576:(NGBL) in 1950, because she was offered a higher salary, a signing bonus and no extensive travelling. Audrey only contemplated moving to the NGBL due to a disagreement with management. Additionally, the games were played in the Chicago area, so she would be home every night closer to school and her studies. Whereas the AAGPBL gradually evolved from softball to an almost standard hardball, with longer bases and sidearm or overhand pitching, the NGBL used a ball larger than that used in the AAGPBL, featured the traditional underhand pitching and base paths stayed shorter.
509:. Wagner did not make the trip as school was still in session. That season she batted a solid .305 of average and again led the circuit in home runs (7), doubles (25), total bases (183) and slugging (.469). She also topped all hitters in RBI (53) and hits (119) and ended second in triples (9). Wagner, who lost the batting crown by a single point to
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Wagner dropped to .189 with 26 RBI in 1944, but still managing to score 30 runs in 90 games. It was the only time in her AAGPBL career in which she failed to hit a home run. The Comets again placed third (62–54) and made the playoffs after win the first half. They took a 3–2 lead over the expansion
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From 1950 through 1953 Wagner continued to be a solid hitter and outfielder. She helped her team to clinch the
Championship Title in 1950 and made the All-Star Team in each of her four seasons in the NGBL. Her most productive season came in 1952, when she led the circuit in doubles, triples, home
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Wagner rebounded slightly in 1945, batting .198 with 26 runs and 26 RBI, but she led the league with nine triples and tied for second in home runs (two) in a dominant pitching league. After becoming a full-time player in 1946, she improved her offensive statistics by hitting a .281 average and
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opened in 1988, which is dedicated to the entire league rather than any individual player. She was inducted posthumously in the
Elmhurst's Bluejay Backer Hall of Fame (Class of 1950) in 2003 and in the Fenton High School Alumni Wall of Fame (Class of 1945) in 2005.
352:(60). Wagner earned Player of the Year honors in 1948, and also led several offensive categories over her seven-year career in the league. She later became an All Star outfielder in each of her four seasons in the competing National Girls Baseball League of
450:(4). She also appeared in the league's first All-Star Game during the midseason. The Comets had the third-best record at 56–52, but had won the second-half title, earning them a berth in the playoffs, only to be swept in three games by Racine.
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Wagner's hitting stayed about the same in 1948, which was good enough to win the batting title win a .312 average and by leading all-hitters with 130 hits, all career-highs. Besides this, Wagner led all outfielders with a perfect 1.000
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for the league lead, giving her three home run titles. For the second consecutive year the Comets gained a playoff berth and were defeated in the start, this time by the expansion
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was depleting Major League rosters of first-line players and attendance declined at ballparks around the country. The league started its first season in 1943 with the teams
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lead (15), ending fourth in hits (110) and eighth in RBI (53), while her average ranked fifth. The Comets were out of contention in both years.
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promptly moved her to the outfield because of her hitting abilities. She moved around center and right field.
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In 1949 Wagner slipped to .233 with 28 runs and 40 RBI in 97 games, but she hit three homers to tie
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The Women of the All-American Girls
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No Girls in the
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degree. Following her graduation, she worked as a practicing
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384:. Wrigley, who was in charge both of the
862:Women in Baseball: The Forgotten History
588:While playing baseball, Wagner attended
838:"Doris Sams - Biography by Jim Sargent"
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677:Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball
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991:People from Bensenville, Illinois
529:(56) and triples (14, one behind
454:, who led the AAGPBL pitchers in
374:Bensenville Community High School
625:Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
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348:rank second all-time to
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281:Single-season leader in
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596:where she earned her
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366:Bensenville, Illinois
89:Rock Springs, Wyoming
73:Bensenville, Illinois
617:small plane accident
368:, and began to play
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413:South Bend Blue Sox
712:on April 22, 2011.
598:Doctor of Medicine
523:on-base percentage
490:. She also led in
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511:Dorothy Kamenshek
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378:Philip K. Wrigley
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1011:1984 deaths
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568:NGBL career
492:total bases
482:in Game 7.
466:(1.81) and
452:Helen Nicol
263:total bases
53:Right field
955:Categories
941:2010-05-07
848:2010-05-07
746:2010-05-07
610:California
558:Inez Voyce
460:strikeouts
444:driving in
360:Early life
317:outfielder
278:(1946-'47)
273:(1946-'47)
265:(1946-'48)
249:(1947-'48)
197: .254
66:1927-12-27
448:home runs
342:home runs
258:home runs
245:Two-time
173:Home runs
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842:Archived
592:and the
539:slugging
525:(.393),
505:camp to
468:shutouts
388:and the
323:through
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462:(220),
430:manager
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354:Chicago
346:triples
327:in the
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527:walks
216:Teams
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106:Right
100:Right
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321:1943
289:hits
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