{"product_id":"dottie-wiltse-collins-carolyn-m-trombe-9780786421886","title":"Dottie Wiltse Collins: Strikeout Queen of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carolyn M. Trombe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786421886\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786421886\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.08w x 0.49d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2005 pg. 172","brand":"Carolyn M. Trombe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46172942401791,"sku":"9780786421886","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5963b3cb-bc34-440b-a50a-b29e6b0ffa9d.jpg?v=1727179541","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dottie-wiltse-collins-carolyn-m-trombe-9780786421886","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}