New Book About Strikeout Queen in a League of Her Own: First and Only Biography of a Professional Woman Baseball Player
Author and baseball fan Carolyn M. Trombe has written the first and only biography of a professional woman baseball player: Dottie Wiltse Collins: Strikeout Queen of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League." Trombe is available to discuss how she first became aware of Collins and the reasons that compelled the author to research and write a book saluting the AAGPBL. Collins is available to discuss her glory days as well as her later years, working to ensure that women's contributions to professional baseball are recognized today. Collins was the primary mover who made the Women in Baseball display in Cooperstown (NY) a reality, which led to the 1992 movie A League of Their Own," which led to international recognition.
(PRWEB) October 3, 2005 -- Author and baseball fan Carolyn M. Trombe has written the first and only biography of a professional woman baseball player: "Dottie Wiltse Collins: Strikeout Queen of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League" (McFarland, 2005).
Based on extensive research and interviews with Collins and other principals, the book 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. The first professional women's baseball league, the AAGPBL was immortalized in the 1992 movie A League of Their Own.
Dottie Collins was the primary mover who made the Women in Baseball display in Cooperstown (NY) a reality," according to Trombe. This led to the movie and then to international recognition."
Background: As World War II depleted the 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 (AAGPBL). The inaugural season in 1943 was so successful that two additional teams were added for 1944. 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.
Collins was recently featured in Women of World War II episode of War Stories With Oliver North" broadcast on the Fox News Channel.
Award-winning writer Trombe is a member of the Society of American Baseball Research (SABR) and an associate member of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Players Association. She lives in Wynantskill, NY.
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