1944 All-American Girls Softball League

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The 1944 season of the All-American Girls Softball League was the second season of the league.

Standings

Italics indicates half champion, Bold indicates the Shaughnessy Series champion

First Half

Rank	Team	G	W	L	WPCT	GB
1	Kenosha Comets	59	36	23	0.610	-.-
2	South Bend Blue Sox	58	33	25	0.569	2.5
3	Milwaukee Chicks	58	31	27	0.534	4.5
4	Racine Belles	60	28	32	0.467	8.5
5	Rockford Peaches	56	24	32	0.429	10.5
6	Minneapolis Millerettes	59	23	36	0.390	13.0

Second Half

Rank	Team	G	W	L	WPCT	GB
1	Milwaukee Chicks	59	40	19	0.678	-.-
2	South Bend Blue Sox	58	31	27	0.534	8.5
3	Rockford Peaches	57	29	28	0.509	10.0
4	Racine Belles	57	26	31	0.456	13.0
5	Kenosha Comets	57	25	32	0.439	14.0
6	Minneapolis Millerettes	58	22	36	0.379	17.5

Overall

Rank	Team	G	W	L	WPCT	GB	Manager
1	Milwaukee Chicks	117	71	46	0.607	-.-	Max Carey
2	South Bend Blue Sox	116	64	52	0.552	6.5	Bert Niehoff
3	Kenosha Comets	116	61	55	0.526	9.5	Marty McManus
4	Racine Belles	117	54	63	0.462	17.0	Johnny Gottselig
5	Rockford Peaches	113	53	60	0.469	16.0	Nap Kloza
6	Minneapolis Millerettes	117	45	72	0.385	25.5	Bubber Jonnard

Leaders

Bold indicates league record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Betsy Jochum	South Bend Blue Sox	.296
Home Runs	Merle Keagle	Milwaukee Chicks	7
Runs Batted In	Ann Hartnett	Kenosha Comets	63
Stolen Bases	Sophie Kurys	Racine Belles	166
Wins	Josephine Kabick	Milwaukee Chicks	26-19
Earned Run Average	Helen Fox	Kenosha Comets	0.93
Strikeouts	Dorothy Collins	Minneapolis Millerettes	205

All-Star Game

No All-Star Game was played this season.

Postseason

The playoffs featured the winners from each half of the league's season facing off in a best-of-seven championship series, in which the Milwaukee Chicks (second half winners) defeated the Kenosha Comets (first half winners), 4 games to 3.