", 128 lb., she batted and threw right handed....
  
  
• Alta Little
• Betty Luna
  Betty Luna
  Betty Luna [Hill] a pitcher and outfielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 5", 133 lb., she batted and threw right handed....
  
  
• Helen Machado
• Marie Mahoney

• Kay Malach
• Mirtha Marrero
• Ruth Matlack
• Betty McKenna
  Betty McKenna
  Betty McKenna [Mac] 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....
  
  
• Naomi Meier
• Norma Metrolis
• Eleanor Moore
  Eleanor Moore
  Eleanor Moore [Warner] is a former pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 10", Moore batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• Nancy Mudge
  Nancy Mudge
  Nancy Mudge [Cato] is a former second basewoman who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 2", 120 lb., Mudge batted and threw right handed. She was nicknamed ″Smudgie″....
  
  
• Mary Nelson
• Penny O'Brian
  Penny O'Brian
  Penny O'Brian [Cooke] was an outfielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the season...
  
  
• Pepper Paire
  Pepper Paire
  Lavonne Paire Davis [″Pepper″] is a former catcher and infielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 4", 138 lb., she batted and threw right-handed.-Overview profile:...
  
  
• June Peppas
  June Peppas
  June Peppas is a former first basewoman and pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 5", 145 lb., she batted and threw left-handed.-Early life:...
  
  
• Doreen Petryna
• Margorie Pieper
• Georgiana Rios
• Mary Rountree
• Patricia Roy
• Irene Ruhnke
  Irene Ruhnke
  Irene Ruhnke [Sanvitas] was an infielder and outfielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 4", 130 lb., she batted and threw right handed...
  
  
• Ellen Schallern
• Dorothy Schroeder
  Dorothy Schroeder
  Dorothy Schroeder [″Dottie″] was a shortstop who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 7", 150 lb., Schroeder batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• Pat Scott
• Jean Smith
  Jean Smith (baseball)
  Jean Marie Smith was an outfielder and relief pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 6", 128...
  
  
• Adele Stahley

• Lee Sukowski
• Norma Taylor
• Yolande Teillet
• Mava Lee Thomas
• Doris Tetzlaff
  Doris Tetzlaff
  Doris Tetzlaff [″Tetz″] was an infielder and chaperone in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5'5", 155 lb., she batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• Betty Trezza
  Betty Trezza
  Betty Trezza [″Moe″] was an American professional baseball player. An infield and outfield utility, she played from through for four different teams of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League....
  
  
• Betty Tucker
  Betty Tucker
  Elizabeth Tucker [Betty] is a former pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 4", 123 lb., she batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• Dolly Vanderlip
• Kathryn Vonderau
  Kathryn Vonderau
  Kathryn E. Vonderau was a catcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 7", 155 lb., she batted and threw right handed....
  
  
• Nancy Warren
  Nancy Warren (baseball)
  Nancy Warren was a pitcher and infielder who played from through for six different teams of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 5", 130 lb., she batted and threw right handed...
  
  
• Evelyn Wawryshyn
  Evelyn Wawryshyn
  Evelyn Wawryshyn [Litwin/Moroz] is a former Canadian second basewoman who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 3", 130 lb., Wawryshyn batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• Jean Weaver
  Jean Weaver
  Jean Weaver was a utility player who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 8", 138 lb., Weaver batted and threw right-handed. She was born in Metropolis, Illinois...
  
  
• Joanne Weaver
  Joanne Weaver
  Joanne Weaver [″Joltin' Jo″] was a right fielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League...
  
  
• Mary Weddle
• Marie Wegman
  Marie Wegman
  Marie Wegman was an utility infielder/outfielder and pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 7", 130 lb., she batted and threw right handed....
  
  
• Shirley Weierman
• Margaret Wenzell
• Betty Whiting
  Betty Whiting
  Elizabeth Jane Whiting was a utility who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5'6", 147 lb., Whiting batted and threw right handed...
  
  
• Ruth Williams
  Ruth Williams
  Ruth Williams [Heverly] was a pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 4", 139 lb., she batted and threw right handed....
  
  
• Elsie Wingrove
• Trois Wood
• Lois Youngen
  Lois Youngen
  Lois Joy Youngen is a former catcher and outfielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 4", 137 lb., she batted and threw right handed...
  
  
• Agnes Zurkowski

Managers

* Bill Wambsganss Bill Wambsganss William Adolf Wambsganss was a second baseman in Major League Baseball. From 1914 through 1926, Wambsganss played for the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, and Philadelphia Athletics...	1945 1946
* George Johnson	1947
* Dick Bass Dick Bass (baseball) Richard William "Dick" Bass was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Bass played for the Washington Senators in . In 1 career game, he had a 0-1 record, with a 6.75 ERA. He batted right and threw left-handed....	1948
* Harold Greiner Harold Greiner Harold Greiner was a restaurant entrepreneur, baseball manager and softball coach.Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Greiner was the owner of Bob Inn Restaurant and Bakery...	1949
* Max Carey Max Carey Max George Carey was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball who starred for the Pittsburgh Pirates and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1961...	1950
* William Rohrer	1951
* Jimmie Foxx Jimmie Foxx James Emory "Jimmie" Foxx , nicknamed "Double X" and "The Beast", was a right-handed American Major League Baseball first baseman and noted power hitter....	1952
* Bill Allington Bill Allington William Baird Allington was an American Minor league baseball player and manager. Listed at 5' 9" , 160 lb., Allington batted and threw right-handed. He was born in St. Clair County, Michigan....	1953 1954

External links

• AAGPBL Players Roster
• AAGPBL Collectors
• AAGPBL Everything
• AAGPBL Players Interviews
• Golden Age Era Sports