List of All-American Girls Professional Baseball League managers
The following is a list of managers who formed part of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) during its twelve years of existence, from its inception in 1943 through the 1954 season.
This list presents data from an eight-year collaborative research project commanded by the AAGPBL Players' Association and is considered to be the definitive list of all the known managers that ever formed part of the league.
Bill Allington became the most successful manager in league history. He never had a losing season, while setting all-time records for the most championships titles (four, 1945 and 1948–1950), postseason appearances (nine, 1945–1946, 1948–1954), as well as regular season victories (583) and winning percentage (.594).
Some information is not available and is subject to future additions and eventual improvement.
Manager | Team(s) | Year(s) | Championship | Ref |
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Eddie Ainsmith | Rockford Peaches | 1947 | [1] | |
Bill Allington | Rockford Peaches Fort Wayne Daisies | 1944–1946 1948–1954 | 1945 1948, 1949, 1950 | [2] |
Mary Baker | Kalamazoo Lassies | 1950 | [3] | |
Dave Bancroft | Chicago Colleens South Bend Blue Sox Battle Creek Belles | 1948 1949–1950 1951 | [4] | |
Patricia Barringer | Chicago Colleens | 1949–1950 | [5] | |
Dick Bass | Fort Wayne Daisies | 1948 | [6] | |
Carson Bigbee | Springfield Sallies Muskegon Lassies | 1948 1949 | [7] | |
Josh Billings | Kenosha Comets | 1943–1944 | [8] | |
Buzz Boyle | Muskegon Lassies | 1946 | [9] | |
Guy Bush | Battle Creek Belles | 1951–1952 | [10] | |
Mary Carey | Peoria Redwings | 1950 | [11] | |
Max Carey | Milwaukee Chicks Fort Wayne Daisies | 1944 1950–1951 | 1944 | [12] |
Joe Cooper | Battle Creek Belles Muskegon Belles | 1952 1953 | [13] | |
Press Cruthers | Kenosha Comets | 1946 | [14] | |
Norm Derringer | Racine Belles | 1950 | [15] | |
Bill Edwards | Rockford Peaches | 1947 | [16] | |
Thelma Eisen | Peoria Redwings | 1946 | [17] | |
Woody English | Grand Rapids Chicks | 1952–1954 | 1953 | [18] |
Jimmie Foxx | Fort Wayne Daisies | 1952 | [19] | |
Johnny Gottselig | Racine Belles Peoria Redwings Kenosha Comets | 1943–1944 1947 1949–1951 | 1943 | [20] |
Chet Grant | South Bend Blue Sox Kenosha Comets | 1946–1947 1948 | [21] | |
Harold Greiner | Fort Wayne Daisies | 1949 | [22] | |
George Johnson | Fort Wayne Daisies | 1947 | [23] | |
Bubber Jonnard | Minneapolis Millerettes | 1944 | [24] | |
Vivian Kellogg | Fort Wayne Daisies | 1949 | [25] | |
Jack Kloza | Rockford Peaches | 1944 | [26] | |
Barbara Liebrich | Springfield Sallies | 1949–1950 | [27] | |
Marty McManus | Kenosha Comets South Bend Blue Sox | 1944 1945, 1948 | [28] | |
Benny Meyer | Grand Rapids Chicks | 1945 | [29] | |
Leo Murphy | Racine Belles | 1945–1948 | 1946 | [30] |
Bert Niehoff | South Bend Blue Sox | 1943–1944 | [31] | |
Ernestine Petras | Kenosha Comets | 1950 | [32] | |
Johnny Rawlings | Grand Rapids Chicks Rockford Peaches | 1946–1950 1953–1954 | 1947 | [33] |
Mary Reynolds | Peoria Redwings | 1950 | [34] | |
Bill Rodgers | Peoria Redwings | 1946 | [35] | |
William Rohrer | Fort Wayne Daisies | 1947 | [36] | |
Mary Rountree | Fort Wayne Daisies | 1950 | [37] | |
Leo Schrall | Peoria Redwings | 1947–1949 | [38] | |
Ralph Shinners | Kenosha Comets | 1947 | [39] | |
Mitch Skupien | Grand Rapids Chicks Kalamazoo Lassies | 1951 1952–1954 | 1954 | [40] |
Charley Stis | Racine Belles | 1945 | [41] | |
Eddie Stumpf | Rockford Peaches Kenosha Comets | 1943 1945 | [42] | |
Bill Wambsganss | Fort Wayne Daisies Muskegon Lassies | 1945–1946 1947–1948 | [43] | |
Karl Winsch | South Bend Blue Sox | 1951–1954 | 1951, 1952 | [44] |
Len Zintac | Chicago Colleens Springfield Sallies | 1949 1950 | [45] |
References
[edit]- 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
- ^ Ainsmith, Eddie AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Allington, Bill AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Baker, Mary AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Bancroft, Dave AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Barringer, Patricia AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2012-05-15.
- ^ Bass, Dick AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Bigbee, Carson AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Billings, John AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Boyle, Buzz AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Bush, Guy AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Carey, Mary AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-05-16.
- ^ Carey, Max AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Cooper, Joe AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Cruthers, Press AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Derringer, Norm AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Edwards, Bill AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Eisen, Thelma AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ English, Woody AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Foxx, Jimmie AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Gottselig, Johnny AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Grant, Chet AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Greiner, Harold AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Johnson, George AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2012-05-15.
- ^ Jonnard, Bubber AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Kellogg, Vivian AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-05-15.
- ^ Kloza, Jack AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Liebrich, Barbara AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ McManus, Marty AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Meyer, Bennie AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Murphy, Leo AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Niehoff, Bert AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Petras, Ernestine AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Rawlings, Johnny AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Reynolds, Mary AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Rodgers, Bill AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Rohrer, William AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Rountree Mary AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2012-05-15.
- ^ Schrall, Leo AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Shinners, Ralph AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Skupien, Mitch AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Stis, Charley AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Stumpf, Eddie AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Wambsganss, Bill AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Winsch, Karl AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Zintac, Len AAGPBL website – Retrieved 2012-05-15.