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Minneapolis Millerettes
Minor league affiliations
Previous leagues
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Team data
NameLakers, Orphans
ColorsMaroon, pink, white
     
Previous parks
Nicollet Park
Owner(s)/
Operator(s)
AAGPBL

The Minneapolis Millerettes were an expansion All-American Girls Professional Baseball League team that played for one season in 1944. They played their home games in Nicollet Park, home of the men's minor league team the Minneapolis Millers. The Millerettes' uniform consisted of a maroon cap and socks and a pink dress uniform with the circular Minneapolis city seal at the center of the chest.

Like their expansion counterparts the Milwaukee Chicks, the team did not have an official nickname. They were alternately known as "Millerettes", after the city's American Association ballclub, and "Lakers" from Minnesota's nickname, "Land of 10,000 Lakes".[1] That nickname would be adopted by the city's professional basketball team three years later. Halfway through the season, the league gave up on the Minneapolis market and the Millerettes became a traveling team playing all games on the road, earning another nickname, the "Orphans".

The team was managed by Bubber Jonnard, and finished 26 and a half games out of first place, with a 45–72 record.

The most significant players were pitcher Dorothy Wiltse, who posted a 20–16 record and a 1.88 ERA in 38 appearances, and outfielder Helen Callaghan, who finished second in the league in average (.287) and third in runs (81), hits (114), home runs (3), and total bases (136). Pitcher Annabelle Lee threw the first perfect game in AAGPBL history on July 29, 1944, against the Kenosha Comets.

The following year, the Millerettes moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana, where they became the Fort Wayne Daisies.

All-time players roster

              1944 Minneapolis Millerettes
Back, L-R: Bubber Jonnard (Manager), Dorothy Wiltse (P), Vivian Kellogg (1B), Audrey Haine (P), Lavonne Paire (C), Kay Blumetta (P/1B), Lillian Jackson (OF), Ada Ryan (Chaperone).
Middle, L-R: Faye Dancer (OF), Elizabeth Farrow (P), Margaret Callaghan (3B), Audrey Kissel (2B), Margaret Wigiser (OF). Front, L-R: Ruth Lessing (C), Annabelle Lee (P), Helen Callaghan (OF), Betty Trezza (IF/OF).

References

  1. ^ "Girls Give Up at Minneapolis". The Milwaukee Journal. July 23, 1944. Retrieved July 15, 2019.

Sources

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