Dottie Wiltse Collins: Strikeout Queen of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Author:   Carolyn M. Trombe
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:  

9780786421886


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   16 June 2005
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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Dottie Wiltse Collins: Strikeout Queen of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League


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As World War II depleted the available manpower available to the major and minor leagues, Chicago Cubs owner Phillip Wrigley came up with a plan to ensure baseball would continue in the war years: the creation of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. The inaugural season in 1943 was so successful that two additional teams were added for 1944. One of the players brought in to fill the rosters of the new teams was Dottie Wiltse, a star softball player from Southern California. Assigned to the newly formed Minneapolis Millerettes, Wiltse went on to become one of the dominant players in the AAGPBL. During her six-year career with the Millerettes and the Fort Wayne Daisies, Dottie Wiltse Collins (married to Harvey Collins in 1946) pitched in 223 games, with a 117-76 record, 1205 strikeouts, and an earned run average of 1.83. Based on extensive research and interviews with Collins and other principals, this work covers the pitcher's early career as a softball player, her triumphs in professional baseball, and her part in the renewed interest in the women's league in the late 1980s.

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Author:   Carolyn M. Trombe
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.286kg
ISBN:  

9780786421886


ISBN 10:   0786421886
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   16 June 2005
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Preface      First Inning Daddy’s Little Pitcher: 1936–1939      Second Inning The Million Dollar Baby: 1940–1943      Third Inning Off to the Big Time: The Minneapolis Millerettes, 1944      Fourth Inning The Orphans Find a Home: The Fort Wayne Daisies, 1945      Fifth Inning Give Me Your Answer, Do: The Daisies, 1946      Sixth Inning A Pregnant Pause: The Daisies, 1947–1948      Seventh Inning Ladies Don’t Grow Up to Play Baseball: 1950–1983      Eighth Inning Home at Last: The 1980s to the Present      Ninth Inning Epilogue      Bibliography      Index     

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Author Information

SABR member and award winner Carolyn M. Trombe lives in Wynantskill, New York. She is an an associate member of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Players Association.

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