Fort Wayne Daisies

The Fort Wayne Daisies were a women's professional baseball team that played from 1945 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. The Daisies represented Fort Wayne, Indiana and their home games were played at North Side High School (1945–1946) and Memorial Park (1946–1954).

Daisy uniforms often changed from one season to the next, away uniforms having been yellow, pink, and brown during various years. Early Daisy uniforms featured a circular emblem of the Fort Wayne city seal in the center of the chest. This was replaced in later years with a patch reading "DAISIES". In the final years of the league, the Daisy uniform changed to a center seam running down the middle of the dress with an F and W on the front.

The team debuted in 1945, replacing the Minneapolis Millerettes. The Daisies went 62-47 in their first season and finished four and a half games behind the first place Rockford Peaches.

Fort Wayne made it to the playoffs in every year from 1947 to 1954, ending in first place from 1951 to 1954 but never won the title. The team featured sister-players Betty Foss (1950-'51) and Joanne Weaver (1952-'54), whom won the batting title each year between 1950 and 1954, as well as sluggers Wilma Briggs and Jean Geissinger, pitchers Jaynne Bittner, Maxine Kline and Dottie Wiltse, shortstop Dottie Schroeder, and center fielder Faye Dancer.

All-time players roster

Velma Abbott Evelyn Adams Isabel Alvarez Lenna Arnold Melba Alspaugh Phyllis Baker Kathryn Beare Lottie Beck Jaynne Bittner Alice Blaski Kay Blumetta Phyllis Bookout Rita Briggs Wilma Briggs Carol Brown Delores Brumfield Eileen Burmeister Helen Callaghan Marge Callaghan Georgia Campbell Jean Campbell Virginia Carver Betty Carveth

Dorothy Collins Donna Cook Dorothy Cook Shirley Crites Faye Dancer Alice DeCambra Lillian DeCambra Mildred Deegan Lee Delmonico Thelma Eisen Lillian Faralla Meryle Fitzgerald Betty Foss Jean Geissinger Anne Georges Audrey Haine Elise Harney Jean Havlish Ruby Heafner Joyce Hill Alice Hoover Katie Horstman Lillian Jackson

Frances Janssen Arleene Johnson Marilyn Jones Daisy Junor Vivian Kellogg Beatrice Kemmerer Helen Ketola Maxine Kline Theresa Kobuszewski Phyllis Koehn Irene Kotowicz Dorothy Kovalchick Ruth Kramer Marie Kruckel Noella Leduc Annabelle Lee Rhoda Leonard Ruth Lessing Alta Little Betty Luna Helen Machado Marie Mahoney Kay Malach

Mirtha Marrero Ruth Matlack Betty McKenna Naomi Meier Norma Metrolis Eleanor Moore Nancy Mudge Mary Nelson Penny O'Brian Pepper Paire June Peppas Doreen Petryna Margorie Pieper Georgiana Rios Mary Rountree Patricia Roy Irene Ruhnke Ellen Schallern Dorothy Schroeder Patricia Scott Jean Smith Adele Stahley Lee Surkowski

Norma Taylor Yolande Teillet Mava Lee Thomas Doris Tetzlaff Betty Trezza Betty Tucker Dolly Vanderlip Kathryn Vonderau Nancy Warren Evelyn Wawryshyn Jean Weaver Joanne Weaver Mary Weddle Marie Wegman Shirley Weierman Margaret Wenzell Betty Whiting Ruth Williams Elsie Wingrove Trois Wood Lois Youngen Agnes Zurkowski

Managers

* Bill Wambsganss	1945 1946
* George Johnson	1947
* Dick Bass	1948
* Harold Greiner	1949
* Max Carey	1950
* William Rohrer	1951
* Jimmie Foxx	1952
* Bill Allington	1953 1954

See also

• History of sports in Fort Wayne, Indiana

External links

• AAGPBL Players Roster
• AAGPBL Collectors
• AAGPBL Everything
• AAGPBL Players Interviews
• Golden Age Era Sports