1953 American Girls' Baseball League

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The 1953 season of the American Girls' Baseball League was the eleventh 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	105	66	39	0.629	-.-	Bill Allington
2	Grand Rapids Chicks	106	62	44	0.585	4.5	Woody English
3	Kalamazoo Lassies	106	56	50	0.528	10.5	Mitch Skupien
4	Rockford Peaches	106	51	55	0.481	15.5	Johnny Rawlings
5	South Bend Blue Sox	106	44	62	0.415	22.5	Karl Winsch
6	Muskegon Belles	105	38	67	0.362	28.0	Jo Cooper

Leaders

Bold indicates league record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Joanne Weaver	Fort Wayne Daisies	.346
Home Runs	Wilma Briggs	Fort Wayne Daisies	9
Runs Batted In	Betty Foss	Fort Wayne Daisies	81
Stolen Bases	Betty Foss	Fort Wayne Daisies	80
Wins	Eleanor Moore	Grand Rapids Chicks	17-7
	Jean Eastman	South Bend Blue Sox	17-11
Earned Run Average	Jean Eastman	South Bend Blue Sox	1.51
Strikeouts	Jean Eastman	South Bend Blue Sox	143

All-Star Game

The league's third All-Star Game was played on July 14 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The Fort Wayne Daisies defeated the AAGPBL All-Stars in 11 innings by a score of 4-3. Jean Geissinger hit a towering solo homer in the 11th for the Daisies' walk-off victory.

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	Kalamazoo Lassies	2
						3	Kalamazoo Lassies	0
						2	Grand Rapids Chicks	2
	2	Grand Rapids Chicks	2
	4	Rockford Peaches	1

Award Winners

The winner of the league's Player of the Year Award, was Jean Eastman, a pitcher/outfielder with the South Bend Blue Sox. 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 Eastman	South Bend Blue Sox
	Maxine Randall	Fort Wayne Daisies
	Earlene Risinger	Grand Rapids Chicks
	Eleanor Moore	Grand Rapids Chicks
C	Ruth Richard	Rockford Peaches
1B	Betty Foss	Fort Wayne Daisies
2B	Jean Harding	Fort Wayne Daisies
3B	Catherine Horstman	Fort Wayne Daisies
SS	Dorothy Schroeder	Kalamazoo Lassies
OF	Joyce Ricketts	Grand Rapids Chicks
	Doris Satterfield	Grand Rapids Chicks
	Joanne Weaver	Fort Wayne Daisies