Audrey Haine
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Audrey Haine [Daniels] (born May 9, 1927) is a former pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League between the 1944 and 1951 seasons. Listed at 5' 9", 150 lb., she batted and threw right handed.
A native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Audrey Haine was one of the 57 players born in Canada to join the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in its twelve years history.
Haine took the long road to enter the new circuit of girls professional ball players. At 16 she played softball for the St. Anthony Brown Bombers in the Winnipeg Catholic League and with the St. Vital Tigerettes of the Greater Winnipeg Senior Girls Softball League. On several occasions in the early 1940s, she struck out 21 batters during a regular seven-inning game in her district league.
By then, the average full-time worker made $1,299 a year in the 1940s, according to one estimate, or about $25 a week. Players in the AAGBBL made between $50 and $125 a week during a three-month, 108-game season.
Haines pitched sidearm, with a rising fastball and a strong curveball, but like many hard-throwers she struggled with control at times. She recorded four winning full seasons, averaging 15 wins in each of these seasons and pitching a pair of no-hitters.
Haines entered the league in 1944 with the Minneapolis Millerettes, an expansion and unsuccessful team managed by Bubber Jonnard. The Millerettes finished 26 and a half games out of first place, with a 45-72 record, and did not return for the next year. She finished with an 8-20 record and a 4.85 earned run average in a career-high 230 innings, while leading the league in earned runs (124) and wild pitches (29). One of her eight wins was a no-hitter against the Kenosha Comets on August 26 of that year.
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