The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book : Comprehensive Hitting, Fielding and Pitching Statistics Paperback / softback

For a dozen years during the 1940s and 1950s more than 600 women played professional baseball in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.

Some of these women compiled some eye-popping statistics unequaled by their male counterparts: Sophie Kurys swiped 200 bases in one season; Joanne Winter hurled 63 consecutive scoreless innings; pitcher Jean Faut sported one season a.910 winning percentage.

Few know that Joanne Weaver was the last professional baseball player to hit .400 in a season: .429 in 1954.This reference book contains the hitting, fielding and pitching records of all women who played in the AAGPBL during its 12-year history.

The book also contains all of the team and individual playoff records of the league, compiled for the first time.

Included herein are rosters of the all-star teams, as well as a listing of all pitching and batting champions.

A brief history of the league is recounted. Complementing the statistics are photos of the league championship teams and key players.