Mark haley baseball card 1991 classic best south bend. The all american girls professional baseball league sean lahman. In 1949, jean recorded her best season to that point, and probably the best. Women pro baseball players gather, reminisce in south bend. After falling in their playoff intents, in the 1949 season the team posted the best record in with a 7536 mark. In 1949 faut recorded her best season so farand the best individual mark in. Dakota mekkes stats, highlights, bio south bend cubs stats. From 1988 to 1993, south bend s midwest league franchise was known as the south bend white sox. The latest duncan robinson stats, video highlights, news and more from. By the time the battle was over, more than 800 red stick warriors lay. An outfielder for the south bend blue sox a team in the allamerican girls professional baseball league. Merrie fidler, the origins and history of the allamerican girls professional baseball.
The city of south bend was home to the blue sox for all 12 years of the leagues existence and todayis home base for todays history buffs. Often a seconddivision team, they posted the best record in 1949 tied with rockford. Immortalized in the film a league of their own, the allamerican g. Jim sargent is a devoted sports fan and has authored over 100 articles published about sports and authored or coauthored several books about. The south bend blue sox were one of two teams to play in every aagpbl season the other was the rockford peaches. The latest dakota mekkes stats, video highlights, news and more from. Details on the south bend blue sox an allamerican girls professional baseball leagues team. Mary bonnie baker, jane jeep stoll, jean faut, senaida shooshoo wirth, rita briggs, shirley stovroff, helen filarski, betty whiting, betty wagoner. The all american girls professional baseball league aagpbl was the. A history of the allamerican girls professional baseball league team and its players, 19431954.
Detailsed information on the 1949 south bend blue sox of the allamerican girls professional baseball league. To quote from the opening paragraph of our book, the south bend blue sox. Mendys welcomes your american express, visa, and mastercard cards. The teams included the rockford peaches, south bend blue sox, kenosha. Please order with complete confidence and safety on our secure website. Stretchable fabric book covers for hardcovered books. The hidden queer history behind a league of their own. But, nonetheless, with baseball season upon us, its no wonder the subject. South bend blue sox player betsy sockum jochum, above, is pictured at bat during her baseball career, in a photo provided. Jean faut, star south bend blue sox pitcher who may retire when the. Havana adventure, sidearm pitching, and the playoffs again. The name white sox was not only used because of this, but also to incorporate the history of south bend and its former club, south bend blue sox.
Members of this team include mary baker, rita briggs, dolores mueller and helen steffes. Books, collections, film, history, lc web site, womens history. Subscribe to be the first to hear about our exclusive offers and latest arrivals. S regulars of the 39th infantry regiment attack red stick positions at the battle of horseshoe bend, march 27, 1814. In 1949, the league had eight home teams and two touring teams of rookie players. The blue sox hit six home runs and led 52 after three innings, but the swamp bats managed to come back and force 10 innings before taking game 1 of the northern division finals. Rhp duncan robinson assigned to myrtle beach pelicans from south bend cubs.
Throughout the regular season, south bend waged an upanddown battle with rockford for first place. The south bend blue sox remained a team for all 12 years of league action, one of only two teams to play for the entire duration. This photograph is a faithful reproduction of an image from th. Lists pitching charts record books rules scoring statmaster stats 101 year by year. The south bend blue sox was a womens professional baseball team who played from 1943. This image features the 1949 south bend blue sox, a team that was part of the aagpbl. South siders shoot for their third straight cactus win, with cease on the bump. The team was an affiliate of the chicago white sox. Duncan robinson stats, highlights, bio south bend cubs. South bend, indiana was the fourth city to be chosen to complete the aagsbl, the first baseball league in american history.
Based on extensive primarysource research, this book is the most. A founding member, the team represented south bend, indiana, and played their home games at bendix field 19431945 and playland park 19461954 the blue sox was one of two teams to play in every aagpbl season without relocating, the. Although her book is aimed at a younger audience, macys books holds its. To that end, the center for history, which serves as a national repository for the league, and four winds field will celebrate the blue sox at fridays south bend silver hawks game. Virtually every single aagpbl team member who ever pitched, caught, batted, or fielded on a team was in south bend at one point during her career.
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