Dottie Wiltse Collins: Strikeout Queen of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

Dottie Wiltse, a star softball player from Southern California, was assigned to the AAGPBL’s Minneapolis Millerettes. She 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 pitched in 223 games, with a 117-76 record, 1205 strikeouts, and an earned run average of 1.83. 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.