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Dottie Wiltse Collins

By Trombe, Carolyn M.

Dottie Wiltse Collins

By Trombe, Carolyn M.

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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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
210
Release Date:
2005-06-30
Publication Date:
2005-06-16
Publisher:
McFarland
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0786421886
ISBN13:
9780786421886
Minimum Reading Age:
18
Weight:
349 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
13 cm
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