1954 American Girls' Baseball League

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The 1954 season of the American Girls' Baseball League was the twelfth and last 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	94	54	40	0.574	-.-	Bill Allington
2	South Bend Blue Sox	92	48	44	0.522	5.0	[[]]
3	Grand Rapids Chicks	91	46	45	0.505	6.5	Woody English
4	Kalamazoo Lassies	97	48	49	0.495	7.5	Mitch Skupien
5	Rockford Peaches	92	37	55	0.402	16.0	Johnny Rawlings

Leaders

Bold indicates league record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Joanne Weaver	Fort Wayne Daisies	.429
Home Runs	Joanne Weaver	Fort Wayne Daisies	29
Runs Batted In	Jean Geissinger	Fort Wayne Daisies	91
Stolen Bases	Joanne Weaver	Fort Wayne Daisies	79
Wins	Maxine Kline	Fort Wayne Daisies	18-7
Earned Run Average	Janet Rumsey	South Bend Blue Sox	2.18
Strikeouts	Annabelle Lee	Rockford Peaches	94

All-Star Game

The league's fourth and final All-Star Game was played on July 9 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The Fort Wayne Daisies defeated the AAGPBL All-Stars by a score of 10-8. Joanne Weaver hit a pair of solo homers for the Daisies. Eleanor Callow and Dottie Schroeder each had 3 RBIs in a losing cause.

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	2
	3	Grand Rapids Chicks	1
						1	Fort Wayne Daisies	2
						4	Kalamazoo Lassies	3
	2	South Bend Blue Sox	1
	4	Kalamazoo Lassies	2

Award Winners

The winner of the league's Player of the Year Award, was Joanne Weaver, a pitcher 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	Gloria Elliott	Kalamazoo Lassies
	Maxine Randall	Fort Wayne Daisies
	Janet Rumsey	South Bend Blue Sox
	Nancy Warren	Kalamazoo Lassies
C	Ruth Richard	Rockford Peaches
1B	June Peppas	Kalamazoo Lassies
2B	Jean Harding	Fort Wayne Daisies
3B	Fern Shollenberger	Kalamazoo Lassies
SS	Dorothy Schroeder	Kalamazoo Lassies
OF	Eleanor Callow	Rockford Peaches
	Joyce Ricketts	Grand Rapids Chicks
	Joanne Weaver	Fort Wayne Daisies

Further Reading

• Gary Belleville: "July 9, 1954: Fort Wayne Daisies win AAGPBL’s final All-Star Game," SABR Baseball Games Project.