Milwaukee Chicks
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Minor league affiliations | |||||
Previous leagues | All-American Girls Professional Baseball League | ||||
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League titles | 1944 | ||||
Team data | |||||
Name | Brewettes, Schnitts | ||||
Colors | Black, red, gold, gray | ||||
Previous parks | Borchert Field | ||||
Owner(s)/ Operator(s) | AAGPBL |
The Milwaukee Chicks were a women's professional
They were also known colloquially as the "Brewettes", after the city's established baseball team, and the "Schnitts" (a term for glass of beer served half-full).
History
By
The Chicks went 30–26 in the first half of the year, but dominated the second half (40-19) and had the best overall record (70-45). They then went on to win the Championship Title, beating the Kenosha Comets in the postseason. During the seven-game series Wisniewski went 4–1 with a 0.40 ERA in five complete games, including two shutouts, two one-run games and one two-run game, winning three of four matchups with Kenosha's Helen Nicol, who finished with a 17–11 mark (.607) and had led the league with a minuscule 0.93 ERA.[4][6]
Although the Chicks won the AAGPBL championship title, they had no local financial backing and could not compete with the
On August 27, 2000, the surviving Chicks were honored by the Milwaukee Brewers before a game against the San Diego Padres.[7]
The Brewers celebrated the Chicks' 75th Anniversary in 2019 with a special theme night, including a reproduction 1944 baseball cap giveaway.[8] Mayor Tom Barrett declared the same day, June 29, 2019 as "The Milwaukee Chicks Day" throughout the city of Milwaukee.[9]
Tributes to the club may be found in American Family Field.
All-time roster
- Vivian Anderson Third base
- Kay Blumetta Outfield / First base
- Max Carey Manager
- Clara Cook Pitcher
- Gladys Davis Shortstop / Outfield
- Thelma Eisen Outfield
- Josephine Figlo Outfield
- Olga Grant Outfield
- Dottie Hunter Chaperon
- Josephine Kabick Pitcher
- Marie Kazmierczak Outfield
- Merle Keagle Outfield / Third base/ Pitcher
- Dolores Klosowski First base / Pitcher
- Dorothy Maguire Catcher / Outfield
- Vickie Panos Outfield
- Ernestine Petras Shortstop
- LaFerne PriceInfield / Pitcher
- Shirley Schulze Outfield
- Mary Shastal Second base
- Emily Stevenson Catcher / Outfield
- Doris Tetzlaff Third base
- Viola Thompson Pitcher
- Betty Whiting First base / Catcher / Outfield
- Connie Wisniewski Pitcher / Outfield
- Sylvia Wronski Pitcher
- Alma Ziegler Second base / Pitcher / Shortstop
See also
References
- ^ a b "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – 1944 Milwaukee Chicks".
- ISBN 978-0-7864-2263-0.
- ^ All-American Girls Professional Baseball League History
- ^ a b "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Yearly standings and league champions".
- ^ Baseball Historian - Women in Baseball
- ^ a b "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League – Connie Wisniewsi biography by Joyce M. Smith".
- ^ a b c "The Forgotten Champs: The 1944 Milwaukee Chicks – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Oral History Project - Interview with Alma Ziegler by Kathleen E. Coughlin".
- ^ "Theme Nights & Community Nights". brewers.com. Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
- ^ @BorchertField (June 29, 2019). "Today, June 29th, 2019, is officially @MilwaukeeChicks Day in the @cityofmilwaukee! Thank you to @MayorOfMKE for recognizing the contributions of our @AAGPBL club on the 75th anniversary of their 1944 championship! And thanks to the @Brewers for honoring them at the game tonight!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ISBN 0-7864-0597-X