1952 American Girls' Baseball League

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The 1952 season of the American Girls' Baseball League was the tenth 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	Fort Wayne Daisies	109	67	42	0.615	-.-	Jimmie Foxx
2	South Bend Blue Sox	109	64	45	0.587	3.0	Karl Winsch
3	Rockford Peaches	109	55	54	0.505	12.0	Bill Allington
4	Grand Rapids Chicks	110	50	60	0.455	17.5	Woody English
5	Kalamazoo Lassies	109	49	60	0.450	18.0	Mitch Skupien
6	Battle Creek Belles	110	43	67	0.391	24.5	Joe Cooper

Leaders

Bold indicates league record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Joanne Weaver	Fort Wayne Daisies	.344
Home Runs	Doris Sams	Kalamazoo Lassies	12
Runs Batted In	Eleanor Callow	Rockford Peaches	74
Stolen Bases	Charlene Pryer	South Bend Blue Sox	59
Wins	Jean Eastman	South Bend Blue Sox	20-2
	Rose Gacioch	Rockford Peaches	20-10
Earned Run Average	Jean Eastman	South Bend Blue Sox	0.93
Strikeouts	Jean Eastman	South Bend Blue Sox	114

All-Star Game

The league's second All-Star Game was played on July 7 in South_Bend, Indiana. The AAGPBL All-Stars defeated the South Bend Blue Sox, 7-6. Doris Sams led the offensive attack for the All-Stars with three hits and three RBIs, including a two-run homer.

Postseason

The playoffs featured the top four teams in the league. The teams competed in a best-of-three 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-five Shaughnessy Series.

	First Round					Shaughnessy Series
	1	Fort Wayne Daisies	1
	3	Rockford Peaches	2
						3	Rockford Peaches	2
						2	South Bend Blue Sox	3
	2	South Bend Blue Sox	2
	4	Grand Rapids Chicks	0

Award Winners

The winner of the league's Player of the Year Award, was Betty Foss, a corner infielder with the Fort Wayne Daisies. The award was voted upon by the league's managers.

All-Star Team

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

Position	Player	Team
P	Jean Cione	Battle Creek Belles
	Gloria Elliott	Battle Creek Belles
	Rose Gacioch	Rockford Peaches
	Maxine Randall	Fort Wayne Daisies
C	Ruth Richard	Rockford Peaches
1B	Betty Foss	Fort Wayne Daisies
2B	Joan Knebl	Rockford Peaches
3B	Fern Shollenberger	Kalamazoo Lassies
SS	Dorothy Schroeder	Fort Wayne Daisies
OF	Eleanor Callow	Rockford Peaches
	Doris Sams	Kalamazoo Lassies
	Joanne Weaver	Fort Wayne Daisies