The Fort Wayne Daisies were a women's professional baseball team based in Fort Wayne, Indiana that played from 1945 through 1954 as members of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
1953 Fort Wayne Daisies Front, L-R: Jean Geissinger (CF), Rita Briggs (C/OF), Jean Havlish (SS), Alice Blaski (utility), Delores Brumfield (IF), Lavonne Paire (C), Shirley Crites (3B), Wilma Briggs (LF), Dolly Vanderlip (P). Back, L-R: Bill Allington (manager), Maxine Kline (P), Katie Horstman (UT), Jean Weaver (P/3B), Jaynne Bittner (P), Joanne Weaver (RF), Betty Weaver Foss (1B), Mary Taylor (OF), Pat Scott (P), Doris Tetzlaff (chaperone).
Dick Bass with members of the Fort Wayne Daisies baseball team- Opa-locka, Florida on April 22, 1948
Marg Callaghan of the Fort Wayne Daisies sliding into home plate as umpire Norris Ward watches in Opa-locka, Florida on April 22, 1948
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) was a professional women's baseball league founded by Philip K. Wrigley, which existed from 1943 to 1954. The AAGPBL is the forerunner of women's professional league sports in the United States. Over 600 women played in the league, which eventually consisted of 10 teams located in the American Midwest. In 1948, league attendance peaked at over 900,000 spectators. The most successful team, the Rockford Peaches, won a league-best four championships.
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League members performing calisthenics in Opa-locka, Florida, on April 22, 1948. The different baseball clubs are (L-R): Fort Wayne Daisies (partially visible), Chicago Colleens, Rockford Peaches, South Bend Blue Sox, Springfield Sallies and Peoria Redwings.
Logo of the All-American Girls Softball League, 1943
Reproduction 1944 Milwaukee Chicks uniform on display at Miller Park
