All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Player of the Year Award
Starting in the 1945 season, on its third year of operation, the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League honored with the Player of the Year Award the top performer in the circuit. The AAGPBL folded at the end of the 1954 season. This is the list of winners.
Winners
| Year | Player | Team | Position | Highlights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Connie Wisniewski | Grand Rapids Chicks | Pitcher | 32-11, 0.81 earned run average |
| 1946 | Sophie Kurys | Racine Belles | Second base | .286 batting average, 117 runs, 201 stolen bases |
| 1947 | Doris Sams | Muskegon Lassies | Pitcher / Outfield | 11-4, 0.98 ERA / .280 BA |
| 1948 | Audrey Wagner | Kenosha Comets | Outfield | .312 BA, 56 runs batted in, 70 runs, 53 SB, .469 slugging average |
| 1949 | Doris Sams | Muskegon Lassies | Pitcher / Outfield | 15-10, 1.58 ERA / .279 BA, 35 R, 35 RBI, 29 SB |
| 1950 | Alma Ziegler | Grand Rapids Chicks | Pitcher | 19-7, 1.38 ERA |
| 1951 | Jean Faut | South Bend Blue Sox | Pitcher | 15-7, 1.33 ERA, 135 strikeouts, one perfect game |
| 1952 | Betty Foss | Fort Wayne Daisies | First base | .331 BA, .505 SLG, 74 RBI, 81 runs, 56 SB |
| 1953 | Jean Faut | South Bend Blue Sox | Pitcher | 17-11, 1.51 ERA, 143 SO, one perfect game |
| 1954 | Joanne Weaver | Fort Wayne Daisies | Outfield | .429 BA, 29 home runs, 87 RBI, 109 runs, .763 SLG |
Sources
- All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Official Website
- All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2000. Format: Paperback, 294pp. Language: English. ISBN 0-7864-3747-2
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