Fort Wayne Daisies
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The Fort Wayne Daisies were a women's professional baseball team in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, active in the 1940s and early 1950s and known as one of the league’s more successful franchises.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League team
ⓘ
women's professional baseball team ⓘ |
| activeDuringDecade |
1940s
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1950s ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | professional ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolved | 1954 ⓘ |
| fanBase | Fort Wayne and surrounding Indiana communities ⓘ |
| finalSeason | 1954 AAGPBL season ⓘ |
| gender | women ⓘ |
| governedBy | rules of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League ⓘ |
| heritage | pioneering women's professional sports franchise ⓘ |
| historicalEra | World War II and post–World War II era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeBallpark |
Knodell Park
NERFINISHED
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Memorial Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeCity | Fort Wayne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeState | Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1945 ⓘ |
| league | All-American Girls Professional Baseball League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Fort Wayne, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaDepiction | referenced in discussions of the film "A League of Their Own" ⓘ |
| nickname | Daisies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | multiple batting champions on roster ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the more successful franchises in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League ⓘ |
| notableManager |
Bill Wambsganss
NERFINISHED
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Jimmie Foxx NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePlayer |
Betty Foss
NERFINISHED
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Dottie Schroeder NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Geissinger NERFINISHED ⓘ Joanne Weaver NERFINISHED ⓘ Maxine Kline NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | women's baseball history in the United States ⓘ |
| precededBy | Minneapolis Millerettes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| represented | Fort Wayne community in the AAGPBL ⓘ |
| seasonCount | 10 AAGPBL seasons (approximate) ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| teamColors |
green
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yellow ⓘ |
| uniformFeature | skirted tunic-style uniforms ⓘ |
| wonPennant |
1952
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1953 ⓘ 1954 ⓘ |
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