1947 All-American Girls Baseball League

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The 1947 season of the All-American Girls Baseball League was the fifth season of the league.

Standings

Italics indicates a playoff team, Bold indicates the Shaughnessy Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	WPCT	GB	Manager
1	Muskegon Lassies	112	69	43	0.616	-.-	Bill Wambsganss
2	Grand Rapids Chicks	112	65	47	0.580	4.0	Johnny Rawlings
3	Racine Belles	112	65	47	0.580	4.0	Leo Murphy
4	South Bend Blue Sox	111	57	54	0.514	11.5	Chet Grant
5	Peoria Redwings	112	55	57	0.491	14.0	Johnny Gottselig
6	Rockford Peaches	111	48	63	0.432	20.5	Eddie Ainsmith
7	Fort Wayne Daisies	112	45	67	0.402	24.0	George Johnson
8	Kenosha Comets	112	43	69	0.384	26.0	Ralph Shinners

Leaders

Bold indicates league record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Dorothy Kamenshek	Rockford Peaches	.306
Home Runs	Audrey Wagner	Kenosha Comets	7
Runs Batted In	Elizabeth Mahon	South Bend Blue Sox	53
Stolen Bases	Sophie Kurys	Racine Belles	142
Wins	Anna May Hutchison	Racine Belles	27-13
Earned Run Average	Mildred Earp	Grand Rapids Chicks	0.68
Strikeouts	Dorothy Collins	Fort Wayne Daisies	244

All-Star Game

No All-Star Game was played this season.

Postseason

The playoffs featured the top four teams in the league. The teams competed in a best-of-five first round, with the first place team faced off against the third place team and the second place team played against the fourth place team. The winners then advanced to the best-of-seven Shaughnessy Series.

	First Round					Shaughnessy Series
	1	Muskegon Lassies	1
	3	Racine Belles	3
						3	Racine Belles	3
						2	Grand Rapids Chicks	4
	2	Grand Rapids Chicks	3
	4	South Bend Blue Sox	2

Award Winners

The winner of the league's Player of the Year Award, was Doris Sams, an outfielder/pitcher with the Muskegon Lassies. The award was voted upon by the league's managersan outfielder/pitcher.

All-Star Team

The following players were named to the league's all-star team, as voted upon by the league's managers.

Position	Player	Team
P	Mildred Earp	Grand Rapids Chicks
	Anna Mae Hutchison	Racine Belles
	Dorothy Mueller	Peoria Redwings
C	Ruth Lessing	Grand Rapids Chicks
1B	Dorothy Kamenshek	Rockford Peaches
2B	Sophie Kurys	Racine Belles
3B	Mary Reynolds	Peoria Redwings
SS	Dorothy Doyle	Rockford Peaches
OF	Edythe Keating	Racine Belles
	Josephine Lenard	Muskegon Lassies
	Audrey Wagner	Kenosha Comets