Dorothy Wind

Dorothy Wind [״Dottie״] was a shortstop who played from 1943 through 1944 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m), 128 lb., she batted and threw right-handed.[1]

Dorothy Wind
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Shortstop
Born: Chicago, Illinois
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Championship Team (1943)
  • Set all-time record for the most hits in a single game (1943)
  • Women in Baseball – AAGPBL Permanent Display
    at Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Dorothy Wind was one of the sixty original founding members of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in its inaugural season. She also played basketball and volleyball before joining the league with the Racine Belles, a team managed by former big leaguer Johnny Gottselig.[2][3]

A good defending shortstop, Wind formed part of a stellar Racine infield that included Margaret Danhauser at first base, Sophie Kurys at second base and Maddy English at third base.

In 1943 Wind batted a .255 average and stole 36 bases, driving in 44 runs and scoring 56 times, while connecting four doubles, seven triples and two home runs. She finished 7th in RBI, tied for 6th in triples and tied for 11th in homers. But her career highlight came on August 28, when she set the league all-time record with six hits in a single game. The Belles swept the Kenosha Comets in the championship series, three games to zero.[4]

Wind attended college in the off-season. She hit .240 in 1944, but did not return for the next year.

Career statistics

Batting

GPABRH2B3BHRRBISBTBBBSOBAOBPSLG
14452985132811263641683522.250.296.318

Fielding

GPPOAETCDPFA
14422749710382723.876

[5]

Sources
  1. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League official website – Dorothy Wind profile
  2. The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League: A Biographical Dictionary – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2005. Format: Paperback, 295 pp. Language: English. ISBN 0-7864-3747-2
  3. 1943 Racine Belles
  4. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2000. Format: Paperback, 294pp. Language: English. ISBN 0-7864-3747-2
  5. The Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
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