9780786422630-0786422637-The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary

The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary

ISBN-13: 9780786422630
ISBN-10: 0786422637
Author: W.C. Madden
Publication date: 2005
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Format: Paperback 295 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780786422630
ISBN-10: 0786422637
Author: W.C. Madden
Publication date: 2005
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Format: Paperback 295 pages

Summary

The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary (ISBN-13: 9780786422630 and ISBN-10: 0786422637), written by authors W.C. Madden, was published by McFarland & Company in 2005. With an overall rating of 4.4 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.53.

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For a dozen years in the 1940s and 1950s, more than 700 women played professional baseball in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Though some saw their brand of ball as a sideshow or wartime diversion, the women were all tough competitors and superb athletes. They set records that remain unequaled by their male counterparts, including Sophie Kurys’ 201 stolen bases in a single season and Joanne Winter’s 63 consecutive scoreless innings. And the 1944 AAGPBL All-Star game was the first night game at Chicago’s Wrigley Field.

This is the most comprehensive look ever at the players of this women’s league. From Velma Abbott to Agnes "Aggie" Zurkowski, over 600 players are profiled. For each player, vital dates, place of birth, height, weight, defensive position, teams played for and seasons active are provided, along with complete career statistics. These data are followed (in most cases) by a brief biographical sketch that details the player’s career, how she came to play in the league and information on her post-baseball career. Most of the photographs are from the personal files of the players and have never before been published.

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