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Joanne Weaver debuted at third base with the
Daisies in the 1951 season. She hit .276 in 53 games, showing a smooth, quick swing with good speed and above average base running instincts. Her fielding was the only skill lacking. Meanwhile, her sister Betty won batting titles in back-to-back seasons in
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Daisies amassed six batting crowns to set a league record. But while Fort Wayne made the playoffs in the last seven seasons of the league, the team struggled in the post-season and never won a Championship Title. In 1952 and 1953, the Daisies were
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In decisive Game 5, Peppas pitched a clutch complete game and went 3-for-5 with an RBI against her former
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Daisies won the Lassies, 8–7, fueled again by a heavy hitting by Joanne Weaver, who hit a double, a triple and a three-run home run in five at bats, driving in four runs. Peppas went 1-for-4 to spark a seventh inning three-run rally, but Fort Wayne came back in the bottom of the
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Weaver improved her fielding considerably in 1953, when she finished the year with a .952 average. Her hitting stayed about the same, which was good enough to win another batting title with a .346 average, ending second to Betty in
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Weaver's performance exploded in her second season. After moving to right field in 1952, she led all hitters with a .344 average, surpassing her sister Betty (.331), who led five offensive categories and earned the
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from 10.00 inches to the major league size, around 9.00 inches. The league also extended pitching distance from 56 feet to 60 feet and base paths from 75 feet to 85 feet. As a result, Joanne earned the
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Lassies evened the Series in Game 4 with a victory over the Daisies, 6–5. Cordes started again with her team against the wall, 2-to-1. This time properly warmed up, she hurled a
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winning run in the bottom of the eight. Peppas finished with a .450 average and collected two of the three
Lassies victories, to become the winning pitcher of the last game in the league's history.
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inning with two two runs that marked the difference. Cordes relieved with the bases loaded in the seventh inning, but did not allow any damage for the remainder of the game.
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squad in which they finally started to play regularly. In 1950, Betty rejected a contract offer from the
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Lloyd Weaver and Elsie (Dummeier) Weaver. At the age of 11, she began playing softball with her sisters
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1203:Baseball outfielders
574:Metropolis, Illinois
279:Metropolis, Illinois
85:Metropolis, Illinois
69:Metropolis, Illinois
559:Fort Wayne, Indiana
553:Life after baseball
399:Grand Rapids Chicks
395:South Bend Blue Sox
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419:Fern Shollenberger
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