All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Player of the Year Award
Starting in the 1945 season , on its third year of operation, the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League honored with the Player of the Year Award the top performer in the circuit. The AAGPBL folded at the end of the 1954 season. This is the list of winners.
Winners
Year
Player
Team
Position
Highlights
1945
Connie Wisniewski
Grand Rapids Chicks
Pitcher
32–11, 0.81 earned run average
1946
Sophie Kurys
Racine Belles
Second base
.286 batting average , 117 runs , 201 stolen bases
1947
Doris Sams
Muskegon Lassies
Pitcher / Outfield
11–4, 0.98 ERA / .280 BA
1948
Audrey Wagner
Kenosha Comets
Outfield
.312 BA, 56 runs batted in , 70 runs, 53 SB, .469 slugging average
1949
Doris Sams
Muskegon Lassies
Pitcher / Outfield
15–10, 1.58 ERA / .279 BA, 35 R, 35 RBI, 29 SB
1950
Alma Ziegler
Grand Rapids Chicks
Pitcher
19–7, 1.38 ERA
1951
Jean Faut
South Bend Blue Sox
Pitcher
15–7, 1.33 ERA, 135 strikeouts , one perfect game
1952
Betty Foss
Fort Wayne Daisies
First base
.331 BA, .505 SLG, 74 RBI, 81 runs, 56 SB
1953
Jean Faut
South Bend Blue Sox
Pitcher
17–11, 1.51 ERA, 143 SO, one perfect game
1954
Joanne Weaver
Fort Wayne Daisies
Outfield
.429 BA, 29 home runs , 87 RBI, 109 runs, .763 SLG
See also
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