Margaret “ Marge ” Wenzell (May 21, 1925 – July 6, 2014) was a utility infielder / outfielder who played from 1945 through 1953 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League . Listed at 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m), 134 lb., she batted and threw right-handed.
14-728: Wenzel is a male given name (long version Wenzeslaus ) as the German and Old English form of the Czech given name Václav or Venceslav , meaning "praised with glory". Variations are Вячеслав (Ukrainian and Russian), Vencel (Hungarian), Wacław , Więcław, Wiesław (Polish), Venceslas / Wenceslas (French), Venceslao (Italian), Venceslau (Portuguese), Wenceslao (Spanish). Given name [ edit ] Wenzel Jamnitzer (ca. 1507–1585), Austrian-German etcher and goldsmith Wenzel, Archduke of Austria (1561–1578), Austrian prince and Grand Prior of
28-530: A ( BA / OBP / SLG ) of .168/.282/.208 with a career-best 33 stolen bases . During the season, she hit the only home run of her career while visiting the South Bend Blue Sox . It was a special homer, when she dropped a line drive between two outfielders and stretched a single with her hustle into an inside-the-park home run . I was circling the bases and they waved me home plate , Wenzell said in an interview. I slid into home on my belly . It
42-649: A .119 average in 19 games, serving as a backup outfielder for Thelma Eisen , Twila Shively and Elizabeth Wicken . She opened 1946 with the Muskegon Lassies , and suffered a dislocated shoulder to end her season after only eight games. In 1947 she batted a combined .097 in 31 games with the Peoria Redwings and the Fort Wayne Daisies . Wenzell played right field for the expansion Springfield Sallies in 1948. In 104 games she posted
56-503: A Latin spelling for Czech rulers. It is a Slavic dithematic name (of two lexemes), derived from the Slavic words veli/vyache/więce/više ("great(er), large(r)"), and slava ("glory, fame") – both very common in Slavic names – and roughly means "greater glory". Latinised name Wenceslaus corresponds to several West Slavic, Lechitic given names, such as Wieceslaw , Wiecejslav , Wieńczysław / Vienceslav , Vjenceslav , Węzel , Wacław and
70-496: A few more. People named Wenceslaus or spelling variations thereof include: Margaret Wenzell A member of a champion team, Wenzell was a light-hitting, good fielder who played for nine teams during her nine years in the league. She played all positions except pitcher and catcher and showed an ability to gauge the mood of the team and lighten things up when needed. Born in Detroit , Michigan , Wenzell grew up learning
84-553: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Wenzeslaus Wenceslaus , Wenceslas , Wenzeslaus and Wenzslaus (and other similar names) are Latinized forms of the Czech name Václav . The other language versions of the name are German : Wenzel , Polish : Wacław , Więcesław, Wieńczysław , Spanish : Wenceslao , Portuguese : Venceslau , Russian : Vyacheslav , Croatian : Vjenceslav , Lithuanian : Venckus among others. It originated as
98-2136: The Navy Wenzel Storch (born 1961), German film director and producer Josef Wenzel, Prince of Liechtenstein (1696–1772), prince of Liechtenstein Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein (born 1995), oldest child of Prince Alois of Liechtenstein and his wife Princess Sophie of Bavaria, Duchess in Bavaria Franz Wenzel, Graf von Kaunitz-Rietberg , (1742–1825), Austrian general, son of Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz Wenzel Johann Tomaschek (1774–1850), Bohemian composer Surname [ edit ] Andreas Wenzel (born 1958), former Alpine skier from Liechtenstein Brian Wenzel (1929–2024), Australian character actor Carl Friedrich Wenzel (ca. 1740–1793), German chemist and metallurgist David Wenzel (born 1950), American illustrator and children's book artist Eberhard Wenzel (1950–2001), German-born public health researcher Hanni Wenzel (born 1956), German-born alpine skier from Liechtenstein Hans-Georg Wenzel (1949–1999), geodesist, geophysicist and university lecturer Joan Wenzel (born 1953), Canadian middle-distance runner Johann Wenzel (1902–1969), GRU spy in WWII Germany, radio specialist Joseph W. Wenzel (1940–2021), American argumentation and rhetorical scholar Leopold Wenzel or Léopold de Wenzel (1847–1923), Italian conductor and composer Rene Wenzel , American cycling coach Sally Wenzel , American pulmonologist See also [ edit ] Wenzl (surname) Wentzel Wenzell Baird Bryant (1927–2008), American filmmaker Margaret Wenzell (born 1925), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player Wenzel's , British bakery chain [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share
112-517: The Order of Malta Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz (1711–1794), Austrian statesman Wenzel Raimund Birck (1718–1763), Austrian composer Wenzel Parler (1333–1399), German-Bohemian architect Wenzel Pichl (1741–1805), Czech composer Wenzel Thomas Matiegka (1773–1830), Bohemian composer Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich (1773–1859), German-Austrian politician and statesman Wolfgang Wenzel von Haffner (1806–1892), Norwegian Minister of
126-612: The game of baseball from her father, a semi-professional ballplayer, and her two brothers, who also played the game. She later joined an industrial softball league in Michigan at the age of 14. Many players from her league entered the AAGPBL in its inaugural season of 1943. She waited a couple of years to attend a tryout. After being accepted, she was assigned to the Grand Rapids Chicks . In her rookie season, Wenzell hit
140-607: The league for the most triples (7). Wenzell was sent to South Bend late in the 1952 season, in time to help the Blue Sox during the playoffs. She hit a career-high .216 in 84 games for Battle Creek and South Bend, including 28 runs, 20 RBI and 41 steals, completing her seventh deal in four years. Toward the end of the 1952 season, South Bend manager Karl Winsch disciplined one of the girls by suspending her for not going in to pinch-run quickly when asked. Five other players walked out in protest, leaving Winsch's team short-handed for
154-625: The league. Following her baseball days, Wenzell labored at General Motors for two years. She then moved to California and worked for an electric company, retiring in 1985. Since 1988 she is part of Women in Baseball , a permanent display based at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York , which was unveiled to honor the entire AAGPBL rather than individual baseball personalities. Wenzell died in 2014. She
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#1732772672281168-435: The rest of the year, going into the playoffs with only 12 players on the roster. Wenzell played in outfield or infield in all eight postseason games. South Bend beat Fort Wayne in the best-of-three first round. The final series took all five games to decide the champion. The Rockford Peaches held a 2–0 advantage, and the Blue Sox won the last three games to clinch the title. She returned to South Bend in 1953, her last season in
182-885: The same given name or the same family name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. References [ edit ] ^ Scheller, Andrea (2020). "Wenzel" . Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands (in German). ^ "Wenzel" . Dictionary of American Family Names . Oxford University Press. 2013. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wenzel&oldid=1259211340 " Categories : Given names Surnames Surnames from given names Slavic-language names German masculine given names Masculine given names German-language surnames Hidden categories: CS1 German-language sources (de) Articles with short description Short description
196-929: Was the winning run for the Sallies and her parents were in attendance. From 1949 to 1952, Wenzell played for several teams as the league shifted players to help teams stay competitive. She was traded to the Racine Belles (1949), played again with Fort Wayne (1949), then with the Kalamazoo Lassies (1950), and returned to Racine (1950) and Kalamazoo (1951) before joining the Battle Creek Belles (1951–1952). Her most productive season came in 1951, when she batted .213, stole 25 bases, and posted career-numbers in games played (108), runs scored (43), hits (81), runs batted in (41), extra bases (105) and total bases (105), while ending fifth in
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