{"product_id":"dottie-wiltse-collins-strikeout-queen-of-the-all-american-girls-professional-baseball-league-9780786421886","title":"Dottie Wiltse Collins: Strikeout Queen of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Carolyn M. Trombe\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As World War II depleted the available manpower available to the major and minor leagues, Chicago Cubs owner Phillip Wrigley came up with a plan to ensure baseball would continue in the war years: the creation of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. The inaugural season in 1943 was so successful that two additional teams were added for 1944.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e One of the players brought in to fill the rosters of the new teams was Dottie Wiltse, a star softball player from Southern California. Assigned to the newly formed Minneapolis Millerettes, Wiltse went on to become one of the dominant players in the AAGPBL. During her six-year career with the Millerettes and the Fort Wayne Daisies, Dottie Wiltse Collins (married to Harvey Collins in 1946) pitched in 223 games, with a 117-76 record, 1205 strikeouts, and an earned run average of 1.83.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Based on extensive research and interviews with Collins and other principals, this work covers the pitcher's early career as a softball player, her triumphs in professional baseball, and her part in the renewed interest in the women's league in the late 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46892443533463,"sku":"9780786421886","price":2821.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786421886.webp?v=1770281398","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/dottie-wiltse-collins-strikeout-queen-of-the-all-american-girls-professional-baseball-league-9780786421886","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}